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Wednesday, December 05, 2007
American gets milestone victory
The Eagles' 66-54 win over Howard was the program's 1,000th of all time.

More important to the current generation, it got AU back above .500 at 5-4.

This one was a come-from-behind affair. American trailed by as many as 11 points early before using a 15-0 run to get back in the game. The Eagles took the lead for good on a Brian Gilmore (11 points) free throw with 1:50 to go in the first half and built that edge to 34-30 at the break. Then AU opened the second half with a 10-0 run and never led by less than 9 the rest of the way.

American coach Jeff Jones made a change to his starting lineup, inserting juco transfer Frank Borden at the off guard in place of junior Garrison Carr, the team's leading scoeer. Borden was 1 for 5 with 2 points. carr scored a team-high 17, shooting 6 for 9 with 4 treys on 6 attempts.

Also in double figures for AU were Bryce Simon (10) and Jordan Nichaols (11).

American was 19 for 41 from the field (46.3 percent), 7 for 15 from the arc, and went to the foul line 32 times, making 21. Howard was 21 for 54 (38.9 percent), 6 for 17 threes and 6 for 11 at the charity stripe.
Box score | AP

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