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Thursday, January 03, 2008
The good news for Bucknell: Darren Mastropaolo returned to the floor Wednesday night. The bad news: the Bison still struggled to find the basket, losing 53-47 to visiting Ohio University.
Mastropaolo scored 6 points, going 2 for 3 from the field in 18 minutes. It was his first action this season after suffering a torn ACL playing pickup ball over the summer.
The rest of the team did not fare as well shooting the ball. How cold were they? Consider this: Bucknell's 9 second half field goals (on 25 tries, 36 percent) were more than 4 times as many as they made in the first half (2-17, 11.8 percent).
Despite the cold shooting from the field, Bucknell still managed to play to a 16-16 tie at the intermission, thanks to 10 for 12 shooting at the foul line and tough defense that held the Bobcats to 25 percent shooting from the field in the first half (6-24). Ohio was just 1 for 11 from the three-point arc in the half.
The Bison went on to build a 5-point lead in the second half and after surrendering that, came back to go ahead again, 40-39, on a Justin Castleberry layup with 6:34 to play.
Ohio took advantage of back-to-back Bison turnovers quickly push its lead back to 6, but Bucknell did not go away. Trailing 46-44 with 2:23 to play, Castleberry was fouled while taking a three. But the junior guard missed two of three, and at the other end, an Ohio offensive rebound led to a three-pointer by Bert Whittington IV, pushing the lead back to 4. Bucknell went 0 for 4 with a turnover on its next five trips up the floor and never got closer.
Castleberry (11 points) was the only player in double figures for the Bison, who finished 11 of 42 (26.2 percent) from the field, 6 of 19 from three-point range. Whittington's 20 off the bench led Ohio, which shot 57.1 percent (12-21) in the second half to finish 18 for 45 (40 percent) from the field. Whittington had 4 of OU's 5 threes (on 21 tries).
Box score | Daily Item
Mastropaolo scored 6 points, going 2 for 3 from the field in 18 minutes. It was his first action this season after suffering a torn ACL playing pickup ball over the summer.
The rest of the team did not fare as well shooting the ball. How cold were they? Consider this: Bucknell's 9 second half field goals (on 25 tries, 36 percent) were more than 4 times as many as they made in the first half (2-17, 11.8 percent).
Despite the cold shooting from the field, Bucknell still managed to play to a 16-16 tie at the intermission, thanks to 10 for 12 shooting at the foul line and tough defense that held the Bobcats to 25 percent shooting from the field in the first half (6-24). Ohio was just 1 for 11 from the three-point arc in the half.
The Bison went on to build a 5-point lead in the second half and after surrendering that, came back to go ahead again, 40-39, on a Justin Castleberry layup with 6:34 to play.
Ohio took advantage of back-to-back Bison turnovers quickly push its lead back to 6, but Bucknell did not go away. Trailing 46-44 with 2:23 to play, Castleberry was fouled while taking a three. But the junior guard missed two of three, and at the other end, an Ohio offensive rebound led to a three-pointer by Bert Whittington IV, pushing the lead back to 4. Bucknell went 0 for 4 with a turnover on its next five trips up the floor and never got closer.
Castleberry (11 points) was the only player in double figures for the Bison, who finished 11 of 42 (26.2 percent) from the field, 6 of 19 from three-point range. Whittington's 20 off the bench led Ohio, which shot 57.1 percent (12-21) in the second half to finish 18 for 45 (40 percent) from the field. Whittington had 4 of OU's 5 threes (on 21 tries).
Box score | Daily Item
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