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Sunday, January 06, 2008
(Originally posted 8:46 p.m., links added at 8:59 a.m.)
Adam May scored 9 of his 12 points in overtime to lift Holy Cross to a come-from-ahead, come-from-behind 67-63 win Saturday at San Francisco.
It was 33-8, Holy Cross, at the intermission after a first half where the Crusaders shot and held San Francisco to 4 for 28 from the field (14.3 percent). The second half, though, was a turnaround. The 'Saders cooled to 6 for 16 (37.5 percent) while the Dons hit 16 of 28 (57.1 percent)m including 5 of 7 from three-point range.
Two of those threes came off the hand of Manny Quezada in the last two minutes, erasing a 6-point HC lead and sending the game to OT.
San Francisco scored the first six points in the OT, then May got it going. May scored 5 in an 8-0 HC run. Then, when the Dons tied it, he hit a jumper to give HC the lead for good. Just to make sure his efforts were not for naught, May scored the final points of the game by going coast-to-coast after a late steal.
The Crusaders played without starting power forward Alex Vander Baan. HC radio attributed his absence to back spasms. Point guard Pat Doherty also left early with what was reported on radio to be an ankle injury.
Colin Cunningham was also injured late in the game. Doherty came in long enough to shoot free throws (missing both) for Cunningham, who was injured while being fouled. Cunningham's injury did not seem serious. He returned later.
Tim Clifford led HC with 17 points. Doherty had 16 when he went down.
Holy Cross is at Maryland Tuesday in its final non-conference tune-up before opening league play Saturday at Lafayette
Box score | Sacramento Bee | SF Chronicle | Telegram & Gazette
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Adam May scored 9 of his 12 points in overtime to lift Holy Cross to a come-from-ahead, come-from-behind 67-63 win Saturday at San Francisco.
It was 33-8, Holy Cross, at the intermission after a first half where the Crusaders shot and held San Francisco to 4 for 28 from the field (14.3 percent). The second half, though, was a turnaround. The 'Saders cooled to 6 for 16 (37.5 percent) while the Dons hit 16 of 28 (57.1 percent)m including 5 of 7 from three-point range.
Two of those threes came off the hand of Manny Quezada in the last two minutes, erasing a 6-point HC lead and sending the game to OT.
San Francisco scored the first six points in the OT, then May got it going. May scored 5 in an 8-0 HC run. Then, when the Dons tied it, he hit a jumper to give HC the lead for good. Just to make sure his efforts were not for naught, May scored the final points of the game by going coast-to-coast after a late steal.
The Crusaders played without starting power forward Alex Vander Baan. HC radio attributed his absence to back spasms. Point guard Pat Doherty also left early with what was reported on radio to be an ankle injury.
Colin Cunningham was also injured late in the game. Doherty came in long enough to shoot free throws (missing both) for Cunningham, who was injured while being fouled. Cunningham's injury did not seem serious. He returned later.
Tim Clifford led HC with 17 points. Doherty had 16 when he went down.
Holy Cross is at Maryland Tuesday in its final non-conference tune-up before opening league play Saturday at Lafayette
Box score | Sacramento Bee | SF Chronicle | Telegram & Gazette
Labels: games, Holy Cross
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(Originally posted 8:22 p.m., links added at 8:57 a.m.)
In an ideal world for Bucknell, the game at St. Bonaventure would have served as an ideal tune-up for Patriot League play, finish off a softer opponent after a steady diet of tough to chew tests over the holidays. Instead, the Bison got a tough 65-62 loss and a two-game losing streak.
Like most of the season so far, though, things did not work out the way the Bison (5-0) planned them. Instead of a confidence building win to set the tone into league play, the Bison were dealt a tough-to-swallow close loss in a game they led by eight with 6:30 to play.
The key swing came when a Jason Vegotsky three was waved off for a moving screen call. At the time, Bucknell was up 55-49. It could have been a 9-point lead, with about six minutes to go. Instead, it was a lead that evaporated in a hurry when a St. Bonnie offensive rebound at the other end led to a D'Lancy Carter three-point play that ignited a 10-0 Bonnies run.
There were five lead changes in the final four minutes, the last coming with 19 seconds left, when Michael Lee's layup-and-one made it 64=62, St. Bonaventure. Lee added a free throw with 12 seconds to go, but missed one of two to leave the door open.
John Griffin, who was 0 for 6 from the arc, 0 for 7 for the game, missed a contested, would-be-tying three with 2 seconds left. Griffin also missed an open three on BU's next-to-last possession.
Justin Castleberry led Bucknell with a career-high 22 points. Stephen Tyree also had a career-high 10.
Box score | Daily Item | Buffalo News
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In an ideal world for Bucknell, the game at St. Bonaventure would have served as an ideal tune-up for Patriot League play, finish off a softer opponent after a steady diet of tough to chew tests over the holidays. Instead, the Bison got a tough 65-62 loss and a two-game losing streak.
Like most of the season so far, though, things did not work out the way the Bison (5-0) planned them. Instead of a confidence building win to set the tone into league play, the Bison were dealt a tough-to-swallow close loss in a game they led by eight with 6:30 to play.
The key swing came when a Jason Vegotsky three was waved off for a moving screen call. At the time, Bucknell was up 55-49. It could have been a 9-point lead, with about six minutes to go. Instead, it was a lead that evaporated in a hurry when a St. Bonnie offensive rebound at the other end led to a D'Lancy Carter three-point play that ignited a 10-0 Bonnies run.
There were five lead changes in the final four minutes, the last coming with 19 seconds left, when Michael Lee's layup-and-one made it 64=62, St. Bonaventure. Lee added a free throw with 12 seconds to go, but missed one of two to leave the door open.
John Griffin, who was 0 for 6 from the arc, 0 for 7 for the game, missed a contested, would-be-tying three with 2 seconds left. Griffin also missed an open three on BU's next-to-last possession.
Justin Castleberry led Bucknell with a career-high 22 points. Stephen Tyree also had a career-high 10.
Box score | Daily Item | Buffalo News
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(Originally posted 7:46 p.m., links added at 8:55 a.m.)
The road warriors from Lafayette finally hit the wall Saturday in Jackson, Miss., losing 77-53 to Misssissippi State.
It was Lafayette's seventh game of an eight-game road swing that started promisingly with three wins in the first four games. The loss was the third straight since breaking briefly at Christmas with a three-game win streak and an 8-3 record.
Three of the four losses on the road trip have been to major conference sides -- Rutgers and Pitt of the Big East and Miss. State, which plays in the Southeast Conference. This was the first time on this road swing, which ends Wednesday at Princeton, that the Leopards got blown out. It was also the first time their shooting touch abandoned them en mass.
Lafayette shot a season-low 28.1 percent (9-32) in the first half, then rewrote the season superlatives list with an even icier 10 for 40, 25 percent in the second half. Needless to say, the 26.6 percent total was the worst shooting night all season for Lafayette.
The Easton Bombers were held to 6 three-pointers on 25 attempts. The 6 makes and 24 percent shooting from the arc were also season lows for Lafayette. Andrew Brown, the team's top scorer and best three-point shooter, was 1 for 7 from three. Matt Betley, who MSU obviously saw drain six against Pitt, only got two chances. He made one.
Bilal Abdullah, who led Lafayette with 21 points, hit 4 of 9 from the arc. No other Leopard connected. It was the first time since the season opener against Wagner that the 'Pards hit less than 10 threes.
Unlike the Pitt game, whwere Lafayette led at the half, this one got out of control early. Missississippi State led by as many as 20 in the first half and took a 37-25 lead to the break.
Lafayette made a run early in the second half, pulling within 4 on an Abdullah three with 15:36 to go. But MSU responded with a 10-0 run, then pulled away.
Box score | NE Miss. Daily Journal | Clarion-Ledger (sidebar) | Jackson Clarion-Ledger (gamer) | Commercial Dispatch | Dawgs Bite
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The road warriors from Lafayette finally hit the wall Saturday in Jackson, Miss., losing 77-53 to Misssissippi State.
It was Lafayette's seventh game of an eight-game road swing that started promisingly with three wins in the first four games. The loss was the third straight since breaking briefly at Christmas with a three-game win streak and an 8-3 record.
Three of the four losses on the road trip have been to major conference sides -- Rutgers and Pitt of the Big East and Miss. State, which plays in the Southeast Conference. This was the first time on this road swing, which ends Wednesday at Princeton, that the Leopards got blown out. It was also the first time their shooting touch abandoned them en mass.
Lafayette shot a season-low 28.1 percent (9-32) in the first half, then rewrote the season superlatives list with an even icier 10 for 40, 25 percent in the second half. Needless to say, the 26.6 percent total was the worst shooting night all season for Lafayette.
The Easton Bombers were held to 6 three-pointers on 25 attempts. The 6 makes and 24 percent shooting from the arc were also season lows for Lafayette. Andrew Brown, the team's top scorer and best three-point shooter, was 1 for 7 from three. Matt Betley, who MSU obviously saw drain six against Pitt, only got two chances. He made one.
Bilal Abdullah, who led Lafayette with 21 points, hit 4 of 9 from the arc. No other Leopard connected. It was the first time since the season opener against Wagner that the 'Pards hit less than 10 threes.
Unlike the Pitt game, whwere Lafayette led at the half, this one got out of control early. Missississippi State led by as many as 20 in the first half and took a 37-25 lead to the break.
Lafayette made a run early in the second half, pulling within 4 on an Abdullah three with 15:36 to go. But MSU responded with a 10-0 run, then pulled away.
Box score | NE Miss. Daily Journal | Clarion-Ledger (sidebar) | Jackson Clarion-Ledger (gamer) | Commercial Dispatch | Dawgs Bite
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The Mids and Longwood were even at intermission. Then the Mids got busy and blew out the visitors from Farmville.
After a 24.1 percent (7-29) first half from the field that included just 2 threes on 11 tries, the Midshipmen found themselves tied at 23-23 when the first half ended. When the second half started, it was a different story.
The Mids, who broke the game open early in the half with a 21-4 run, were even-Steven 50 percent shooters after the break, hitting 14 of 28 from the field, 5 of 10 from Chick and Ruth's.
Greg Sprink finished with his first double-double of the season -- 21 points and 11 boards. Kaleo Kina added 18 and Chris Harris added 18 and dished out 5 assists without turning the ball over.
Box score | Examiner
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After a 24.1 percent (7-29) first half from the field that included just 2 threes on 11 tries, the Midshipmen found themselves tied at 23-23 when the first half ended. When the second half started, it was a different story.
The Mids, who broke the game open early in the half with a 21-4 run, were even-Steven 50 percent shooters after the break, hitting 14 of 28 from the field, 5 of 10 from Chick and Ruth's.
Greg Sprink finished with his first double-double of the season -- 21 points and 11 boards. Kaleo Kina added 18 and Chris Harris added 18 and dished out 5 assists without turning the ball over.
Box score | Examiner
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Jarrell Brown scored 18 of his 23 points in the second half of the Black Knight's 70-66 win Saturday over visiting Portland.
Army (7-6) led by five at the half, but saw Portland make enough of a run to take the lead briefly in the second half. Then Brown hit a three with 9:17 to play to spark what proved to be a decisive 12-3 Army run.
The Black Knights were up at least two possessions most of the rest of the way, though 6 of 10 free throw shooting in the final minute opened the door enough to cause a little anxiety for the 714 folks in Christl Arena.
Brown, who reached 20 for the ninth time this season and second game in a row, was 5 for 7 from the field, 4 for 5 from three-point range. Not bad for a guy who didn't take part in the two practices leading up to this game due to a sore foot. It was Brown's 10th straight double figures showing.
Box score | Postgame quotes | Times Herald-Record | Oregonian
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Army (7-6) led by five at the half, but saw Portland make enough of a run to take the lead briefly in the second half. Then Brown hit a three with 9:17 to play to spark what proved to be a decisive 12-3 Army run.
The Black Knights were up at least two possessions most of the rest of the way, though 6 of 10 free throw shooting in the final minute opened the door enough to cause a little anxiety for the 714 folks in Christl Arena.
Brown, who reached 20 for the ninth time this season and second game in a row, was 5 for 7 from the field, 4 for 5 from three-point range. Not bad for a guy who didn't take part in the two practices leading up to this game due to a sore foot. It was Brown's 10th straight double figures showing.
Box score | Postgame quotes | Times Herald-Record | Oregonian
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Saturday, January 05, 2008
No sense spending time on previews when we don't know if they will show up on the site before the games are played. Better to spend that time trying to find a solution to the ongoing problems with the Blogger publishing platform.
In the meantime, here are some readaround links, with a decided purple tint:
The storyline for the Holy Cross at San Francisco game is former Oklahoma State coach Eddie Sutton, who took over as the Dons interim coach Dec. 26:
No scolds barred as Sutton readies USF for his Hilltop debut (SF Chronicle)
Meanwhile, looking ahead . . . Who'd a thunk we'd ever think see the day the Washington Post's Maryland writer would refer to a Patriot League team coming to visit as "a difficult home game" --
With ACC Play Looming, All of the Terps' Games Count (Washington Post)
Dons' Sutton (raspy) voice of doom (Contra Costa Times)
Sutton's task at USF his biggest challenge yet (San Jose Mercury-News)
Looking back, Ralph Willard recaps the Crusaders recent losses in his most recent post
CoachRalphWillard.com
Despite those losses, Stephen Miller of the Morning Call is still high on the 'Saders' future:
Crusaders are team to beat in Patriot League (Morning Call)
Meanwhile down in the Valley:
Brett Reed Q&A (Morning Call)
Lehigh's lone senior is leader by example (Express-Times)
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In the meantime, here are some readaround links, with a decided purple tint:
The storyline for the Holy Cross at San Francisco game is former Oklahoma State coach Eddie Sutton, who took over as the Dons interim coach Dec. 26:
Meanwhile, looking ahead . . . Who'd a thunk we'd ever think see the day the Washington Post's Maryland writer would refer to a Patriot League team coming to visit as "a difficult home game" --
Looking back, Ralph Willard recaps the Crusaders recent losses in his most recent post
Despite those losses, Stephen Miller of the Morning Call is still high on the 'Saders' future:
Meanwhile down in the Valley:
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Labels: American, Holy Cross, Lehigh
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Friday, January 04, 2008
Free throws proved to be the difference in the Eagles' 68-55 loss Friday night in Providence.
American fell behind by 14 points early and never got closer than 6 after that, falling back to .500 (7-7) with the loss. The win, Brown's second this week against a Patriot League team, gives the Bears an 8-5 mark.
American didn't shoot well -- 21 of 54 (38.9 percent) from the floor, 8 for 22 on threes -- but that would have been enough to win had Brown not gone to the free throw line 17 times more than the Eagles.
Like AU, Brown hit 21 field goals. The Bears had a better percentage (21-50, 42 percent), but only 6 were treys (on 19 attempts). But American was whistled for 22 personals in the game, sending Brown to the line 26 times. The Bears made 20. AU was 5 of 9 at the foul line.
Travis Lay led AU with 12 points. Derrick Mercer added 11 and Brian Gilmore 10.
Brown's Army killer Damon Huffman led all scorers with 29
Box score | Providence Journal
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American fell behind by 14 points early and never got closer than 6 after that, falling back to .500 (7-7) with the loss. The win, Brown's second this week against a Patriot League team, gives the Bears an 8-5 mark.
American didn't shoot well -- 21 of 54 (38.9 percent) from the floor, 8 for 22 on threes -- but that would have been enough to win had Brown not gone to the free throw line 17 times more than the Eagles.
Like AU, Brown hit 21 field goals. The Bears had a better percentage (21-50, 42 percent), but only 6 were treys (on 19 attempts). But American was whistled for 22 personals in the game, sending Brown to the line 26 times. The Bears made 20. AU was 5 of 9 at the foul line.
Travis Lay led AU with 12 points. Derrick Mercer added 11 and Brian Gilmore 10.
Brown's Army killer Damon Huffman led all scorers with 29
Box score | Providence Journal
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