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Sunday, November 20, 2005
Analyzing American
All the stories we found on AU's loss at Washington mostly concern themselves with the Washington point of view. We couldn't even find more on Andre Ingram's play than a line in each noting he led all scorers with 24 points.

A few things gleaned from the box score:

  • Ingram can score: If you needed this box score to know that, you must be new here. Howdy and welcome.

  • Billbe an exception: Looks like Brayden Billbe might buck the trend of guys like Lehigh's Jason Mgebroff, Holy Cross' Tim Clifford or Army's Jimmy Sewell, big men who have regressed or progressed slowly, or maybe not at all. Billbe's line (5-7 FG, 6 reb., 1 A, 1 TO, 1 B in 28 minutes against the frontcourt of a Top 25 team) is very respectable.

  • Freshmen sensations: Derrick Mercer, the league's most highly touted frosh, started and played 27 minutes. Garrison Carr, Jordan Nichols and Brian Gilmore each played at least 12 minutes.

  • Surprise, surprise: Was it just me? Or did nobody else see Eitutavicius coming? What is he doing playing 24 minutes and scoring 16 points? Jones never mentioned him in preseason interviews. But then again, why would he? Nobody asked about the 6-2 junior from Lithuania via Norfolk, Va. who played in only 12 games last season.

    If Eitutavicius can provide double figures off the bench it is going to make life much easier for Andre Ingram. Having a scorer on the bench allows Ingram to get a breather now and then without Jones needing to worry about not having a scorer besides Billbe in the game. Six of his 16 came from outside the arc.

    Game links:
  • The Seattle Times: Sports: Visitors battle to halftime tie, but Huskies pull away
  • Seattle Post-Intelligencer
  • Tacoma News-Tribune
  • Everett Herald
  • Sports Washington (scout.com)
  • AP story
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