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Feb. 15-21, 2001
 Bridget Seegers fades for two of her career-high 32 points in Carleton's win against St. Benedict. (Photo by Nora Ferm) |
to reach MIAC final
NORTHFIELD, Minn. — Bridget Seegers scored a career-high 32 points and grabbed 12 rebounds as No. 23 Carleton outscored No. 16 St. Benedict 12-2 in overtime, scoring an 85-75 victory in the MIAC playoff semifinals Wednesday night at West Gym.
Renée Willette added 12 points and four assists. Sophomore Karissa Kramer tallied 10 points, all in the second half, and was six of seven from the line, while grabbing seven rebounds. Carleton (21-4) now advances to the MIAC championship game at No. 6 St. Thomas on Saturday.
Danni Hannon led the Blazers (21-5) with 26 points, 20 in the second half, as she was 6-for-7 from three-point range in the second half and overtime. Michelle Barlau added 18 points and 11 rebounds, but had only five points in the final 25 minutes. Ashley Brown also was in double figures with 17 points.
The opening moments were back and forth before the Knights used an 11-3 run to lead 25-22 on a jumper by sophomore Angie Grabowski. They extended the lead to seven on a pair of Grabowski free throws, and led 39-31 at the half.
Carleton maintained a five-point lead until the 8:49 mark, when the Blazers used a Hannon three-pointer, a Barlau free throw and an Allison Clark jumper to tie the game at 61-61. In the final 6:18 of regulation there were four ties and four lead changes, with Barlau's free throws with seven seconds left sending the game into overtime.
In overtime, Carleton scored on four of its first five possessions and canned six of eight free throws while the Blazers were one for nine from the floor and managed only a Brown layup.
Carleton shot 44% from the field and held the Blazers to 37%. The Knights held a 47-39 advantage on the boards, outscoring the Blazers 23-10 in second-chance points. The Carleton bench owned a 17-4 scoring advantage. Carleton turned the ball over a scant six times, the lowest total in school history. St. Benedict was 14 of 36 from three-point range, but just 10 of 29 on shots inside the arc. The Knights also held a 24-13 advantage from the free throw line.
Stout
rout caps wacky WIAC
WHITEWATER, Wis. —
The UW-Stout men picked a great time to snap their winless conference road
streak. After trailing very briefly early in the game, the Blue Devils went
on to a 90-49 win at top-seeded UW-Whitewater on Tuesday in the opening
round of the WIAC tournament.
The sixth, seventh and eighth seed advanced to the semifinals. No. 3 UW-River Falls was five seconds away from advancing when Kent Becker stole an inbounds pass from sixth-seeded Oshkosh and threw the ball into the ceiling in celebration. But the ball hit the ceiling before time expired and Justin Kamps hit a long three-pointer to tie the game. Oshkosh won 95-87 in overtime.
No. 7 seed UW-Platteville won on a 30-footer by Bryan Stangel at the buzzer to lift the Pioneers to a 57-56 victory at No. 2 UW-Stevens Point, ending the Pointers' season on a long three-pointer for the second consecutive year.
In Whitewater, Stout trailed 6-4 three minutes into the game after Whitewater scored what would be their only back-to-back baskets of the contest. Stout took the lead after a 3-pointer by Jeff Vandendberghe and never trailed again.
The eighth-seeded Blue Devils (14-11), which were winless on the road in eight conference attempts this season, built the lead to as many as 15 points in the first half and took a 37-24 lead into halftime, powered by Aaron Vachowiak's 12 first half points.
By switching defenses constantly, Stout confounded the Warhawks (17-8) and shot out to a 20 point lead with only five minutes gone in the second half. Stout forced 20 Whitewater turnovers in the game — 11 in the first half.
"When we were up by 17 points, I knew this game wasn't over," said Stout coach Ed Andrist. "By switching the defenses every time I felt we needed to make the switch, it confused them."
Not surprisingly, Stout aided their cause by shooting well, forcing Whitewater into bad shots, nailing their free throws and outrebounding the much bigger and more physical Warhawks.
Stout shot 55% from the floor for the game, but 61% in the second half. The Warhawks went from bad to worse in the shooting category, hitting 39% in the first half, then falling to 24% to finish at 31% for the game.
Vachowiak led all scorers with 21 points. Pat Von Feldt scored 13, Steve Krueger 11 and Vandendberghe 10. Nate Templer pulled down a game-high eight rebounds. The Warhawks' Aubrey Lewis-Byers, the league's second leading scorer, and Robert Smith each scored 11 points.
MacMurray
returns to tournament after 40 years
JACKSONVILLE, Ill. — Derek James scored 29 points, including 18 in
the second half, to lead MacMurray to a 100-95 win over Fontbonne and
clinch the Saint Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference championship
and an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament on Wednesday night at Bill
Wall Gymnasium.
MacMurray has not made a national tournament appearance since 1961 when the Highlanders lost to Evansville 98-97 in double overtime of the old College Division tournament.
In a fast-paced game, the Griffins led for all but 2:05 in the first half, on their way to a 53-52 halftime lead. Adam Fischer torched the nets for 17 first-half points and Eric Selter added 10 to lead the Griffins. Fontbonne shot 68% from the field (21-for-31) in the opening half, but the Highlander used the offense glass and second-chance opportunities to keep the game close.
James scored 11 points in the opening half, but Ryan Birch and Derek Suttles kept the Highlanders close. Birch tallied 10 points and grabbed 10 rebounds, including six on the offensive end, while Suttles scored 10 and had five rebounds.
The second half was very similar to the first half with both teams continuing to shoot well. MacMurray shot 52% from the floor and Fontbonne 47%. The Highlanders used big three-pointers by Ryan Ballard and John Renfro.
Ballard, who came into the game averaging nine minutes and three points a game, drilled a three-pointer with 5:28 left to give MacMurray a six-point lead.
After a three-pointer by Fischer, Renfro, who was averaging under three points per game, nailed his three with 2:14 remaining to give the Highlanders a 95-91 lead.
The nail biting wasn't over as Fischer come down the floor and drill a 25-footer to cut the MacMurray lead to one. But, MacMurray iced the game when James connected on three out four foul shots in the final 30 seconds.
Fischer finished with 30 points, including five three-pointers, while John Thomas added 16 points, five rebounds and five blocks for the Griffins (14-10, 9-4 SLIAC).
Suttles finished with 18 points, 13 rebounds and five blocked shots, while Birch tallied 11 points and 12 rebounds before fouling out. Lacey Tyler contributed 15 points, while Dave Hernandez had nine assists.
The Highlanders (14-9, 12-1) will find out Sunday who, when and where they will play in the opening round of the NCAA tournament.
New
Jersey City tops Kean, to face Paterson
JERSEY CITY,
N.J. — Senior forward Jeff Harrington drained a 12-foot jumper with
37.8 seconds remaining, and sophomore guard/forward George Thomas ripped
a key steal with 0.9 left as New Jersey City University advanced to the
New Jersey Athletic Conference Championship with a 71-69 victory against
Kean on Wednesday evening at the Athletic and Fitness Center.
NJCU (17-8, 12-6), the second seed, returns to the NJAC Final for the first time since the 1994-95 season, the last time they won the league crown. It was their seventh consecutive win this season.
The Gothic Knights will play at top-seeded and defending champion William Paterson (21-4, 15-3) Friday, February 23 at 7 p.m., with an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament at stake. The Pioneers scored a 60-41 win against fourth-seeded Rowan. The game will be broadcast live on D3hoopsNet.
Kean (15-9, 11-7) and NJCU traded leads nine times in the game's first 13 minutes. Freshman center Kimani Atkinson slammed home a fast-break pass from senior guard Marques Morris, then followed with his own fast-break lay-up to give NJCU a 24-20 lead. The Knights went up by as much as 31-24 after Harrington hit a jumper with 1:24 to go in the opening half. A three by senior forward Brad Martin with 44 seconds left in the period made the halftime score 31-29, NJCU.
Kean tied the game immediately upon the start of the second half, and took a 36-34 advantage after senior guard Alfonzo Thomas drained back-to-back three pointers. Thomas led all scorers with 28 on 9-for-14 shooting, and hit six three pointers (6-for-9). He was a major spark for Kean offensively.
After sophomore guard Najm Calhoun tied the game at 36 with a jumper at 16:53, the two schools traded ties or leads nine times. NJCU went up 46-42 after freshman forward Samar Battle, the reigning New Jersey Athletic Conference Rookie of the Week, followed a Harrington miss with an offensive rebound and in one motion finished the play with a powerful one-handed dunk. Alfonzo Thomas countered with a three-pointer and a pair of free throws, and Kean went back up, 47-46 with 13:27 left.
Sophomore guard Keith Middleton gave NJCU back the lead with a three-pointer, to make it 49-47 at 13:03. Middleton banked home a long jumper at 11:22 to put NJCU up by seven, 54-47. George Thomas sank a three to make it 57-49 NJCU with 10:46.
But Kean rallied again behind Alfonzo Thomas. He nailed a three with 9:14 to make it 57-52, and trimmed the lead to one, 58-57, with another three at 8:20. Thomas's sixth and final long shot after two NJCU defenders fell trying to make a steal, put Kean back on top, 60-58, at 7:49.
After Kean took a 64-60 lead, Battle sank a pair of free throws. With 5:24 left, Calhoun picked the ball from Alfonzo Thomas and raced down court to tie the game at 64, the eighth tie. A pair of Martin free throws made it 66-64 and a Thomas jumper gave the Cougars a 68-64 edge with 3:10 left.
With Kean on top 68-65, Harrington missed a fall-away jumper but Calhoun waited under the basket to collect the rebound and lay-up to make it 68-67. After strong defense by Harrington and Rafi Hargrove forced Kean's Mike Rivera to step on the sideline with 1:51 remaining, Harrington put the Knights up 69-68 with a lay-up from Hargrove. Martin hit one of two free throws to tie the game for a ninth time, 69-69.
After an NJCU timeout, Battle found Harrington just to the right of the lane, and the senior drained what proved to be the game-winning jumper, and a 71-69 advantage.
After a fast-break attempt failed for NJCU with 13 seconds remaining, Kean had the ball after a timeout. But George Thomas picked the pocket of Alfonzo Thomas with 0.9 seconds remaining and NJCU held on for the playoff win.
Harrington notched a team-high 16 points and 10 rebounds. Morris (5-for-5, 2-for-2 3FG) scored 13 for NJCU including 10 in the first half. Junior Wade Walters had 13 after Thomas's 28 (6-for-10 FG), and matched Harrington with a game-high 10 boards.
IWU
tops Carthage, Elmhurst gets bid
BLOOMINGTON, Ill. —
Elmhurst clinches a playoff berth and its second NCAA Tournament appearance
without having to step foot on the court Wednesday night as No. 24 Illinois
Wesleyan remained perfect at home in knocking out No. 1 Carthage 83-71.
Illinois Wesleyan (18-6), clinging to faint hopes of a Pool C playoff bid, sprinted out to a 38-17 halftime lead in subduing Carthage. Seth Hubbard came off the bench to score 20 points on 8-for-11 shooting from the floor. The Titans shot 33-for-52 for the night, 17-for-23 (74%) in the second half. Carthage (20-4), which made only seven baskets in the first half and went 0-for-9 from downtown, rebounded to go 19-for-30 in the second half.
MacMurray also clinched an automatic bid Wednesday night, defeating Fontbonne 100-95 to collect the SLIAC championship.
Platteville
women complete UW-SP sweep
For the second
consecutive night, UW-Platteville pulled off the dramatic in Stevens Point,
beating UW-Stevens Point on a last-second shot to advance in the WIAC
basketball tournament.
After Bryan Stangel hit a 30-footer at the buzzer to lift the Pioneer men past the Pointers 57-56 on Tuesday, Laurie Buechel turned the trick on Wednesday night with a running jumper in the lane with five seconds left to give the Pioneer women an 80-78 win in the semifinals.
Both UW-Platteville
teams are seeded No. 7 in the tournament, while
UW-Stevens Point was seeded No. 2 on the men's side and No. 3 in the women's
tourney. The Pioneers (11-15) will make their first WIAC title game appearance
Saturday at top-seeded UW-Eau Claire.
Buechel, who finished with 19 points, also tied the game at 78-78 on a basket with 26 seconds left. The Pointers turned the ball over with 13 seconds left and Buechel drove down the lane for the winning score. UW-Stevens Point's Tara Schmitt had a running shot bounce off the rim at the buzzer.
The Pointers are now 20-6 overall and will be forced to wait for a possible at-large berth to the NCAA Division III tournament.
Capital
women upset in OAC quarterfinals
COLUMBUS, Ohio — The Capital women's season came to an abrupt end
Tuesday as No. 10 seed Muskingum upset the No. 2-seeded Crusaders 72-66
at home in the quarterfinals of the Ohio Athletic Conference women's tournament.
No. 9 Capital (19-5) entered the game ranked third in the NCAA's Great Lakes Region and with a 19-game win streak against Muskingum (8-18) dating back to Feb. 1, 1992.
Both teams struggled offensively in the early going, Capital held an 8-6 lead at the 11:14 mark of the first half, before the Crusaders scored 10 in a row to take an 18-6 lead with 8:11 remaining before halftime. A Tenise Moffis three-pointer with 1:31 left in the half gave Capital its largest lead of the game, 29-15. The Crusaders would settle for a 29-19 halftime advantage.
Muskingum would come out and score 10 of the first 14 points of the second half to come back to within two points, 33-31 with 17:22 left in the game. The Crusaders would keep Muskies out of reach until a 7-0 run tied the game at 43-43 with 11:55 to go. Both teams traded baskets before Muskingum went on a decisive 11-0 run to take a 58-47 lead with 6:12 remaining. The Muskies would hold off a furious run by the Crusaders that saw them close the gap to four points, 68-64, with a minute remaining before claiming the six-point win.
Each team had 23 turnovers, but Muskingum held a 36-31 rebounding advantage along with 19-point efforts from Megan Monsman and Jessica Gates. Stephanie Bishop also had 15 points for the Muskies.
Capital got a game-high 22 points from Danielle Meyer, 12 points, all three-pointers, from Moffis and 10 points from Kendra Meyer.
Road teams also prevailed in two other tournament games as No. 6 Mount Union beat No. 3 Otterbein, 90-70, and No. 5 Heidelberg beat No. 4 Wilmington, 68-66. Top-seed Baldwin-Wallace eliminated No. 9 Ohio Northern with a 62-49 win and will host Heidelberg in the semifinals. Muskingum will travel to Mount Union in the other game.
For the first time in 12 seasons Capital finishes with fewer than 20 wins as the Crusaders must now wait until late Sunday evening to see if they will receive one of seven national at-large bids for the NCAA Tournament.
Hampden-Sydney
claims ODAC automatic bid
SALEM, Va.
– Aaron Gibbs, Brandon Randall and Matt McKeag combined for 50 points
as Hampden-Sydney posted a 90-83 win in the championship game of the 2001
Old Dominion Athletic Conference tournament at the Salem Civic Center.
Gibbs, a senior, scored 18 points to lead all Hampden-Sydney players, and was a perfect 10-for-10 from the free throw line. Randall just missed his career high, knocking down 9-of-10 free throws on his way to 17 points. McKeag nailed three three-pointers for 15 points in the win.
Roanoke's Jason Strickland led all scorers with 27 points and grabbed a game-best nine rebounds. The senior forward also went over the 1,000 career point mark in the game. Brad Dunleavy added 23 points, eight rebounds, four assists, and three steals for the Maroons. Both players were named to the ODAC All-Tournament team for the second consecutive year. Robbie Pridgen netted 12 points and registered a game and career-high eight assists.
Ten minutes into the first half neither team could pull away by more than four points. A layup by Gibbs at the 10:38 mark tied the score at 18-18. Dunleavy answered with a layin to put No. 21 Roanoke up by a pair, then Hampden-Sydney put together a 17-5 run over the next 5:13 to open up a double-digit lead. The Tigers stayed up by at least seven for the remainder of the half until a Dunleavy layup at the buzzer cut the H-SC lead to six, 40-34, at the break.
Pridgen’s first bucket of the game, a three to open the second half, brought Roanoke to within three. But the Tigers responded with another quick run, outscoring the Maroons 10-2 over the next 4:01. Pridgen connected on another three and Strickland hit a free throw to cut the H-SC lead back to single digits, but Randall hit a three ten seconds later, and Hampden-Sydney kept the double-figure lead until the final ten seconds of the game.
Hampden-Sydney held a 10-rebound advantage for the game, and committed just four second-half turnovers to secure the win. The Tigers were a hot 8-for-17 (47.1%) from three-point range, and knocked down 5-for-8 in the second half. Roanoke got just 13 points from its bench while the Tigers had 39, including Randall’s 17 and nine each from Jay Patrick and Brett Thompson.
Bobby Jackson earned the tournament’s Most Outstanding Player honors, averaging 12.7 points and 7.0 rebounds in the three games. Patrick was also named to the All-Tournament team, as was Bridgewater’s Kyle Williford (48 points in two games). The tournament title gives Hampden-Sydney (23-4) its fifth consecutive NCAA bid, and fifth title in the last seven years. With a record of 21-6, Roanoke will have to wait until next Sunday, Feb. 25, for the announcement of bids to the 2001 NCAA Division III Championships.
Platteville
women eliminate Oshkosh
OSHKOSH, Wis. —
UW-Platteville upset UW-Oshkosh 68-57 in a Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic
Conference playoff stunner Monday.
 Platteville's Laurie Buechel had 13 points and five steals in the Pioneers' victory. |
"This was awesome," a jubilant coach Denise Dunbar said. "We just came out on fire. That was our game plan, to shoot the ball before the defense could come out and play us."
The Pioneers rolled out to leads of 18-4 and 33-16 in the first half, surprising the Albee Hall crowd. The Pioneers settled for a 36-24 halftime lead.
The Titans (19-6) stormed back in the second half, scoring the first 14 points to take a 38-36 lead.
"I knew they could come back," Dunbar said. "They're a very good team, but this time we kept our poise."
Allison Rotramel's three-point shot put the Pioneers (10-15) ahead to stay at 49-48 with 7:05 remaining. The Pioneers outscored the Titans 19-9 down the stretch, successfully converting 15 of 18 from the line during that time.
"We made our free throws, and we also won the rebound battle (36-29), which forced them to foul us at the end," Dunbar said.
Rotramel led the Pioneers with 20 points, hitting 7-for-12 from the field and 4-for-5 from the line. Laurie Buechel added 13 points and five steals, while Katie Oliver had probably her best Pioneer game with 11 points and two steals. Crystal Stietz grabbed a game-high 9 rebounds.
The Pioneers advance to face UW-Stevens Point (20-5) in the semifinals.
Stillman
game stopped after brawl in stands
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Two women were hospitalized and a man arrested
after at least three fights erupted during Monday night's game between
rivals Miles and Stillman.
Police emptied W.F. "Bill" Harris State Fair Arena, where more than 2,000 people watched until the game was canceled after five minutes of play.
"We just couldn't get the scuffles under control," police Capt. Rick Dixon told the Associated Press. "There's only one way to handle that." The two women, whose names and ages were unavailable, were hospitalized, the Birmingham News reported.
A few minutes after tip-off, a member of the Stillman band walked to the Miles band across the arena and strolled through their ranks, said Sharon Whittaker, vice president of student affairs for Stillman College.
Words were exchanged and someone hit him, she said.
That's when members of both schools' football teams, cheering boisterously, moved through the stands toward each other, Whittaker said.
Security officers and school officials moved the fighters to the court: "We tried to calm them down and appeal to their sense of reason and maturity," Whittaker said.
By then, off-duty officers working the game called police. Play resumed and an announcement was made warning the crowd to stop fighting, said Letre Kelly, a sophomore forward for Miles.
When a third scuffle
broke out, police ended the game. More scuffles broke out in the parking
lot outside the arena, but police ended the fighting within minutes.
Miles was ahead 10-5 when the game was called off. Official said the game
would be completed sometime in the future.
St.
John Fisher, Ithaca
win Empire 8
bids
PITTSFORD,
N.Y. —
Senior R.J. Fiorelli set a school record with 40 points for points in
a game to give St. John Fisher an 84-70 win against visiting Utica in
Empire 8 action today. With the victory and a loss by Rochester Tech,
Fisher clinches the Empire 8 crown and an automatic berth to the NCAA
Tournament.
Fisher (17-8, 10-4) swept RIT in the regular season and would claim the bid even if the teams finish tied. "We have a great group of players, including five outstanding seniors," says 14th-year head coach Bob Ward, who had his streak of six consecutive NCAA appearances snapped last season. "Almost all of our wins have been hard-fought games with somebody hitting a big shot or getting hot at the right time. Today was R.J.'s turn and he delivered big-time."
The Ithaca women claimed the program's second NCAA bid by beating Nazareth Saturday. The Bombers (17-7, 12-2) withstood a late rally that saw host Nazareth pull to withing two points, then gain possession in the final 30 seconds with a chance for the tying or go-ahead basket.
Freshman Jennie Swatling forced a turnover, made the steal and converted two free throws to seal the win. Sophomore point guard scored a career-high 29 points to lead the Bombers; she added eight rebounds and four steals.
In other action on Saturday, Mt. St. Mary women clinched the Skyline's automatic bid, while Fontbonne clinched the SLIAC bid.
No.
1 Wooster falls, home streak over
 Wittenberg's Kevin Longley had a game-high 17 rebounds and added 18 points. |
The difference in the game was rebounding, as Wittenberg (21-2, 15-1 NCAC) outboarded Wooster 58-25, including 23 offensive rebounds which the Tigers turned into 29 second-chance points.
The Tigers, who gained their first conference championship since the 1996-97 season, fell behind early. The Scots (21-3, 14-2) led by 17-8 and 35-28 with 7:34 remaining in the first half before watching Wittenberg claw back and take the lead with an 8-0 run. Wooster responded, gaining a 44-38 advantage at the 2:59 mark, but the Tigers scored the last eight points to go into halftime with a 46-44 lead.
Wittenberg carried that momentum into the second 20 minutes of play, scoring the first four baskets and taking a 54-44 lead. The Scots fought back to 54-49, but the Tigers responded with a fourth 8-0 run.
Individually, Wittenberg
was led by junior Kevin Longley, who registered 18 points and a game-high
17 rebounds. Senior Chris Fillmore also tossed in 18 points, while freshman
Mark Borland and senior Ryan Taylor contributed 17 points apiece in the
victory. Five of Wooster's eight players reached double figures with
sophomore Matt Smith leading the way with 21 points. Senior Steve Thompson
scored 15 points, 13 in the second half.
Concordia-Austin
finishes with three players
AUSTIN, Texas — Six players fouled out for the Concordia-Austin women
when their game was called against No. 17 Hardin-Simmons on Saturday.
There was less than a minute left in the game when the Tornados dropped
to just three eligible players. Concordia-Austin (9-15) committed 35 fouls
in the 87-73 loss.
The three remaining players, Vanessa Willhoite, Stacey Piland and Tiara Saunders had combined for 61 minutes and five fouls when the game was called.
Capital's
Meyer gets 1,000th rebound
COLUMBUS,
Ohio — Kendra Meyer made her mark on the Ohio Athletic Conference
record books as her 15-rebound performance helped lead No. 7 Capital to
a 74-59 home win against crosstown rival Otterbein on Saturday.
Meyer now has 1,656 points and 1,000 rebounds to join former Capital great Sandy Buddelmeyer (1989-93) as the only two players in OAC history to have over 1,000 career points and 1,000 career rebounds. Buddelmeyer, the 1994 NCAA Division III National Player of the Year, had 2,248 points and 1,365 rebounds in her four seasons.
Capital (19-4, 16-2 OAC) jumped out to a 9-0 lead before Otterbein (14-10, 11-7) scored 10 in a row to take a 10-9 lead with 13:10 to go in the half. That would be the last time the Cardinals would lead as the Crusaders ripped off a 7-0 run and never looked back. Capital would outscore Otterbein 25-19 for the rest of the half to take a 41-29 lead into the lockers.
Meyer would finish with 16 points for her seventh double-double of the season while Danielle Meyer would also post 16 points and Rochelle Germany poured in 11 to lead Capital. Kara Grishkat would score a game-high 18 points and three players that scored in double figures for Otterbein.
Horst
leads Lebanon Valley to upset of Widener
ANNVILLE, Pa.
— Senior Steve Horst played his final regular season game as a Dutchman
and burned No. 14 Widener for 28 points to help lift Lebanon Valley to
a 67-57 upset win over the visiting Pioneers.
The win improved LVC's record to 13-11 overall and 8-6 in the MAC Commonwealth, but did not improve the club's league standing, as Albright beat Susquehanna to remain in third place. Lebanon Valley will travel to Widener (19-5, 11-3) on Wednesday night in the conference tournament.
LVC built a 30-26 lead in the first half behind stellar play from the Valleys front three, Steve Horst and sophomores John Sharkey and Darren Pugh. Horst tallied 11 points in the first session with Sharkey hitting for nine. Pugh led the brigade with seven rebounds in the first 20 minutes.
Horst went on a tear in the second half to finish leading all scorers with 28 points. His near perfection at the line (10-for-12) turned to be one of the major factors in the Valley win. Horst made eight rebounds and had four assists. Lebanon Valley finished 23-for-30 from the foul line, compared to 9-for-14 for Widener.
Sharkey ended the day with 13 points and Pugh had 11 points and 15 rebounds to collect his ninth double-double of the year.
Widener's Chad Williamson finished the game with a team-best 22 points and reached the 1,000-point plateau with his first shot of the second half. Williamson ended the night with 1,012 points under his belt.
McMurry
overcomes Moore's 53 points for win
BELTON, Texas — Mary Hardin-Baylor stormed back from a 27-point deficit,
but could not come all the way back in a 116-111 loss to No. 18 McMurry
on Saturday afternoon.
The Crusaders trailed 99-72 with 8:45 remaining before starting their comeback. Stephen Oliver had a steal and layup to apparently cut the McMurry lead to just two points, but the officials ruled he stepped out of bounds on the play. McMurry then iced the game from the free-throw line to escape with its 20th consecutive victory overall and 17th American Southwest Conference win in a row. The loss snaps UMHB’s eight-game winning streak.
Robert Moore set a UMHB scoring record with 53 points and added 17 rebounds for his 13th double-double of the year. Brandon Mueller added 17 points for the Crusaders (16-8, 13-5 ASC), Aaron Barnett had 16 and James Franklin had 11 points and 10 assists.
Alex Denson led McMurry (21-3, 17-1) with 27 points and Kim Maina added 18 points to lead six Indians in double figures. McMurry shot 53% from the floor in the game and forced 30 UMHB turnovers. UMHB hit 46% from the floor and outrebounded McMurry 54-46.
Concordia-Moorhead
sweeps St. Ben's
MOORHEAD, Minn. — Shaking off a thigh injury, Mandy Berggren sparked
Concordia by coming off the bench to score a team-high 21 points on 5-for-6
shooting from 3-point range, leading the Cobbers to an 85-72 defeat of
No. 12 St. Benedict on Thursday night.
 Sarah Jacobson dishes to Katrina Wilberts for one of her team-high five assists in the win. |
The win gives the Cobbers a sweep of the series with Blazers for the first time since the 1993-94 season. Concordia (17-6, 15-5) shot 68% (19-for-28) in the first half and bolted to a 21-point lead. St. Ben's (19-4, 17-3), down by as many as 29 in the second half, tried to rally midway through the period, but could get no closer than four and their fierce comeback came up short in the final minutes.
As a team, the Cobbers shot 52% (10-for-19) from beyond the arc and 57% (33-for-58) from the field. St. Ben's could never get into an offensive rhythm despite getting a game-high 25 points from Michelle Barlau. Concordia held St. Ben's to 35% (23-for-64) shooting from the field.
Concordia put five player in double figures. Besides Berggren, Brandi Myers added 16, Kasey Bostow 15, Sara Spears 13 and Steph Losch 11. Bostow also grabbed a game-high nine rebounds. Mia Peterson added 17 points and a game-high seven assists for St. Ben's.
2003 Notables
February
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December 16-31
December 1-15
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