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Sunday, November 25, 2007
Turnovers key American win
The Eagles used a combination of balanced scoring and 26 NJIT turnovers to get back to .500 with a 73-50 road win.

Four players reached double figures for American (3-3), led by Garrison Carr, who scored 9 of his team-high 15 in the first half, helping AU open a 34-18 lead at the break. Also helping fuel that lead were 16 turnovers by winless NJIT (0-5).

The Highlanders actually shot the ball better, percentage-wise, from the field than AU. NJIT hit 47.4 percent of its shots, American 47.3. But thanks to the turnovers, American took 17 more shots than NJIT, finishing 26 of 55, including 8 threes -- five of them by Carr. NJIT was 18 of 38 from the field, 3 of 11 from the arc.

Joining Carr in double figures were Derrick Mercer (10 points, 6 assists), Travis Lay (10) and juco transfer Frank Borden (10), who had his first double figures game as an Eagle. Borden also had 5 steals.
Box score | AP

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