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Saturday, March 04, 2006
Navy feels Hamilton's pain
Forget what you heard about that jaw injury slowing down Kevin Hamilton.

Just check the lead of Rich Thompson's story on Holy Cross' 78-50 win over Navy in the Boston Herald:
Holy Cross senior guard Kevin Hamilton didn’t let a badly mangled jaw get in the way of a good night.
Wearing a protective mouthpiece and a sizable chip on his shoulder, Hamilton netted 19 points with 10 rebounds and four assists to lift Holy Cross to a 78-50 thrashing of Navy in a Patriot League quarterfinal last night at the Hart Center.
Hamilton was not the only star for the Crusaders. Keith Simmons also had 19 and Tim Clifford finished with 15 in 21 minutes of action, including 8 of HC's first 10.

Clifford and Kevin Hyland both fouled out, a curious situation given that 22 of Navy's 46 shots came from the arc and none of the Midshipmen's frontcourt players scored more than 5 points.

The game was decided before the half, with HC holding Navy scoreless for almost 7 minutes during an 18-2 run that gave the Crusaders a 33-17 lead. Hamilton, Simmons and Clifford each reached double figures before the intermission. Navy never got the deficit back to single digits.
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