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Thursday, December 07, 2006
Holy Cross gave Duke a scare and Lehigh lost a heart breaker at Princeton as league teams broke even in games against Division I opponents Wednesday night. The news was better for Army and American.
(7) Duke 57, Holy Cross 45 -- For 20 minutes Holy Cross was in control -- of the tempo and, to some extent, of the game. Forcing 12 turnovers and holding Duke to 8 of 25 shooting in the first half, the Crusaders were up 28-22 at the half.
"They took control of the tempo of the game and made us play every possession," said Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski. "Their defense was not a pressing defense, but it forced us into standing."
Holy Cross stayed in the game for a while after the intermission, too. With 14:07 to play, HC was still up 4 after a Tim Clifford layup and after Clifford blocked Lance Thomas' shot at the other end, the 'Saders had a three-on-one break at the other end, with a chance to push the lead to 6.
Then came two charges. The first was of the personal foul variety, a whistle on Lawrence Dixon trying to finish the break. The second charge came in the form of Duke's 16-2 run that carried the Blue Devils from 4 down to a double digits lead. HC never got closer the 8 the rest of the way.
In the end, Duke simply wore the shorthanded Crusaders down. Pat Doherty, who moved into the starting lineup next to Torey Thomas at guard, played 33 minutes. That was the least minutes by any HC starter other than center Tim Clifford, who fouled out after 22 minutes of action.
After shooting 10 for 22 (45.5 percent) from the field in the first half, Holy Cross scored only 17 points in the second, shooting 7 for 24 (29.2 percent). Duke, in the meantime, went 11 for 18 (61.1 percent) in the second half.
As HC coach Ralph Willard told Jen Toland of the T&G:
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Princeton 44, Lehigh 43 -- Princeton freshman Marcus Schroeder hit a free throw with no time left to give Princeton a win in its first home game, keeping Lehigh winless on the road. It was Princeton's 23rd straight win over Lehigh.
Schroeder was fouled while taking a desperation shot as time ran out (maybe after, according to Corky Blake of the Express-Times, but there was no TV replay available to check) after gathering in an offensive rebound.
Lehigh led 23-16 at the half, and played good enough defense in the second to win, holding Princeton to 7 for 18 (38.9 percent) shooting. But five of Princeton's seven field goals were three-pointers and the Tigers got to the foul line 14 times in the half, making 9. Lehigh was 9 for 14 at the line for the entire game.
The Mountain Hawks' problems came at the offensive end. Lehigh went 16 for 49 (32.7 percent) from the field and made only 2 (of 11) three-pointers. Leading scorer Jose Olivero was held to 10 points on 4 for 17 shooting and freshman point guard Marquis Hall did not make a shot (on 4 tries).
Strong forward Bryan White, back into the starting five as Billy Taylor struggles to find the right guy for that spot, did not even take a shot, his box score line a row of zeroes, save his 2 rebounds and 2 fouls.
Kyle Neptune led Lehigh scorers with 15 points. Center Jason Mgebroff turned in a 12-points, 11-rebounds double-double.
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Army 60, N.J.I.T. 40 -- Freshman Chris Walker posted his first career double-double, scoring 10 points and grabbing 11 rebounds to lead Army to the win.
Matt Bell added 12 points and Jarrell Brown 19 for the Black Knights (7-2). The seven wins is the most in a single season for Army under coach Jim Crews.
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American 85, Howard 75 -- American started the game up 1-0 and was never tied, never trailed in improving to 7-2, its best start in 25 years. The Eagles began with a lead thanks to an Andre Ingram free throw after Howard got hit with a technical for dunking during pregame warmups.
Ingram went on to put up 21 points, going 7 for 9 from the field, 3 of 4 from the arc.
Ingram was not the only one making shots for AU. Arvydas Eitutavicius had 17 first-half points en route to a 23-point showing. Eitutavicius was 6 for 6 at the foul line, extending his made free throws streak to 27 in a row. Derrick Mercer added 9 points and dished 8 assists for AU, which shot 59.6 percent from the field (31-52 and outrebounded Howard 42-23.
Paulius Joneliunas also in double figures for Au with 13 points.
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Colgate 82, Elmira 34 -- Everybody ran, everybody scored. Who cares?
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(7) Duke 57, Holy Cross 45 -- For 20 minutes Holy Cross was in control -- of the tempo and, to some extent, of the game. Forcing 12 turnovers and holding Duke to 8 of 25 shooting in the first half, the Crusaders were up 28-22 at the half.
"They took control of the tempo of the game and made us play every possession," said Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski. "Their defense was not a pressing defense, but it forced us into standing."
Holy Cross stayed in the game for a while after the intermission, too. With 14:07 to play, HC was still up 4 after a Tim Clifford layup and after Clifford blocked Lance Thomas' shot at the other end, the 'Saders had a three-on-one break at the other end, with a chance to push the lead to 6.
Then came two charges. The first was of the personal foul variety, a whistle on Lawrence Dixon trying to finish the break. The second charge came in the form of Duke's 16-2 run that carried the Blue Devils from 4 down to a double digits lead. HC never got closer the 8 the rest of the way.
In the end, Duke simply wore the shorthanded Crusaders down. Pat Doherty, who moved into the starting lineup next to Torey Thomas at guard, played 33 minutes. That was the least minutes by any HC starter other than center Tim Clifford, who fouled out after 22 minutes of action.
After shooting 10 for 22 (45.5 percent) from the field in the first half, Holy Cross scored only 17 points in the second, shooting 7 for 24 (29.2 percent). Duke, in the meantime, went 11 for 18 (61.1 percent) in the second half.
As HC coach Ralph Willard told Jen Toland of the T&G:
"We really labored in the second half, probably because we had too many guys playing too many minutes."Keith Simmons led HC with 13 points. Simmons also had 4 steals and 7 rebounds. Torey Thomas, who was held to 6 points, had 6 rebounds, 3 assists and 5 steals. But Simmons (5 TO) and Thomas (9 TO) combined for 14 of the Crusaders' 20 turnovers.
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Princeton 44, Lehigh 43 -- Princeton freshman Marcus Schroeder hit a free throw with no time left to give Princeton a win in its first home game, keeping Lehigh winless on the road. It was Princeton's 23rd straight win over Lehigh.
Schroeder was fouled while taking a desperation shot as time ran out (maybe after, according to Corky Blake of the Express-Times, but there was no TV replay available to check) after gathering in an offensive rebound.
Lehigh led 23-16 at the half, and played good enough defense in the second to win, holding Princeton to 7 for 18 (38.9 percent) shooting. But five of Princeton's seven field goals were three-pointers and the Tigers got to the foul line 14 times in the half, making 9. Lehigh was 9 for 14 at the line for the entire game.
The Mountain Hawks' problems came at the offensive end. Lehigh went 16 for 49 (32.7 percent) from the field and made only 2 (of 11) three-pointers. Leading scorer Jose Olivero was held to 10 points on 4 for 17 shooting and freshman point guard Marquis Hall did not make a shot (on 4 tries).
Strong forward Bryan White, back into the starting five as Billy Taylor struggles to find the right guy for that spot, did not even take a shot, his box score line a row of zeroes, save his 2 rebounds and 2 fouls.
Kyle Neptune led Lehigh scorers with 15 points. Center Jason Mgebroff turned in a 12-points, 11-rebounds double-double.
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Army 60, N.J.I.T. 40 -- Freshman Chris Walker posted his first career double-double, scoring 10 points and grabbing 11 rebounds to lead Army to the win.
Matt Bell added 12 points and Jarrell Brown 19 for the Black Knights (7-2). The seven wins is the most in a single season for Army under coach Jim Crews.
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American 85, Howard 75 -- American started the game up 1-0 and was never tied, never trailed in improving to 7-2, its best start in 25 years. The Eagles began with a lead thanks to an Andre Ingram free throw after Howard got hit with a technical for dunking during pregame warmups.
Ingram went on to put up 21 points, going 7 for 9 from the field, 3 of 4 from the arc.
Ingram was not the only one making shots for AU. Arvydas Eitutavicius had 17 first-half points en route to a 23-point showing. Eitutavicius was 6 for 6 at the foul line, extending his made free throws streak to 27 in a row. Derrick Mercer added 9 points and dished 8 assists for AU, which shot 59.6 percent from the field (31-52 and outrebounded Howard 42-23.
Paulius Joneliunas also in double figures for Au with 13 points.
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Colgate 82, Elmira 34 -- Everybody ran, everybody scored. Who cares?
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