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Tuesday, November 27, 2007
American punds out a win
The Eagles took it inside to pick up their second straight win, downing Mount St. Mary's 66-45.

American took its first lead on a Frank Borden jumper 4:28 into the game and never trailed after that. Mount St. Mary's did manage to pull even at 23-23 with 5:00 to go in the first half. But Garrison Carr's layup five seconds later put AU back on top to stay.

For the first time all season, neither of AU's starting guard duo of Carr and Derrick Mercer led the team in scoring. In fact, Mercer was held to 8 points, the first time all season he failed to reach double figures.

Carr finished with 12 points, but hit just 2 of 9 from three-point range. The Eagles (4-3) were just 3 of 15 there as a team.

But American got double-digit scoring efforts from three members of its frontcourt, led by forward Travis Lay, who scored a career-high 17. Lay was 5 for 8 from the field, a perfect 7 for 7 at the foul line and pulled down 7 rebounds, 4 on the offensive end. Brian Gilmore and juco transfer Constantin Motnii each added 10 points off the bench. Motnii led American with 8 rebounds.

The inside dominance was evident on the boards. American outrebounded the Mount (0-4) 45-29. The Eagles' 18 offensive rebounds helped offset a 38.6 percent (22-57) effort from the field. It didn't hurt any to go 19 for 22 at the foul line, either.

Defense was also a key for AU. The Eagles held Mount St. Mary's star guard Chris Vann to 8 points, well below his average of over 20 ppg. The Mount shot 31.4 percent (16-51) as a team, 2 for 11 from the arc.
Box score | Frederick Post | AP

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