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November 27, 2005
  

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New York University 79, Polytechnic 39

NEW YORK, NY — The New York University men's basketball team won the NYU Thanksgiving Tournament win a 79-39 win over Polytechnic University in the Championship Game on Sunday, November 27, at the Coles Sports Center in Manhattan.

Jared Kildare, who was selected Most Valuable Player of the tournament, scored a game-high 20 points and connected on all of his seven shots from the field.

NYU (4-0) scored the first eight points of the game. Then, following Polytechnic's first basket, the Violets went on another 8-0 run. Eventually, the NYU lead grew to 41-9 en route to a 45-16 halftime lead.

The Violets' lead continued to swell in the second half and reached a game-high 40 points on freshman Bill Morrissey's layup with 19 seconds remaining.

Junior Michael DeCorso scored 13 points for NYU and was named to the All-Tournament Team. Junior Matt Basford added 12 points, while junior Daniel Falcon contributed seven points, six rebounds, two steals, and was also named to the All-Tournament Team.

Dale Smiley led Polytechnic (1-2) with 10 points and was also selected to the All-Tournament Team.

In the Third-Place Game, the United States Merchant Marine Academy defeated Elmira College 83-72.

The other All-Tournament selections were Micah Owens of Elmira and Zach Wyatte of USMMA.


News release submitted by New York University on Nov 27, 2005 at 09:06 PM
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