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Sunday, November 11, 2007
Carr digs hole, Mercer buries St. Francis (Pa.)
By the time the Red Flash finally got around to guarding American's Garrison Carr, it was too late.

Carr scored 17 of his career-high 21 points in the first half, knocking down 5 3-pointers (on 7 tries) to help American build a 42-23 halftime lead. Carr cooled off in the second half, going 0 for 3 from the arc, but the margin was big enough to stand up for a 75-66 American win in remote Loretto, Pa.

Helping make sure the lead held up was Carr's junior classmate, point guard Derrick Mercer, who scored 8 of his game-high 22 points from the foul line in the final 2:43 of the game after Saint Francis had clawed its way to within 4 points of the Eagles.

AU went 10 for 10 at the line down the stretch, the other two coming from junior center Constantin Motnil, who scored 10 of his 14 points in the second half. The juco transfer also shared team rebounding honors with Travis Lay (5 each), helping AU to a 27-22 edge on the boards.

With Carr leading the way, the Eagles went 15 for 25 (60 percent) from the field in the opening half, draining 8 of 12 from 3-point range. AU was 0 for 5 at the arc after the intermission, 10 of 23 overall to finish the game shooting 52.1 percent from the field.

Saint Francis' shooting was a mirror image of the Eagles -- 8 for 29 (40 percent), including 1 of 7 at the arc, in the first half; 14 for 23 (60.9 percent), 5 of 10 from 3-point range, in the second.

The difference in the game was turnovers. American coughed the ball up just 9 times, resulting in 7 SF points. The Eagles converted Saint Francis' 11 turnovers into 15 points -- an 8-point edge in a 9-point game.
Box score | Johnstown Tribune-Democrat | Altoona Mirror

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