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Tuesday, January 10, 2006
It's all over
(Originally posted Mon. 11 p.m., updated 7:06 a.m.)

Yale 71, American 59 -- How many games will American win when Andre Ingram scores only 4 points? Not many. Probably none. And that was all the Eagles all-league guard could muster Monday night against Yale.

According to the Yale Daily News:
Eagles guard Andre Ingram, who leads American with 11.9 points per game, was held to just one point by Hughes until late in the second half when he added a three to American's failed comeback attempt with 1:53 left on the clock.
As a result, the Ivy League has assured itself of retaining possession of the beautiful Hoop Time-Basketball U. Challenge virtual trophy. The Ivies now lead the season series between the two leagues 12-11 with one game -- Lafayette at Penn (Jan. 16)-- left. Since the Ivies won the series last year, even a Lafayette upset would allow them to retain the trophy since the best the Patriot League can hope for is a tie.

We will take a look at a later date at how the league with scholarships has been unable to claim the series with the non-scholarship league two seasons in a row.


The Ivies will retain the Hoop Time-Basketball U. Challenge virtual trophy again this season.

In this game, the Eagles started their twin towers look with 6-10 junior Brayden Billbe and 6-11 South Carolina transfer Paulius Joneliunas up front. The two responded with a combined 4 rebounds and 7 points.

AU wasted a 25-point career night by Arvydas Eitutavicius. Eitutavicius didn't help matters as much as his points might lead you to believe, though, since he also had 8 turnovers. Fellow Lithuanian Linus Lekavicius added 11 points and 6 assists.

Guard Casey Hughes led the Bulldogs scorers with 15 points. Center Dominick Martin added 14 points and guard Eric had 13 points and 7 assists.

Most telling stat: Look at the two teams' field goal percentages. Yale shot 50 percent (28-56) from the field, American shot 40 percent (22-55).
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