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Dec. 16-31, 2001

B-W women win Marymount tourney
ARLINGTON, Va. — The Baldwin-Wallace women defeated host Marymount 61-36 on Sunday afternoon, Dec. 30, in the championship game of the Marymount (Va.) Tournament. For her efforts, junior forward Holly Koepp was named tournament MVP and senior point guard Emily Clark joined her on the all-tournament team.

With the win, the Yellow Jackets improve to 6-5 overall. It was B-W's third straight victory. Marymount fell to 8-4. B-W had reached the championship with a 74-58 win against Gettysburg (now 6-4), while Marymount beat Rutgers-Camden (now 7-3) 74-57.

In the first half, the Yellow Jackets led by as many as seven points on two separate occasions, including the last one at 13-6 with 4:48 remaiming when Koepp scored on a layup off a pass from senior point guard Emily Clark. The assist was the 500th of Clark's career.

Marymount then came back and went on a 7-0 run to tie the score at 13-13 with 1:09 remaining on a 3-pointer by junior forward Gen Schmitt. B-W led at halftime, 15-13. In the second half, B-W outscored Marymount 42-21 and increased its advantage throughout and led by as many as 25 points on two occasions.

The B-W attack was led by Koepp. She was joined in double figures by junior guard Sarah Gordon with 12 points. Also, sophomore center Erika Schultz had eight points and 10 rebounds. Marymount was led by junior forward Katie Jarvis with 11 points.

In the two-day tourney, Koepp scored 34 points, grabbed 17 rebounds and canned 16 of 26 shots from the floor. Clark, who now has 502 career assists to rank fourth all-time in OAC history, scored 20 points, grabbed 10 rebounds and passed for 10 assists.

Buena Vista beats Gettysburg at buzzer
THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. — Chris Peterson hit a layup at the buzzer to lift Buena Vista over Gettysburg 63-61 in the championship game of the Eighth Annual Lutheran Brotherhood men's basketball tournament on Sunday, Dec. 30. Peterson's game-winner, the Beavers' only points in the game's final 3:44, short-circuited a furious Bullet comeback attempt and gave Buena Vista (7-3) its first tournament title in the program's first appearance in Thousand Oaks.

Behind a hail of 3-pointers from all-tournament selection Terence Callahan and Cody Bowers, Gettysburg (9-3) rallied from a 20-point second-half deficit to tie the game at 61 with 1:33 remaining.

Neither team could break the deadlock in its next possession before the Beavers got the ball following a Bullet turnover with 25.5 seconds left.

With both teams scrambling for possession in the final seconds, Jeremy Holmes got the ball in Peterson's hands on the left block and the junior center finished a short bank shot at the final horn to give Buena Vista the win.

Bowers finished with a career-high 18 points on the night while Callahan added 14 of his 16 after halftime. Leading scorer Curtis McNeil was held to six first-half points after tossing in 20 in Gettysburg's 89-77 win over Cal St. Hayward on Saturday.

Tournament MVP Adam Jones led the Beavers with 18 points while Holmes chipped in 13. Peterson finished with seven points, including a highlight-reel 3-point play in the second half.

A dramatic ending didn't seem plausible with 14:53 left in the game and Buena Vista leading 44-24, thanks to 15 first-half points from Jones and a stifling zone defense.

Fueled by a high-energy performance from the second team and timely 3-point shooting, Gettysburg stormed back with a 21-5 run to pull within 49-45 on a Callahan three with 9:30 remaining.

Buena Vista countered down the stretch to keep the Bullets at arms length and led 61-56 with 3:44 to play when Holmes converted a pair of free throws.

John Schnebly drilled his lone trey of the game with 2:32 left and Callahan brought Gettysburg the whole way back with a driving layup at the 1:37 mark before Peterson's heroics snapped the 61-all tie at the last possible moment.

The Beavers held the Bullets to eight field goals in the game's first 20 minutes and opened up a 13-point lead en route to a 31-21 halftime advantage. Five points from Casey Pelzer and four from Scott Weber keyed a 13-3 Buena Vista run in the first five minutes of the second half that made it 44-24.

Robbie Beyer led all players with 10 rebounds on the night while Dami Oloruntoba paced Gettysburg with a career-high seven boards.

Macalester rallies to beat Yale
GREENVILLE, S.C. — Division III beat Division I for the first time this season as Macalester rallied in the final five minutes to beat Yale 90-82 in the third-place game of Furman's Poinsettia Holiday Classic on Saturday, Dec. 29.

Ben Van Thorre scored 19 points to lead all five starters in double figures, as Doug Benson and Patrick Russell added 18 apiece and Erik Jackson and Ryan Gerry, who was perfect on the night at 5-for-5 from the floor and 4-for-4 from 3-point range, had 14 for the Scots (5-3). Macalester shot 62.5% (10-for-16) from 3-point range and 30-for-40 from the foul line. Russell was 3-for-5. All three of Macalester's losses come to NAIA or NCAA Division I teams.

Ime Archibong scored 19 and Alex Gamboa, who was ejected from the game in the final seven seconds, had 15 for the Bulldogs (7-6), who have beaten Penn State and Rhode Island and taken George Washington to overtime.

Benson scored five and Van Thorre had four to lead a 17-3 run that turned a 6-point deficit into an 83-74 lead. Russell opened the run with a driving basket at 4:59 and Jackson closed it hitting two free throws with 54 seconds left.

Benson's short hook put the Scots up 76-74 with 2:02 to play and Macalester was 14-for-17 from the free-throw line during the final 1:53. They led 37-33 at the break, but Yale scored the first seven points of the second half. Yale finished 26-for-59 from the floor (44.1%) and 24-for-33 from the line (72.7%).

Macalester outrebounded the Bulldogs 40-35, with Benson leading the way with 11. Division III teams won three times against Division I in 2000-01, with Catholic, Augustana and Wartburg beating Albany, Western Illinois and Central Florida.

Edgewood upsets ranked D-II team
KENOSHA, Wis. — Edgewood put three players in double figures as the Eagles upset UW-Parkside, ranked No. 16 in NCAA Division II, 60-54.

The Edgewood defense held Parkside (9-3) 17.5 points below their season average in the win, and kept the Rangers' 3-point ace, Kevin Carp, who was shooting 54% from the arc for the year, to just six points on 2-for-9 from the floor and 0-for-1 from 3-point range. Edgewood has won six of their last seven games to improve to 7-5.

Royce Malkowski posted a double-double with 18 points and 12 rebounds for Edgewood. Luke Sadowski added 13 points and 5 assists, while Todd Paradis tossed in 11 points.

UW-Parkside's only other losses this season have been to Kentucky Wesleyan, the defending Division II national champions, and Division I UW-Milwaukee.

Unranked King's upsets UW-P

Dennis Hobbs shot 8-for-12 for King's for 16 points in the win.

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — The King's men picked up their biggest win during the brief tenure of first-year head coach J.P. Andrejko as the Monarchs stunned No. 18 UW-Platteville on Dec. 29 in the Land of Magic Classic.

King's (9-1) got out of the gates quickly and opened a 29-19 lead with 8:14 remaining in the first half as Brian Horgan paced the way with eight of his team-high 18 points. After Platteville (8-4) cut the lead to 33-30 on a 3-pointer by Bryan Stangel with 2:33 remaining in the opening stanza, the Monarchs responded with a 7-2 run thanks to a pair of buckets by Jonathan Veet and a 3-pointer by Dannie Evans to take a 40-32 lead into the locker room.

In the second half, Platteville cut the lead to 44-43 with 15:07 left on a 3-pointer by Ben Schambow but the Monarchs countered with a bucket by Dennis Hobbs and another 3-pointer by Evans to extend the lead to 51-43 with 10:40 left. The Pioneers would come no closer than three points the rest of the way and after a big 3-pointer by Horgan with 3:14 remaining pushed the King's advantage to 62-53. Platteville began to foul but the Monarchs made seven of 12 foul shots over the final 1:53 to seal their biggest win of the year.

Horgan finished with 18 points and a team-high six rebounds, while Hobbs added 16 points on 8-for-12 shooting. Evans followed with 15 points and canned four of six from 3-point range. Overall, the Monarchs shot 51.8% (29-for-56) and committed just 11 turnovers.

Platteville was led by Stangel with 18 points while Tyler Selk and Schambow chipped in with 13 and 10 points respectively.

"We gave an outstanding effort today against a great team with a storied history," Andrejko stated. "Our guys came out ready to play and gave us a solid 40 minutes out there. Down the stretch when things got a bit tight, we executed well and did the things we needed to do to come away with a win. This is without a doubt a huge win for us and will hopefully give us added confidence and help prepare us for the second semester when our league games resume again. I am very proud of the effort by our team and this was a well-earned victory against a top-notch program."

Jared Mills led Randolph-Macon with 17 points off the bench.

Trailing 44-37 early in the second half, the Yellow Jackets got a layup and 3-pointer from freshman guard Arthur Kidd and a pair of layups from senior forward Marshall Rumney en route to a 20-4 run and a 57-48 lead. The Yellow Jackets pulled away from there as the Dolphins (9-2) shot just 29% (11-for-38) in the second half. Randolph-Macon scored its last 17 points from the foul line.

"Kidd killed us," said Staten Island head coach Tony Petosa. "He comes off a double screen, hits a three, really changed the flow of the game."

Jared Mills led all scorers with 17 points for Randolph-Macon. Kidd came off the bench with 10 points in 18 minutes, while Kurt Bergmann scored 15 on 4-for-6 shooting and Jamal Brunt scored 11, going 8-for-8 from the line.

Staten Island came out of the locker room on a roll each time, taking a 10-3 lead in the first half and scoring 16 of the first 22 points of the second half before Randolph-Macon got into gear.

"I thought we made a couple of good adjustments," said Randolph-Macon head coach Mike Rhoades. "We took away some good looks they got early in the second half."

"For the most part I was pretty satisfied," said Petosa. "We struggled a little bit offensively. The thing that hurt us a little bit was our perimeter shooting (4-for-17 from 3-point range)."

Michael Stewart and Kassim Nesbit keyed the two opening-minutes runs. Nine of Nesbit's team-high 16 points came in the first six minutes of each half.

Hope men rout No. 23 Mount Union
HOLLAND, Mich. — Hope won its fourth game in a row, soundly defeating No. 23 Mount Union 69-43.

Outstanding defense set the tone. The Dutchmen (8-4) held Mount Union to just 16 points in the first half and when the starters left the game with four minutes to play the visiting Raiders had scored only 31 points.

Mount Union (9-3) was held to just 26% shooting, including only 2-for-21 from three-point range.

Junior center Don Overbeek was voted the tournament's most valuable player. Against Mount Union, he scored 14 points, grabbed eight rebounds, blocked five shots and had no turnovers in 30 minutes of play.

He was joined on the all-tournament squad by teammates Mike Van Hekken and Chad Carlson. They each scored 13 points in the championship game.

Mount Union was led by Todd Richards' 10 points, the only player in double figured. The Purple Raiders, who only lost to Division I Akron 76-70, shot 14-for-55 from the floor. They were outrebounded 47-35.

St. Norbert holds on to upset Hanover
WESTERVILLE, Ohio — St. Norbert's men's basketball team posted one of its biggest wins in recent memory with a 56-53 win against 20th-ranked Hanover in the first round of the Otterbein College "O" Club Classic at the Rike Center. St. Norbert, which will face host Otterbein on Sunday for the title, improve to 5-2. Hanover falls to 9-2 with the loss.

The Green Knights led 56-48 with 1:50 left before the Panthers made a late run. Thad McCracken hit a jumper with 1:40 to go and Derrick Clevenger nailed a 3-pointer with 1:02 left to pull within 56-53. St. Norbert, which has held its opponents to 53, 59 and 53 points in its last three games, stopped Hanover on its final two possessions to pull out the win.

Hanover led by eight at 20-12 with 6:08 left in the first half before St. Norbert closed out the period with a 12-2 run, capped off by a conventional three-point play by senior center Nathan Hoffmann with 22 seconds left. St. Norbert boosted the lead to 33-27 early in the sceond half before Hanover tied the score at 42 with just over seven minutes remaining. Following a 46-46 tie with 5:59 left, the Green Knights went on a 10-2 run — fueled by five points from junior forward Kari Hannula — to set up the game's final moments.

Hoffmann led St. Norbert for the third consecutive game with 19 points, while Hannula added 12. Senior guard Matt Roherty added 13 points to the winning cause. Joe Neuman led Hanover wtih 12 points, while Steve Siebenmorgen added 10 points off the bench for the Panthers.

St. Norbert's sticky defense harried Hanover into 24 turnovers. Neither team shot particularly well, with St. Norbert shooting 41.3% (19-for-46), while Hanover made 38.1% (16-for-42) of its floor shots.

UW-Whitewater holds off Albion
ALBION, Mich. — Albion finished its non-conference schedule with a 9-3 record after falling to No. 13 UW-Whitewater 73-69 in the title game of the Greater Albion Chamber of Commerce Classic Saturday afternoon.

Albion trailed early, but a 7-0 run just past the midpoint of the first half put the Britons ahead 23-21 with 7:30 on the clock. Senior guard Mike Knight played a major role in the offensive spurt with five points on a 3-point field goal and a basket. Albion, which shot 44% from the field, held a 34-29 advantage at halftime.

UW-Whitewater (10-1) enjoyed an offensive explosion in the second half, making 52% of its shots from the field (14 of 27) and 88% from the free-throw line (15 of 17). The Warhawks took the lead for good with a 12-4 run to begin the second half. After Albion cut its deficit to a pair, 45-43, the Warhawks used a 7-0 run to make the score 51-43.

Senior forward Eric Serges made a basket to bring the Britons within four at 56-52 with 4:44 remaining in the game. UW-Whitewater scored eight of the next nine points to take control of the game.

UW-Whitewater’s Aubrey Lewis-Byers was named the tournament MVP after a 23-point, 11-rebound performance. London Donlow added 13 points. Jake Wolter, who was also named to the all-tournament team, finished with 10 points.

Knight led Albion with 18 points on 6-for-9 shooting from the field. Serges contributed 11 points. Senior center Andrew Neidlinger scored nine points and grabbed five rebounds before fouling out. Knight and Neidlinger were named to the all-tournament team.

Thiel upsets Ohio Northern
WOOSTER, Ohio — Thiel won for the third time in the last four games, but only the third time on the season in defeating No. 11 Ohio Northern 76-72 in the first round of Wooster's Mose Hole Classic on Dec. 28.

Thiel (3-8) built a 55-40 lead with 13:34 left in regulation before the Ohio Northern offense got rolling behind the hot hand of junior Aaron Fries, who finished with a game-high 23 points and a tournament-record seven 3-pointers. Fries hit five of his treys during a 6:23 stretch to cut the Tomcat advantage down to two at 63-61 with 7:11 left. Thiel weathered the storm by making eight of 12 free throws down the stretch and turning several offensive rebounds into nine second chance points.

Individually for the Tomcats, sophomore Mike Banach led the way with 18 points as well as six boards and four assists, while shooting 8-for-11 from the floor. Also in double figures were junior A.H. Davis with 15 points and senior Erik Hemsing with 12 points, while senior Shane Manley came off the bench to provide a spark with a game-high eight rebounds and nine points. For Ohio Northern, sophomore Kyle Lowry and Jim Conrad scored 17 and 10 points, respectively.

Platteville deals UM-Dartmouth second loss Ben Schambow's 25 points tied a season high, set last month at St. John's.

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — No. 18 UW-Platteville handed Mass-Dartmouth its second loss of the season with a hard-fought 75-71 victory in the Land Of Magic Classic on Friday.

The Pioneers improved to 8-3, while the Corsairs, who were 25-3 last year and received 40 votes, the equivalent of 28th in the Top 25 poll, fell to 7-2.

Senior center Ben Schambow, who missed two games earlier this month with a concussion, came back to score 25 points and grab 10 rebounds. He and Tyler Selk each hit field goals in the final minute, while Bryan Stangel knocked down three of four free throws in the final 12 seconds to secure the win. Stangel and Selk, both junior forwards each added 11 points, while sophomore guard Frank McGettigan scored 8 and freshman Brad Reitzner — seeing extended time with Will Carter in foul trouble — added seven points. Selk was credited with nine assists, while Schambow and Stangel each had three steals.

The Pioneers face King's, which had four players in double figures to beat Eastern 74-58 and improve to 8-1.

George leads Lakers with career-best 17
LOS ANGELES — Devean George came off the bench to score a career-high 17 points for L.A. Lakers but it wasn't enough as Toronto beat the defending NBA champions 89-86 on Friday, Dec. 28. George, in his third season with the Lakers after being a first-round draft pick out of Division III Augsburg, shot 7-for-8 from the floor and 2-for-2 from 3-point range, adding four rebounds.

The rest of the Lakers shot 26-for-78 (33.3%) as a team. George improved his average to 7.0 points per game through 26 games.

No. 13 UW-Whitewater, Albion advance to Albion tournament championship
ALBION, Mich. — The Albion men extended their winning streak to four and advanced to the title game of the Greater Albion Chamber of Commerce Classic with a 72-45 victory over Dominican (Ill.) in Kresge Gymnasium on Friday, Dec..28. Albion (9-2) will face the No. 13 UW-Whitewater, a 74-65 winner against Ohio Wesleyan, in the championship game Saturday afternoon.

The Britons got off to a slow start, trailing 18-9 when Dominican’s Patrick Clarke made a three-point field goal with 8:49 left in the first half.

Albion ended the first half on a 19-6 run to take a 28-24 advantage to the locker room at halftime. Senior post players Josh Weimer and Ben Feeney started the Briton rally with a baskets in the paint. Guard Brett Quayle made a pair of 3-point baskets, and junior guard Chris Hawkins scored five points on a pair of baskets.

“We finally started to play (late in the first half),” Albion head coach Mike Turner said. “I was disappointed in our approach (at the beginning of the game). I was pleased with our finish. “We were able to do the things we talked about before the game in the last 10 minutes of the contest,” Turner added. “That was to dominate the glass, and get the ball inside. All five of our post players played well over the last 10 minutes of the game.”

Albion never trailed in the second half. Dominican used a 5-0 run to trim the Briton advantage to 34-33, but that was as close as the game would get. Albion reeled off the next 12 points to build a commanding 46-33 lead with 11 minutes left in the game.

Quayle led Albion with 16 points. Senior center Andrew Neidlinger posted a double-double of 15 points and 10 rebounds. Dominican (3-8 overall) received 13 points from Clarke.

Whitworth tops NAIA No. 5 Spring Hill
BAKERSFIELD, Calif. - Eric Avery's two free throws in the final fifteen seconds lifted Whitworth to a 51-49 win over Spring Hill in the opening game of the State Farm Roadrunner Classic at Cal State-Bakersfield.

Spring Hill entered the game 10-1 and ranked No. 5 in the latest NAIA Division I poll. But the Pirates held the Badgers to 35% shooting and controlled the tempo of the game by playing a tough zone defense.

The Pirates led 26-20 at halftime and 49-44 with 1:08 to play. But the Badgers rallied to tie the score 49-49 on a short jumper by Tony Younger with 33 seconds to play. But Younger fouled Avery on Whitworth's next possession and Avery made both free throws.

An off-balance shot as time expired bounced off of the rim and Whitworth had the upset.

Sophomore forward Bryan Depew of Whitworth led all players with 20 points on 8/12 shooting from the floor. He also had five rebounds. Avery finished with 10 points, making six of eight free throws.

Whitworth shot 52.9% from the floor. The Pirates also outrebounded the Badgers 26-24. Spring Hill stayed close by making 6-for-12 from 3-point range. Whitworth did not make a 3-pointer in only three attempts.

The Pirates, who improve to 6-1, play the winner of the game between CSU-Bakersfield and UC-Colorado Springs (both NCAA Division II teams) in the championship of the tournament.

NJCU one of four atop NJAC

Irv Jenkins leads New Jersey City in scoring after transferring to his hometown school.

JERSEY CITY, N.J. — Ten games into the 2001-2002 season, the New Jersey City men are satisfied with where they are. Heading into the holiday break, the Gothic Knights are 7-3 overall, having won six of their last seven. And at 4-2 in the brutally competitive New Jersey Athletic Conference, the Knights find themselves in a four-way tie for first place in the NJAC with Ramapo, Rowan and Richard Stockton. Since losing to Staten Island 69-50 on a neutral floor in the season opener, NJCU has averaged 81 points per game and shot 44.6% from the floor.

"Considering everything, we're satisfied with how the season is going," said 20th-year head coach Charles Brown, who has a career mark of 379-161 (.702) as the 2001 calendar year draws to a close. "Especially the last five or six games, we've been playing well and we expect more improvement as the season continues."

Much of that success this season can be attributed to the play of two standout starters. Senior shooting guard Irv Jenkins is leading the team in scoring at 17.5 per game in his first and only season at NJCU since transferring to his hometown after playing at South Alabama. Jenkins is in the top three in the NJAC in scoring. But he also is among the NJAC leaders in steals (3.2 per game) and assists (2.8).

But sophomore power forward Samar Battle is right on Jenkins' scoring heels, as the 2001 NJAC Rookie of the Year has tallied 17.0 points and 7.2 rebounds per game. With 65 total boards, he leads the NJCU crew that is second overall in the NJAC in rebounds. Battle has filled out the stat line with 2.8 steals per game, 2.2 assists and a team-best 1.7 blocks. He is also shooting 48.9% (65-for-133) and 34.6% from 3-point range.

"I'm very pleased with both of them," Brown continued. "Irv has played as well as we expected and Battle has been exceptional in terms of his all-around game. I also feel (junior forward) George Thomas has played exceptionally well for us in the first 10 games, and I have great surprise in the play of (junior swingman) Jose Martinez (9.9 points, 5.2 rebounds, 2.8 steals, 2.4 assists, 38.1 3P%). He has exceeded our expectations."

Senior point guard Rafi Hargrove has played nearly 31 minutes per game and has dished 64 assists (6.4 per game). Junior co-captain Reginald Wright has contributed 7.4 points per game and good shooting off the bench.

They'll be tested again right out of the break, with a possible matchup against No. 2 Christopher Newport in the Captains' tournament Jan. 3 following a first-round game against Southern Maine.

"I feel we are really developing into a team that can make a run at the conference championship," said Brown, whose team started the season 5-5 last year before a strong second half catapulted the Knights into the NJAC title game where they lost to eventual national runner-up William Paterson. And for a team that has finished above .500 for 27 straight seasons, and not finished below .500 in 32 years, a run at a championship has become tradition. Even 10 games in.

AWCC to get automatic bid
The Atlantic Women's Colleges Conference will receive an automatic bid to the NCAA tournament in women's basketball this upcoming season, bringing the number of AQs in the 50-team tournament to 36. Seven bids will be awarded to runners-up in those conferences, making up Pool C; while seven bids will be awarded to independents and members of non-automatic qualifying conferences, making up Pool B.

No current member of the AWCC has been to the NCAA women's basketball tournament. Current members are Chatham, Chestnut Hill, Hood, Mary Baldwin, Notre Dame (Md.), Trinity (D.C.) and Wilson. Last year's schools combined to go 30-58 in non-conference play in 2000-01.

Chestnut Hill is new to the AWCC this season, bringing the conference membership to seven and making it eligible for an automatic bid.

Albion completes trip, dumps Elmhurst
ELMHURST, Ill. — The Albion men’s basketball team completed a perfect three-game trip to the Chicago area with a 74-68 victory against Elmhurst in the title game of the Elmhurst Press Bluejay Classic on Saturday, Dec. 22. Earlier in the week, Albion posted an 82-71 victory at North Park and a 90-59 defeat of Buffalo State in the opening game of the Bluejay Classic.

In the victory against Elmhurst, Albion (8-2 overall) posted its best single-game shooting statistics of the season. The Britons made nearly 60% (25 of 42) of their shots from the field, and 52% (12 of 23) of their shots from 3-point range. Albion held the lead for all but two minutes in the contest.

Senior forward Erie Serges made a 3-point field goal on Albion’s first possession of the game, and the Britons never trailed in the first half. Albion used a 7-0 run to take its biggest lead of the first half at 23-15 with 6:40 left. Senior center Andrew Neidlinger sandwiched a dunk and a layup around a 3-point basket by senior guard Brett Quayle.

Elmhust (7-4) did not fold, however. The Bluejays outscored the Britons 12-6 over the last 5:37 of the first half to trim the Albion lead to 29-27 at halftime. Wayne Bosworth led Elmhurst in the rally with five points on a 3-point field goal and a pair of free throws.

The score was tied twice early in the second half, Junior guard Chris Hawkins broke the second tie with a 3-pointer to give Albion a 35-32 advantage with 16:05 remaining. After Hawkins’ basket, Albion’s lead fluctuated between one and three points.

Elmhurst took its only lead of the contest when it went on a 5-0 run to change a 39-36 Albion lead into a 41-39 Bluejay advantage. Bosworth and Richard Carter made layups, and Dirk Herdes converted the second of two free throws in the Elmhurst rally.

Albion seized the lead for good with a 12-0 run of its own on four 3-pointers, taking a 53-43 lead with seven minutes left in the game. Quayle hit two shots from long range, while Serges and senior guard Mike Knight each contributed one.

Elmhurst never recovered, and could only cut the Albion lead to five.

Quayle, who totaled 35 points in the two-game tournament, was named the most valuable player of the Bluejay Classic. Quayle and Serges, who was named to the all-tournament team, led Albion with 18 points each. Quayle was 6-for-9 from the field and 5-for-7 from 3-point range. Serges was 5-for-7 from the field, 3-for-3 from 3-point range, and 5-for-6 at the free throw line.

Neidlinger, who was also named to the all-tournament team, posted his second double-double of the year with 13 points and 13 rebounds. The 13 rebounds are a season-high for Neidlinger. Knight scored in double figures for the second time this season with 10 points.

Elmhurst was represented on the all-tournament team by Steven Holder and Chris Martin. Martin finished with 15 points, while Holder added 13 points. Bosworth also reached double figures with 10 points.

Albion returns home to host the Greater Albion Chamber of Commerce Classic on Friday, Dec. 28. Opening night action has Ohio Wesleyan and No. 13 UW-Whitewater in the first game at 6 p.m., followed by Albion and Dominican (Ill.).

D-II South Dakota beats No. 12 Simpson
VERMILLION, S.D. — The South Dakota women's basketball team (6-4) took a 15-point halftime lead and cruised to their third consecutive win with a 82-53 victory over No. 12 Simpson (7-1) on Friday night before 725 in attendance at the DakotaDome.

Four Coyotes scored in double figures, including sophomore forward Mandy Koupal, who had 17 points, four rebounds and three steals in 16 minutes of action. Casey Spree and Katie Egli each had 11 points for Simpson.

Defense has been the name of the game for South Dakota during its first 10 games of the season. They have permitted opponents just 56 points per game. Tonight, it was more of the same as South Dakota throttled a high-powered Simpson attack, limiting the Storm to 23 first half points and holding them to 34.7% shooting from the field for the game. For the third game in a row, the Coyotes were credited for at least 20 steals and also had six blocked shots.

As has been the case in recent games, the Coyotes once again limited their opponents offensively in the first seven minutes of the game. South Dakota jumped to a 14-3 lead at the 13:05 mark of the opening half. Three pointers by Erin Case (13:40) and Julia Frie (13:05) provided the Coyotes with the 11-point margin. A jumper by Egli brought the Storm within 17-10 at the 11:14 mark. The Coyotes used a 3-point basket by Krista Orsack (9:11) and a lay-up by sophomore guard Stacy Schooley to take a 24-12 lead with 7:23 to play in
the half. The Coyotes' lead drew to 30-17 when Frie hit her second three-point basket of the evening.

Simpson scored the next four points to draw within 30-21 at the 2:00 mark after Michelle Stover hit a jumper. Two free throws by Ashley Bogaards cut the lead to 31-23 at the 1:35 mark but then the Coyotes received seven unanswered points from Sudbeck to grab a 38-23 halftime lead.

Overall, South Dakota hit 27 of 70 field goals for 38.6 percent. They were eight of 24 from 3-point range for 33.3% and they hit 20 of 24 free throws for 83.3%. Koupal, who was hampered by foul trouble in the first half and scored just two points, had 15 points in the second half.

Simpson hit 17 of 49 field goals for 34.7% but were just eight of 29 from the field in the second half for 27.6%. On the night, they made just three of 11 three-point field goals but were 16 of 21 from the charity stripe for 76.2%. The Storm won the rebound battle, 42-34.

Elmhurst men top Wartburg, go to 7-3
ELMHURST, Ill. — A 15-2 run early in the second half led Elmhurst to an 83-58 win over Wartburg in the opening round of the Elmhurst Press Bluejay Classic on Friday, Dec. 21. The Knights (6-3) kept the game close throughout the opening half and trailed by just nine (37-28) after senior guard Jamie Norton hit a lay-up to start the second half.

Elmhurst improved to 7-3 with one non-conference game remaining, after graduating four starters, including All-American guard Ryan Knuppel, from last year's Sweet 16 team.

Junior forward Mike Pipho tied a personal season high in scoring, tabulating 22 points for Wartburg. Senior forward Roger Kobliska and junior forward Jake Olsen came in next for the Knights with nine and eight points, respectively.

The Bluejays started the stretch with a three-pointer by Wayne Bosworth at the 19:11 mark of the second half. The hosts continued to increase the lead throughout the second half. They face Albion (7-2) for the championship Saturday.

GMC men pick up non-conference win
GWYNEDD VALLEY, Pa. — With four seconds left and the score tied at 62, Badou Gaye went to the line after being fouled attempting to dunk an alley-oop from Jolon Davis, and nailed both free throws to win the game for Gwynedd-Mercy 64-62.

Gwynedd-Mercy improved its record to 7-4 on the season while the Profs dropped to 7-4. Gwynedd-Mercy's Badou Gaye led all scorers with 18 points and six blocks while Jolon Davis contributed 16 points, seven rebounds and six assists. Chris Young led Rowan with 15 points and five rebounds.

Gwynedd-Mercy is 6-0 on the season at the Griffin Complex.

Southern Miss slips away from Millsaps
HATTIESBURG, Miss. — Millsaps head coach John Stroud simply said one sentence to his team before the Majors took the floor against Division I Southern Mississippi on Tuesday night: "You know that you can play quality basketball, now go out and do it."

Stroud's quick one-liner was all the No. 24 Majors (7-1) needed to hear as they quickly opened the game with a steal and a 3-pointer to take a 3-0 lead. Riding a 7-0 season start, the Majors played the Golden Eagles with their trademark "40 minutes of tenacity and vigor" which helped them win the SCAC conference championship last season and which has led them to their fast start this season. However, despite the Majors' quick three-point lead to start the game, the Golden Eagles (5-3) managed to fend them off 64-51 before a crowd of 2,721 at the Reed Green Coliseum.

Southern Mississippi never trailed after taking a 4-3 lead two minutes in, but the Golden Eagles never managed to force Millsaps out of the game. The Majors were led by Junior guard RaShaad Primm, who had 13 points on the evening including a long 3-point shot that pulled the Majors within one point of Southern Mississippi with seven minutes to go in the first half. With the Majors trailing 19-15, Primm dribbled the length of the court after a missed Golden Eagle shot, faked a pass, then let his 3-pointer fly from well beyond the arc to cut the Golden Eagle lead to 19-18. Not to be outdone, Southern Mississippi quickly responded with a 12-5 run to end the first half as the Golden Eagles led 31-23 at the break.

The second half saw the Majors and Golden Eagles exchange a series of baskets as neither team could muster a significant run in the second frame. Southern Mississippi forward Clement Carter carried the Golden Eagles as he dominated the paint, scoring 24 points and securing 9 rebounds for the game, with 13 of his points coming in the second half. Golden Eagle guard Elvin Mims, considered to be one of the best basketball players in Conference USA, was held in check by Millsaps All-SCAC guard Daniel Waguespack.

Mims, who entered Tuesday night's game averaging 24 points per contest, managed a season-low 12 points on the evening, while Millsaps' Waguespack, who leads the Majors in scoring with 16.1 points per game, mirrored his counterpart by also pouring in 12 points. Waguespack's basket with 12 minutes to go in the game to pull the Majors within five, 39-34, was as close as the Majors would get to Southern Mississippi in the second half as the Golden Eagles went on to win 64-51.

"Millsaps is a well coached, well disciplined team who plays with great energy," said Southern Miss head coach James Green. "They are a legitimate basketball team. If they continue to play the way they did tonight, they will win a lot of games this year."

Stroud couldn't agree more. "I am proud of the way we played this evening. Tonight's experience was something different for our kids. Now they know what it is like to play Division I basketball. They have every right to be proud right now. We will take this experience and build on it. We have a lot of basketball left to play."

Hamilton stays unbeaten, tops Wartburg
A pair of 15-2 runs in the first and second halves guided Hamilton to an 84-73 win over Wartburg in the opening round of the Adidas D3 men’s basketball Desert Shootout on Tuesday, Dec. 18 in Lieds Gymnasium on the campus of UNLV. The Knights (5-2) held a 17-14 lead after junior forward Jake Olsen hit a free throw with 12:44 left in the first half. The Continentals (5-0) went on their first 15-2 streak at that point and never trailed again.

Wartburg made moves at Hamilton’s lead throughout the night, trimming the advantage to five points twice in the first half and to seven with 11:46 left in the game. The Knights could have moved even closer in the second half but came up empty on three consecutive possessions at 59-52 followed by the Continentals’ second 15-2 run.

Freshman guard Michael Kincade led Wartburg on the offensive end with 14 points on four of four shooting from the field (three of three from outside the arc). Sophomore Kip Pedersen tallied 11 points, and Olsen ended with 10. Pedersen added a team-high seven rebounds and two blocked shots.

Tim Vaughn topped all scorers, compiling a double-double for Hamilton with 15 points and 14 rebounds, part of a 46-30 advantage on the boards for the visitors. Vaughn also blocked two shots and picked up five steals.

Record FT run snapped at 84
HILLSDALE, Mich. — Kalamazoo's Dirk Rhinehart ended his record-breaking free-throw streak when he missed his fourth attempt of the night Dec. 17 in a 91-78 loss to Division II Hillsdale. Rhinehart's record run stopped at 84, breaking the Division III record of 70 set by Illinois Wesleyan's Korey Coon from Feb. 13-Dec. 4, 1999. Rhinehart's streak started Jan. 3, 2001. The third team D3hoops.com Preseason All-American also set a school record with 47 consecutive free throws in a season, breaking the mark of 44 set by teammate Nathan Burns last season.

The men's record for most consecutive free throws in one season is still held by Mike Michelson, who hit 59 in a row for Coast Guard in the 1989-90 season.

RMC men knock off No. 2 CNU
NEWPORT NEWS, Va. — Randolph-Macon raced to a 41-16 halftime lead and went on to a 78-60 victory over Christopher Newport, handing the No. 2 ranked Captains their first loss of the season Dec. 17 at The Freeman Center.

The win lifted Randolph-Macon to 7-1 with seven consecutive wins its best start under new coach Mike Rhoades. It was the fourth time the Yellow Jackets have defeated a No. 2 ranked team.

RMC shot 54.5% in the first half, and held CNU to a frigid 20.7% in racing to the 25-point halftime margin.

The Jackets eventually led by as many as 31 at 52-21, before CNU made a run to cut the margin to 16 at 68-52.

Randolph-Macon was led by Jared Mills with 18 points, Kurt Bergmann scored 17 and Ryan Stein added 14. The Yellow Jackets finished with a 54.4% shooting percentage, compared to Christopher Newport's 36.5%.

For CNU Jermaine Woods had a game-high 21 points, with Terry Gray adding 15 with 13 rebounds.

TLU hands Wooster third loss
SEGUIN, Texas – Duke Chance scored 11 of his season-high 17 points in the second half and John Laramore (pictured) grabbed a season-best 18 rebounds as Texas Lutheran held off No. 20 Wooster 74-71 on Dec. 16 in front of 387 fans at TLU’s Memorial Gymnasium.

Chance, a senior wing, also grabbed seven rebounds and hit a key jumper at the 8:11 mark that gave the Bulldogs a one-point lead. His two free throws with three seconds on the clock sealed the victory.

Wooster and Texas Lutheran exchanged the lead 15 times (eight in the second half).

Texas Lutheran ended a two-game home losing streak and improved to 4-5 overall. Wooster had its three-game win streak snapped and fell to 5-3 overall.

The Bulldogs trailed by as many as six points in the second half before taking its first lead of the half on a three-point play from Laramore with 10 minutes to play. Laramore finished with 12 points.

Charles Perry added 15 points and seven rebounds. Perry’s dunk off a Josh Martinez ally-oop pass in the second half cut Wooster’s largest lead of the second half (six) down to four.

Wooster took its last lead of the afternoon, 58-57, with 7:43 to go as Bryan Nelson scored inside with an assist from Antwyan Reynolds. Nelson scored 21 points and grabbed six rebounds to lead the Fighting Scots. The 6-4, 230-pound Nelson fouled out with 26 seconds left in the game as the Bulldogs clung to a four-point lead.

Texas Lutheran missed four free throws in the last three minutes, but the Bulldogs collected offensive rebounds on three of the misses. TLU out-rebounded Wooster 45-39 overall and 17 to 12 on the offensive glass.

The Bulldogs won despite missing 14 foul shots.

Freshman leads St. Norbert to upset win
OSHKOSH, Wis. — Behind freshman center Abbey Johnson's 20 points and 13 rebounds, St. Norbert defeated No. 19 UW-Oshkosh 73-65 at Kolf Sports Center on Dec. 16. It was St. Norbert's first win over the perennial national power since the 1987-88 season.

The Green Knights (2-4) led 31-29 at halftime, and after a 42-42 tie with 10:28 left to play, St. Norbert went on an 8-0 run to lead 50-42 with 7:47 left. The Green Knights pushed their biggest lead of the game to 11 points on three different occassions before settling on the final eight-point spread.

St. Norbert, which led 11-2 to start the game, shot 42.9% (21-for-49) from the field but made an amazing 28 of 42 free throws. UW-Oshkosh (7-2) made just 31.8% (21 of 66) of its shots from the floor, and made just seven of 35 3-point field goal attempts. St. Norbert held a 43-42 rebounding advantage.

Johnson, who scored 13 points with nine rebounds in the second half, was the only scorer in double figures for St. Norbert. Lisa Immel added nine points, while Christa von Knobelsdorff and Rachael Dombrowski each added eight points off the bench. Kelly Krombach had nine assists to one turnover along with her six points. No starter played more than 27 minutes for St. Norbert.

UW-Oshkosh had three scorers in double figures — Kristin Steckmesser with 19 points, Libby Sievert with 16 and Jamie Turtenwald with 14. The Titans committed just 11 turnovers but were whistled for 28 fouls.

St. Norbert snaps a five-game losing streak to Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference foes. The Green Knights dropped a 63-60 count to UW-Eau Claire on Nov. 28 after holding a 21-point lead on the Blugolds earlier this season.

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