Friday, December 30, 2005
(Originally posted Thursday, 10:30 p.m., updated at 8:11 a.m.)

Vermont 72, American 62 -- Another tale of two halves for AU, which fell behind by 22 in the first half and could never catch up.

This one was decided when Vermont went on a 20-0 run midway through the first half, holding the Eagles scoreless for almost 10 minutes. 20-0 run midway through the first half. The Catamounts shot 77 percent from the floor in the first half while AU shot only 23 percent before the break.

After trailing 38-16 at the break, American tried to make a game of it in the second half. AU scored 46 points in the second half, but could get no closer than 68-59 with 1:37 to go.

Ten UVM players got into the scoring column, led by Kyle Cieplicki's career-high 16 points. The Vermont bench outscored AU's reserves 32-10.

Arvidas Eitutavicius led AU with 20 points. Andre Ingram added 16, 14 after the break, but hit just 5 of 17 field goal attempts.

Paulius Joneliunas started, with Brayden Billbe, who started the first 10 games, averaging just under 10 points while leading the team in rebounds (5.2 rpg), relegated to the bench.

The two big men combined for 6 points and 5 rebounds in 37 minutes of playing time.

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    Navy 86, Susquehanna University 54 -- Clif Colbert led Navy with 19 points. Greg Spink and Kaleo Kina each added 11 and Carlton Baldwin chipped in with 10 off the bench as Navy romped past their Division III guests.
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