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Jan. 1-10, 2001
No.
15 Wilmington edges No. 13 Capital at home
WILMINGTON, Ohio — Wilmington went on a 6-0
run to start overtime and held on to beat Capital 60-55 in an Ohio Athletic
Conference women's basketball matchup on Jan. 10.
Capital (9-3, 6-1 OAC) entered the contest ranked No. 13 in the latest D3hoops.com national poll, while Wilmington (12-1, 6-1) was 15th.
The Crusaders would go on a 12-4 run early in the first half to take a 20-12 lead with 9:33 left before halftime. The Quakers would immediately answer that run with an 11-2 burst of their own to reclaim the lead at 23-22 three minutes later. Capital would then score eight of the next 12 points to post a 30-27 lead at the break.
The lead would change hands six times in the opening six minutes of the second half before Capital ran out to a 45-38 lead with nine minutes remaining in regulation. Wilmington would come back again and reclaim the lead, 50-49, with 11 seconds left in regulation on a jumper by MacKenzie Hammond. Capital would get a shot a to win the game in regulation as Danielle Meyer's game-winning jumper fell short and she was fouled after getting her own rebound. Meyer went 1-of-2 from the line to send the contest into overtime, where the Quakers pulled out the win.
Wilmington committed 24 turnovers but held a 54-39 rebounding advantage that proved to be the difference in the contest. Quaker Shari Stauffer led the attack on the glass as she had a game-high 20 rebounds.
Kendra Meyer led Capital with 12 points and nine rebounds and Rochelle Germany had 10 points.
The Quakers had three players in double figures as Heather Meranda had a game-high 14 points, Staffer had 12 and MacKenzie Hammond had 10.
No.
6 Scranton rallies to defeat Delaware Valley
DOYLESTOWN,
Pa. — It isn't often that Mike Strong and his Scranton women's team
finds itself in the role of a spoiler.
Such was the case Jan. 10, when the Lady Royals faced unbeaten Delaware Valley in an early MAC Freedom Conference showdown.
Scranton, behind clutch free throw shooting by freshman guard Kate Pierangeli and junior guard Lisa Crawford, overcame a four-point deficit with less than two minutes remaining to post a 72-69 victory. The win improved the Lady Royals to 12-1 overall and 4-0 in the Freedom Conference, while Delaware Valley dropped to 11-1 and 3-1.
”I'm extremely happy with this win," said Strong, who recorded career win number 496. "We played well down the stretch, and I thought that this was a real test of character. We made our free throws, didn't panic, and we responded positively in a lot of critical situations."
Pierangeli, who finished with 16 points, drained two free throws with 1.4 seconds left after the Aggies threw an inbound pass away. Crawford hit two free throws with nine seconds remaining to give Scranton a 70-69 lead, which capped off a 6-1 run after the Aggies forged a 68-64 lead with 1:43 left on a layup by Alisa DiBonaventure, who finished with 11 points.
Sophomore forward Amy O'Rourke added a career-high 15 points and five rebounds and senior guard Lisa Harris had 12 points, seven rebounds and six assists for Scranton, which won its fifth game in a row. Sophomore forward AnneMarie Russo chipped in 10 points and eight rebounds for the Lady Royals, who led 37-32 at intermission.
Delaware Valley, which was led by Amber Smolinsky's game-high 17 points and Kristen Henry's 13, had 26 turnovers which Scranton turned into 28 points.
N.C. Wesleyan upsets No.
9 Christopher Newport
ROCKY MOUNT, N.C. —
North Carolina Wesleyan broke open a tight game in the second half, outscoring
Christopher Newport 27-16 down the stretch to upset the No. 9 Captains
74-64. Fabian Lawrence led the Battling Bishops (8-3, 1-0 Dixie) with
15 points, while Keith Sudler came off the bench with 11.
Christopher Newport led 23-12 in the first half before a technical foul and three fouls on Captains star Antoine Sinclair helped North Carolina Wesleyan battle back for a two-point lead before the teams went into the break tied at 30. "Once some of the craziness happened in the first half and they got their confidence up we were battling all night," said CNU coach C.J. Woollum.
North Carolina Wesleyan shot 58% from the floor for the game, while Christopher Newport shot 41% from the floor and 2-for-15 from three-point range.
Mount
Union men upset No. 11 Baldwin-Wallace
BEREA, Ohio -- Baldwin-Wallace fell to OAC rival Mount Union on Jan. 10 at the Rudolph Ursprung Gymnasium, 78-69. With its victory, Mt. Union improved to 7-6 overall and 4-3 in the OAC. In defeat, B-W is now 11-2 overall and tied for first place in the OAC at 6-1. The Yellow Jackets fell back into a tie with Ohio Northern, 81-61 winners against Heidelberg.
Despite the loss, the Yellow Jackets were led by senior All-OAC forward Jason Woleben with a game-high 22 points. He was joined in double figures by senior center Eric Fritz who scored 16 points and pulled down a game-high 10 rebounds, and sophomore point guard Jon Carroll with 12 points.
In the first half, Mt. Union jumped out to an early 12-4 lead four minutes into the game before B-W went on an 18-3 run to post its largest lead of the game at 22-15 with 9:15 left in the first half when Woloeben hit a three-pointer. The Purple Raiders outscored B-W 15-7 to lead 30-29 at intermission.
In the second half, Mt. Union lead by as many as 11 points with 9:24 left, but B-W fought back and cut the deficit to just two points at 69-67 with 1:21 remaining. Thirty seconds later Mt. Union's Ron Powers hit his fifth three-pointer to seal the victory for the Purple Raiders.
Powers shared scoring honors for Mt. Union with Todd Richards as both players finished with 17 points. Also scoring in double figures were Richard Jackson with 13 points and Kyle Schlabach and Josh timmons with 10 points each.
Hope
men take first place; Van Wieren wins 450th
The Flying Dutchmen gained sole possession of first place in the MIAA standings by posting their eighth consecutive victory, 96-71 against Olivet on Jan. 10 before 2,300 Civic Center fans.
Coach Glenn Van Wieren's
Dutchmen improved to 3-0 in the league standings,
half-a-game ahead of Calvin (2-0) which was idle. The Dutchmen are 10-5
overall.
The victory was the 450th in Van Wieren's distinguished career. Over 24 seasons under Van Wieren the Dutchmen have posted a 450-155 record (74%). Leading by two points, 11-9, with seven minutes gone in the game, the Flying Dutchmen outscored the Comets 12-1 over the next four minutes to take a commanding 23-10 advantage. Hope's lead was 37-20 in the final two minutes of the half when the Dutchmen erupted by four three-pointers to go ahead 49-27 at the break.
Sophomore center Don Overbeek recorded a double-double with 14 points and 10 rebounds. He was one of five Hope players to score in double figures. Senior Ryan Klingler just missed a triple-double scoring 13 points while grabbing nine rebounds and gaining nine assists
Buena
Vista upsets No. 18 Central women
PELLA, Iowa -- Buena Vista knocked the Central women out of first place with a 63-62 Iowa Conference decision on Jan. 9. It was a major turnaround for the Beavers, whom Central had routed at Storm Lake 99-73 on Nov. 21.
Central (9-2, 6-2) shot 29% in the first half and 39% for the game, committing 28 turnovers. After jumping to an 11-2 lead in the first four minutes, the Dutch went cold and trailed 33-29 at the half. BV (6-6, 4-4) increased the margin to 42-33 before Central went on a 13-1 run to take a 46-43 lead. The Beavers went ahead to stay on a pair of buckets by Julie Bloyer, making it 62-60.
Central had the ball twice with a chance to win but forward Amy Steenhoek's jumper fell short with 28 seconds left and a last-second attempt by center Jenny Randeris caromed off the glass.
Guard Molly Parrott had 18 points and eight assists for the Dutch. Steenhoek had 16 points and 11 boards and guard Kate Humiston had 11 points, seven rebounds and four steals. Kelli Taylor had 16 points for Buena Vista.
Wooster falls from ranks
of unbeaten
SAVANNAH, Ga. -- Savannah
Art & Design upset its second ranked team in three nights as the Bees
sprinted out to a 42-26 first-half lead and held on to beat No. 2 Wooster
83-78 on Jan. 8. SCAD (11-8) was led by Marcus Ross' 25 points and Labeeb
Abdullah's season-high 23 points, including a perfect 8-for-8 from the
foul line.
Wooster shot 49% from the floor and 8-for-16 from three-point range but turned the ball over 21 times, 13 in the first half as Savannah Art & Design led the entire way. The Scots rallied to cut the Bees' lead to 82-78 on a 7-2 mini-run with 10 seconds left but were forced to foul and could get no closer. SCAD also upset then-No. 22 Williams on Saturday.
For Wooster, junior Antwyan Reynolds led the way with a career-high 31 points, however, he struggled from the free throw line. Reynolds, who entered the game hitting 90.0% (36-for-40), was 2-for-8 from the charity stripe at the Savannah Civic Center.
Wooster will have a solid hold on the No. 2 ranking in Tuesday's D3hoops.com Top 25, which includes games through Sunday, but the loss leaves four unbeaten men's teams in Division III: Wilkes, Gustavus Adolphus, Bridgewater (Va.) and Dallas.
Delaware
Valley women stay unbeaten;
to host sixth-ranked Scranton on Jan. 10
DOYLESTOWN, Pa. -- Delaware Valley hit nine of its first 10
shots to jump out to a 20-2 lead and never looked back as the Aggies downed
visiting Alvernia 84-38 in a non-conference game.
The Aggies are now 11-0 on the season and will prepare for its big showdown with No. 6 Scranton (11-1) at home on Jan. 10. Both enter the game 3-0 in MAC Freedom play.
The victor will get the early edge for the regular-season title and home court advantage throughout the playoffs. It is also a match-up of the second-ranked scoring offense in Division III (Delaware Valley at 87 points per game) and the 15th-ranked scoring defense (Scranton at 50.4 points allowed per game).
The Aggies, under fifth-year head coach Laura Hogan, are currently riding the longest winning streak in their 26-plus years as a varsity program. Delaware Valley is led by senior point guard Alisa DiBonaventura, who is No. 1 in Division III with an average of 9.2 assists per game after leading all levels of the NCAA a year ago with 8.5 assists. DiBonaventura, who earned MAC Freedom honors last week, is the Aggies' leading scorer with 17.1 points per game and is shooting 43% from the field.
Backcourt mate Becky Oakley is averaging a career-high 14.1 points per game. The junior is hitting 46.8% of her shots from the field, including nearly 35% from three-point land.
Juniors Kristen Henry and Lauren Snyder are contributing up front for Delaware Valley. Henry is second on the team in scoring (16.3 avg), rebounding (6.1 avg) and steals (2.4 avg) while Snyder is notching 12.7 points and a team-best 8.2 boards per contest.
Freshman Sarah Tuffner rounds out the Aggie starting lineup. The 6-3 center averages 2.6 points and 5.2 rebounds in just over 17 minutes per game. She leads the team with 21 blocks. Sophomore guard Amber Smolinsky is the offensive spark off the bench with 12.5 points in 21.3 minutes an outing. Smolinsky is also shooting 50% from the field.
Scranton has won or shared the regular-season title in each of the last 18 years. Head coach Mike Strong and the Lady Royals have made 15 NCAA playoff appearances during that time including last year's run to the Division III Final Four. This year's edition is 11-1 overall, their only loss a 49-34 setback to DePauw in Las Vegas on Dec. 19. Since then, the Royals have won four in a row, including Monday's 80-49 triumph at Marywood.
Scranton, which averages 71.6 points per game, has a balanced attack with just one player in double figures. Sophomore forward AnneMarie Russo is the team leader in scoring (11.1 avg), rebounding (9.4 avg) and field goal percentage (59.8%). Guards Lisa Harris and Katie Dougherty follow with 9.9 and 8.9 points respectively. Harris, a senior, has a team-best 64 assists and is also second in rebounding with 7.6 boards per clip. Dougherty, a freshman, has notched 29 steals and 21 assists.
Freshman guard Kate Pierangeli and sophomore forward Amy O'Rourke round out Scranton's starting lineup. Pierangeli averages 7.4 points per game and is shooting 43.8% from three-point land while O'Rourke contributes 7.2 points and 5.4 rebounds per game. Senior guard Jamie Eilbacher comes off the bench and averages 7.2 points in nearly 18 minutes a contest.
The Royals have dominated the series with Delaware Valley, winning 37 of 40 meetings. One of the Aggies' win was a 75-71 upset at home two years ago. The win propelled Delaware Valley to an 18-9 season and its first conference playoff berth since 1993.
Buena
Vista loses third in a row
STORM LAKE, Iowa -- Wartburg continued its best Iowa Conference men's
basketball start in a decade and sent No. 10 Buena Vista to its third
consecutive loss with a 78-66 win Jan. 6. The Knights (9-1, 6-0 IIAC)
ended a five-game losing string to the Beavers and posted their first
win in Storm Lake since the 1994-95 season. Wartburg leads the IIAC by
a game and a half.
The Knights got off to a fast start, opening up a 24-6 lead midway through the first half. They built the margin to 43-20 at halftime, holding Buena Vista to six made field goals. But the Beavers (8-3, 5-2) opened the second half with a furious rally, trimming the deficit to 57-50 with 9:44 to play on the heels of a 30-14 run. Wartburg responded, stretching the margin to 68-53 following consecutive three-point buckets by junior guard Marcus Meeks, sophomore forward Jake Olsen and senior guard Patrick Morrison.
Sophomore forward Mike Pipho and Meeks led five Knights in double figures, tallying 17 points each, while Meeks led in assists (six) and steals (four). Junior forward Roger Kobliska turned in a season-high 14 points, including two three-pointers, while senior guard Troy Osterhaus finished with 13 and Morrison ended with 12. Morrison was the top rebounder for Wartburg with seven boards. Brett Smith and Adam Jones led the Beavers with 16 and 15 points.
Fisher coaches each reach
milestones
PITTSFORD,
N.Y. -- It was an historic night at St. John Fisher as women's coach Phil
Kahler (left) recorded his 600th win in just 715 games with a 63-29 victory
against visiting Rochester Tech, while men's head coach Bob Ward (right)
collected his 250th win with a 72-59 victory over the Tigers. With the
win, the Fisher women improve to 7-0 on the year and extend their home
winning streak to 35 games.
"All the credit really belongs to the players that I've coached over the years," says Kahler, now in his 27th year at St. John Fisher. "It has truly been an honor to have the opportunity to work and coach with so many wonderful people over the past quarter-century." With a 600-115 record, Fisher ranks as the all-time winningest program in NCAA Division III. Kahler also has the distinction of the best winning percentage over a 27-year span in NCAA basketball. No NCAA basketball coach has coached longer than Kahler and won 83.9% of his or her games.
No.
23 Bridgewater men top No. 9 Hampden-Sydney Bridgewater opened the game by scoring six straight points on the Tigers
and maintained a slim two-to-three point advantage nearly seven minutes
into the opening half. The Tigers battled back and took their first lead
of the game (14-12) on a Bobby Jackson layup with 14:26 to play.
The game remained tight as Bridgewater tied the contest at 18 with 11:58
to play before taking a two-point lead on Jermaine Reed’s layup with 10:26
remaining. The Tigers then pulled out to an eight-point lead by virtue
of a 10-0 run that made the score 28-20 with 8:02 left in the half.
Bridgewater came back and tied the game at 34 with 2:33 to play, but
the Tigers finished the half on a 6-0 run to lead heading into the locker
room. The Eagles, the top team in Division III in field goal percentage,
shot just 35% from the floor in the opening 20 minutes, while the Tigers
shot 57%, paced by Bobby Jackson’s 15 points on 7-for-11 shooting.
The Eagles came out of the locker room strong in the second half, erasing
the six-point Tiger lead with a 12-5 run that put BC on top, 48-45 with
15:30 to play. Kevin Swann’s jumper at 14:07 tied the game at 48 before
the Tigers went on a 7-2 run to extend the lead to 55-50 with 12:21 remaining.
A Swann three put the Tigers up 58-51 with 11:30 to go, but that was
as large as the lead would get as Bridgewater went on an 11-0 run over
the next five minutes and held a 62-58 lead after a Matt Stevens jumper
with just over six left to play.
The teams then traded baskets over the next three minutes before a free
throw by Matt McKeag and another three by Swann put the Tigers up 65-64
with 3:20 to play. That lead proved to be the Tigers' last as Shane Burnette
converted a layup just seconds later to give BC a 66-65 advantage.
Hampden-Sydney missed several opportunities over the next two minutes
as Bobby Jackson could not convert on a free throw while freshman forward
Mike Thompson narrowly missed two layups. On the other end, BC lead Kyle
Williford made a layup with 17 seconds remaining on the clock to put the
Eagles up by three, 68-65.
Bobby Jackson scored on a layup with four seconds remaining to cut the
lead to one as the Tigers fouled BC point guard Justin Bourne with 2.4
ticks on the clock. Bourne converted the first layup, but missed the second
and the Tigers’ Brandon Randall's last-second half-court shot came up
empty and sealed the game for BC.
Bridgewater was 18-for-21 from the line for the game, while the Tigers
made just 10 of 17 and were only 3-for-7 in the second half.
Bobby Jackson led all scorers with 21 points, while he also added a
team-high nine rebounds. Matt McKeag finished with 11 points for the Tigers,
while Kevin Swann scored eight. Mike Thompson and Randall both finished
with six points.
The Tigers held Williford to 12 points, below his season average of
18, while he ripped down 12 boards. Shane Burnette led the Eagles with
18 points, while Jermaine Reed finished with 14.
The loss for the Tigers was their first regular season ODAC defeat since
Feb. 10, 1999, when they were defeated by Virginia Wesleyan, and it snaps
the team’s 23-game ODAC regular season win streak and 35-game overall
regular season win streak.
BRIDGEWATER, Va. — Bridgewater outscored Hampden-Sydney 35-27
in the second half to come from behind and upset the No. 9 Tigers 69-67
on Saturday in BC’s Ninninger Hall. The win moves the No. 23 Eagles to
10-0 on the year, 4-0 in the ODAC, while the Tigers drop to 9-1, 3-1.
St.
Norbert's Tilley wins for 700th time The veteran Green Knight floor boss led her squad to a 78-69 win over
Carroll, giving her a 700-370 mark in 24 years at St. Norbert. Her basketball
record is 357-185, her softball (1983-95) mark is 200-121 and volleyball
(1977-85) ledger is 143-64. Her basketball win total is No. 1 in Wisconsin
women's basketball collegiate history.
The milestone win is one Tilley will remember for quite a while. Carroll
lost 62-61 to UW-Stevens Point last week, with the Pointers upsetting
No. 3-ranked UW-Eau Claire on Wednesday. St. Norbert came out smoking,
leading 32-21 with 3:29 in the first half before the Pioneers cut the
lead to 34-29 at the break. St. Norbert, which shot 56% in the first half,
was led by Lisa Immel in the first 20 minutes. The sophomore forward picked
up 18 of her 19 points in that stretch.
Immel's play opened up things considerably in the second half. Running
a fast break that got the partisan home crowd into the game, a layup by
Julie Schill put St. Norbert up 55-37 at 11:15 of the second half. Schill
had 19 of her game-high 26 points in the second half for St. Norbert (5-4,
3-0 MWC). Kristin Janssen also had a career day, registering a career-high
16 points.
Carroll (5-3, 1-1 MWC) was led by Corey Henningfeld and Michelle Fink,
who each scored 14 points. Carroll shot 40% in the game and committed
21 turnovers.
St. Norbert has won 15 consecutive MWC regular-season home games and
is now 18-1 in its last 19 overall MWC contests. Brand-new No. 3 teams
swept at home
DE PERE, Wis. -- St.
Norbert women's basketball coach Connie Tilley picked up her 700th career
collegiate coaching victory in big fashion at Schuldes Sports Center.
Panko
signs with Atlanta
Former Lebanon Valley
star Andy Panko has signed a 10-day contract with the NBA's Atlanta Hawks.
Panko was leading the IBL in scoring and rebounding, playing for the New
Mexico Slam. Panko joins fellow Division III alumnus Devean George (Augsburg),
who was drafted by the Lakers out of college.
 Freshman Tara Schmitt scored four points Wednesday night for Stevens Point, including the game-winning points, all from the line. |
The women's game snapped UW-Eau Claire's Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference winning streak at 23 games and broke the Pointers' 13-game losing streak against the Blugolds, marking their first win against UW-Eau Claire since 1994.
The No. 3 UW-Eau Claire women (11-2) led 58-43 with 12:45 left, but the Pointers (10-2) rallied behind junior Kari Groshek, who scored 17 of the team's 40 points in the final 12:45. Groshek finished with 26 points as the Pointers won at Eau Claire for the first time since 1991. Freshman Tara Schmitt hit two free throws to break the 81-81 tie with four seconds left for the Pointers.
On the men's side, UW-Eau Claire (9-4) jumped out to an early lead and fended off numerous rallies by No. 3 UW-Stevens Point (10-2) for its first win in Stevens Point since 1994. The game featured eight ties, but the Blugolds scored the next point to break seven of them. UW-Stevens Point tied the game at 59-59 with 3:21 left on a 25-footer by Jay Bennett, but the Blugolds broke the tie on a 25-footer at the other end by Todd Marks with 2:46 left. UW-Eau Claire shot 54.5% for the game and was led by Jason Larson with 18 points. Josh Iserloth led the Pointers with 19 points.
Lebanon
Valley upsets No. 8 Catholic men
ANNVILLE, Pa. -- The score of tonight's men's basketball game
between Lebanon Valley and No. 8 Catholic almost turned out the way a
Top 10 team usually defeats an unranked opponent, but LVC used a 20-3
run in the second half to turn back the Cardinals 75-65.
The Cardinals (7-3) jumped out to a 34-25 halftime lead and looked in command. Senior Pat Maloney went on a scoring spree by netting 17 points in the first 20 minutes alone, shooting 5-for-6 from three-point range.
LVC (7-5) fell behind 51-35 with just over 13 minutes left to play, but continued to stay in the ball game. Sophomore center Darren Pugh added a three-point play and freshman Evan Harlor drained one of his two three-pointers to pull the Dutchmen within 10.
Sophomore John Sharkey then scored six of the Valley's next eight points to close the gap to 51-48. After junior Ryan Moore made two foul shots and Catholic got a bucket from Matt Hilleary, LVC's senior Chris Ziegler brought the house down and tied the game on his only three-pointer of the game. LVC would take the lead for good when Sharkey sunk two of his 15 points with just over five minutes left in the game.
Senior Steve Horst led the Dutchmen with 20 points, adding nine rebounds, three blocks, three steals and going 9-for-17 from the floor. Pugh added a double-double with 10 points and 10 rebounds and Ziegler finished with 14 points.
Maloney finished the game leading all players with 24 points, while Andy Rice and Tim Judge chipped in 11 apiece.
Howanski
rallies F&M past No. 21 Messiah
GRANTHAM, Pa. -- Junior Amy Kreitz converted one of two foul-shots
with one second left in the game as the Franklin & Marshall Diplomats
(7-3) stunned nationally ranked Messiah (7-3) 72-71.
Messiah, which carried a 33-29 lead into the second half, was shocked by a blitzing performance from Lauren Howanski who lowered the boom on the Falcons with 21 second half points as the Diplomats outscored Messiah 43-38 in the second frame. For the game, Howanski finished with a game-high 29 points and Kreitz added 24 points for the Diplomats while pulling down a team-high nine boards.
The game's final was decided in controversial fashion when a foul was called on Messiah following a missed goal attempt by F&M in which a Falcon player dove to the floor in a desperate attempt to corral the loose ball. Kreitz hit the first free throw and missed the second, but Messiah was unable to fire a shot following the rebound.
For the game, F&M shot 43.3% from the floor (29-for-67), including 6-for-15 from three point range, while Messiah connected on 51.7% of their shots (30-for-58) and shot 1-for-3 from three-point range.
The Diplomats did not have a good day at the charity stripe, converting on eight of 16 attempts, including six of 14 in the second half. Overall, F&M was led by Howanski at the line who floated in seven of 12 chances to keep her squad in the contest.
Carthage upsets D-II No.
7 Tampa
TAMPA,
Fla. -- Antoine McDaniel hit three free throws with seven seconds left
to force overtime as No. 1 Carthage rallied from a 10-point second-half
deficit to beat Tampa 80-74. Tampa is the No. 7 team in NCAA Division
II.
Carthage used a 19-8 run to take a 50-49 lead, its first since the opening basket, thanks to a jumper by Antoine McDaniel at the midway point of the second half. The lead changed hands several times before McDaniel's free throws, and Tampa's Jon Brown missed a three-pointer that would have won the game in regulation
Carthage took the lead for good in overtime, 71-69, on a Ktistou jumper with 3:34 to go. Ktistou connected on another jumper at 2:10 that bounced up off the rim and fell in for a 73-70 lead. Jason Wiertel made it 75-72 with a layup at 1:25 and 77-72 with a pair of free throws at the 30-second mark. McDaniel and Ktitsou combined to hit three free throws in the final 13 seconds for the final margin.
Antoine McDaniel topped Carthage with 23 points, including 10-of-10 from the free throw line. Jason Wiertel had 14 points and seven rebounds. Rob Garnes had 13 points and seven boards before fouling out with 13:20 left in the game. Greg Ktistou had 13 points and six rebounds. Percy White led the Spartans with 24 points and 11 rebounds.
"We’re really happy with winning both of these games in Florida, because these were big-time, quality wins," said head coach Bosko Djurickovic. "On the other hand, a week from Wednesday we start conference play and these wins will all be forgotten.”
Juniata
men off 8-2 start, their best in 55 seasons
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. -- The Juniata men returned to action following
the holiday break with an impressive 81-66 win against host Springfield
in the first round of the Holiday Inn-Naismith Classic on Jan. 2. The
triumph was the fourth in a row for the Eagles and moved the club to 8-2
overall and into the championship game of the tournament against Mass-Dartmouth
(8-1).
Juniata is now off to its best start to a campaign since the 1945-46 team (a span of 56 seasons) began the year with a 9-2. It also marked the blue and gold's first four-game winning streak since 1991-92.
On Tuesday, junior point guard Shane Crandall led the way for the Eagles with 20 points, including 6-for-11 shooting from behind the three-point line. Overall, Juniata nailed a tournament-record 15 treys on the night and shot 51.7% from behind the arc for the game (15-for-29). The 15 successful three-pointers by Juniata was three short of tying the program single-game standard of 18 set against Susquehanna on Jan. 11, 1990. Crandall also had five assists, two steals and one rebound. Over his last four games, Crandall is averaging 17.3 points a contest.
Freshman forward Ben Gallagher posted a season-best 19 points, pulled down three rebounds, while posting three steals, two assists and one blocked shot. Senior forward Nathan Hager recorded 13 points, four rebounds and two assists. Freshman forward Josh Tyler and junior forward Dave Reddick led the Eagles with five rebounds each, while Reddick added in six points.
The Pride (3-4) received 20 points and 14 rebounds from Michael Parker and 11 points and nine boards from Dyshawn Thames.
The Eagles opened the game on fire by shooting 61.5% from the floor (16-for-26), including an incredible 11 of 18 (61.1%) from three-point land. Juniata limited Springfield to just 38.7% shooting from the floor in the first half and built a 46-32 lead at intermission. The two clubs traded hoops for the most part in the second half, as Juniata edged the hosts 35-34 in the second half to post the 15-point win.
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