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Thursday, March 01, 2007
AU earns bus ride with win
It remains to be seen who actually gets the better end of this one, but American advaned to a semifinals meeting with top-seed Holy Cross with a 59-44 win over Colgate.

The win gives American (16-13) a long bus ride to Worcester. Colgate (10-19), on the other hand, can get out its golf clubs, which is not a bad alternative when your campus includes a beautiful Robert Trent Jones course.

Then again, unless the Raiders can shoot a heckuva lot straighter than they do with a basketball, Seven Oaks might just be another source of frustration for Colgate, which lived up to its reputation as one of the poorest shooting teams in the nation with its 30 percent performance in front of 924 fans in Bender Arena last night. The Raiders were 15 of 50 from the field, including 1 of 15 from the arc.

Kendall Chones was the only Colgate player to reach double figures, coming off the bench for 12 points. All-league guard Jon Simon ended his career with a 3 for 12 night, connecting just once from the arc in seven tries.

American didn't shoot a lot better in the first half, going 9 for 23 (39.1 percent) from the field while taking a 24-20 halftime lead. But AU shot 48 percent in the second half to finish the night at 21 of 48 (43.8 percent), including 3 of 12 from the arc. The Eagles opened the second half by building a 12-point lead with an 11-3 spurt and Colgate never got closer than 8 the rest of the way.

Andre Ingram led American with 16 points. Arvydas Eitutavicius added 15. Sign of the coming apocalypse: Paulius Joneliunas also reached double figures, finishing with 12 points.

The win was American's sixth straight opening round victory.
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