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Jan. 11-20, 2001
Witt ends Wooster's long NCAC streak
Calvin rallies to
beat Hope Big rally leads Calvin to victory in the 145th meeting of the Calvin-Hope rivalry. |
Scots 90-83 on Saturday night. The last time Wooster lost to an NCAC opponent also came at Wittenberg back on Jan. 4, 1999, when the Tigers prevailed 67-56.
With the win, Wittenberg moves into a tie for first-place with the Scots in the conference standings, as they own identical 7-1 marks in NCAC play. Overall, Wooster is now 14-2, while the Tigers are 13-2.
It was a game of runs, as Wittenberg jumped out to a 10-2 lead, but the Scots answered with a rally of their own to tie it. The Tigers responded, taking a 22-14 advantage, but then the Scots went on a 14-0 run to open up a six-point lead — their largest of the game.
Wittenberg then tied it back up at 30-30 with an 8-2 run of its own and after four more ties the Tigers went into halftime with a 46-42 lead, thanks to an off-balance three-pointer by senior wing Ryan Taylor at the buzzer. Carrying that momentum into the second stanza, Wittenberg started with a 10-2 run to take a 12-point advantage. Once again, Wooster answered, scoring 10-straight to cut it down to two at 56-54.
The Tigers then slowly extended their lead and held it around 10 points until a late rally by the Scots cut it down to 84-83 with :53 remaining in regulation. But Wittenberg iced the game with solid free throw shooting and defense down the stretch.
The game's leading
scorer was Taylor, who had 23 points on 8-for-11 shooting, 4-for-5 from
three-point range. Freshman Mark Borland came off the bench for Wittenberg
and scored a career-high 21 points.
Wooster had four players reach double figures in the scoring column led
by senior Nate Gaubatz with 20 points,
including 8-for-8 from the free throw line.
King's
upsets No. 5 Scranton in big rivalry game
WILKES-BARRE,
Pa. —
Senior guard Denise Igo scored a game-high 19 points and sophomore guard
Nikke Kingston added 14 to lead King's to a 67-54 victory against No.
5 Scranton in Freedom Conference action Saturday afternoon at Scandlon
Gymnasium. It was the fourth win for King's against Scranton in the teams'
last seven meetings.
Junior forward Fran Monte chipped in 10 points as the Lady Monarchs snapped Scranton's seven-game winning streak and improved to 10-5 overall and 5-2 in the MAC Freedom. The Lady Royals, led by sophomore forward Amy O'Rourke with a career-high 16 points and eight rebounds, fell to 14-2 overall and 6-1 in league play.
Scranton jumped out to an early 7-2 lead, but had trouble shooting and holding on to the basketball the rest of the first-half. The Lady Royals made just six of 27 shots from the field (22.2%) and were guilty of 18 turnovers en route to falling behind 31-18 by intermission.
King's maintained a double-digit lead throughout much of the second-half until a pair of free throws by O'Rourke with 2:17 remaining cut the margin to eight, 61-53. The Lady Monarchs kept their composure and made six free throws down the stretch to seal the win.
"It was a great team effort on our part and I thought our defense keyed everything we did," said King's coach Bryan Whitten. "We wanted to push them out a little farther from the basket than they are used to and I thought that made a big difference in the game. We also wanted to take the ball inside and attack them and we had great success doing that and getting to the foul line. Scranton is a great team and we have a great deal of respect for them but our players really wanted this game and did what they had to do to win it."
Senior guard Lisa Harris had 11 points, a game-high 11 rebounds, six assists and three steals for Scranton, which was guilty of a season-high 30 turnovers. The Lady Royals never really recovered from their poor first-half shooting performance and finished only 30.9% for the game (17-for-55). Freshman guard Kate Pierangeli added 10 points for Scranton.
The loss also denied 21st-year Scranton coach Mike Strong of his 499 career coaching victory. Scranton will take on DeSales on Jan. 24 for another try.
Connecticut
College loses second on weekend
BRUNSWICK,
Maine —
Bowdoin senior David Baranowski hit a lay-up with 30 seconds left to go
in overtime to break a 79-79 tie and classmate Steve McKinnon sank two
free throws with two ticks left to give the Polar Bears an 83-79 victory
against No. 13 Connecticut College on Jan. 20. Baranowski led all scorers
with 21 points —
on 9-for-10 shooting —
and grabbed nine rebounds in the winning effort.
Conn. College (11-4, 0-2 NESCAC) pulled away late in the first half to take a 34-26 lead, but Bowdoin (10-4, 1-1) cut the lead and then went on a 13-0 run to end the first half and take a 42-32 bulge into the break. Bowdoin shot 50% from the floor while the Camels shot just 27%.
The Polar Bear lead grew to as many as 15 points (56-41) early in the second half on a Michael Harding three-pointer. Bowdoin still had a 12-point edge (67-55) with 6:27 left in the game, but Conn. College answered with a gritty 16-3 run which was capped off by a Ali Rahman steal and lay-up to give the Camels their first lead since the first half at 71-70 with 3:32 left in regulation.
After Baranowski regained the lead for Bowdoin with a lay-in, Kareem Tatum buried a three-pointer with 2:21 left to give Conn. College a 74-72 edge. McKinnon converted a lay-up with 2:03 left and the two teams would remain scoreless for the remainder of the second half.
The overtime period was extremely tight until Baranowski delivered for the 81-79 lead. Baranowski also garnered a big rebound on Connecticut College's last possession to preserve the win. McKinnon finished with 13 points in the win while Greg Orlicz added 15. Tatum was one of five Camels in double figures with 17 and was joined by Rahman (15), Tope Adekanbi (13), Isaiah Curtis (11) and Mizan Ayers (10).
Amherst
sweeps regular season from Williams
AMHERST,
Mass. — Senior co-captain Brian Daoust hit a jumper with 1:04 left
to put Amherst ahead for good, as the Jeffs clawed back from a 12-point
second-half deficit to defeat archrival Williams 59-57. Sophomore Steve
Zieja led the hosts with game highs of 16 points and 13 rebounds.
Despite the large LeFrak Gymnasium crowd, the historic and heated rivalry between the two schools, and a stake of the Little III title hanging in the balance, both teams shot the ball anemically in the first half, scoring 22 points apiece. Amherst managed only 25% from the field in the opening period, while Williams fared slightly better, hitting 30.4%. Eph center Manny Benjamin caused the Jeffs to alter many of their shots, and the hosts could not buy a bucket from outside.
Williams (9-4) came out of the locker room in the second half with aggressive defense, holding the Jeffs without a field goal for the first eight minutes of the period. Meanwhile, the Eph offense began to heat up, and a three-pointer from sophomore forward Tim Folan gave the visitors a 41-31 lead with 10:06 remaining. Williams would lead by as many as 12 before Amherst (10-1) began its comeback. Back-to-back three-pointers by first-year guard Adam Harper and senior Erik Kelly narrowed the gap to five, reigniting the largely pro-Amherst crowd.
However, Williams had an answer for all of the Jeff field goals, and a layup by Benjamin with 5:29 to go gave the visitors a 50-43 advantage. With Amherst in the bonus with 14:30 remaining, the Jeffs battled back from the foul line. For the game, the Lord Jeffs hit 23 of their 30 foul shots, while Williams only managed 9-for-20 from the charity stripe. Eventually, a jumper by Kelly would knot the score at 50, but a lay-in by Benjamin gave Williams a 54-53 lead with 2:10 left.
After the Daoust layup, Williams attempted to get the ball inside to Benjamin, but a suffocating Jeff defense prevented that from happening before the shot clock expired with 39 seconds left. The guests fouled Harper, though the freshman guard left the door open by only making one of two from the line. Williams again tried to tie the game, but senior co-captain Andrew Conley missed an open jumper from just inside the arc, and the Jeffs hit their foul shots the rest of the way, though a late three-pointer by Eph point guard Michael Crotty made the score closer.
With the victory, Amherst completes a sweep of Williams after a 73-64 win in Williamstown last Saturday. The senior class of Daoust, Kelly, and Abe Sexson has never lost to Williams at home in their four years and has a 6-2 record overall against the Ephs. However, Williams still holds a 105-71 edge in the series.
Harper and Daoust were the only other Jeffs in double figures, scoring 11 and 10 points respectively. Folan led Williams with 14 points and 10 rebounds, though only three of his points came in the second half.
No.
5 George Fox women improve to 14-1
NEWBERG, Ore. —
Point guard Jill Barram came off the bench to tie her career high in points
and set new personal marks for assists and rebounds, and center Katie
Lacey posted her fifth double-double of the season, leading 4th-ranked
George Fox to a 65-51 win against Puget Sound in a Northwest Conference
women's game Jan. 19 at the Wheeler Sports Center.
In a first half that saw the Bruins fall behind 14-6 11 minutes into the game, it was Barram who came in to ignite the Bruins, driving to the basket to draw numerous fouls and hitting seven of seven free throws en route to nine first-half points. An 11-0 run late in the half boosted the Bruins to a 27-25 halftime advantage, despite the fact that Lacey had no points and only two rebounds.
George Fox extended the lead to 10 at 37-27 five minutes into the second half, but the Loggers rallied to tie it at 41-41 on a basket by Julie Vanni at the 10:09 mark. But Lacey scored at 9:11 to break the tie, putting the Bruins ahead for good, and added six more as the Bruins extended their lead to the eventual final margin.
Barram finished with a game-high 15 points and eight assists and also had six rebounds, while Lacey tallied 14 points, all in the second half, and 10 rebounds as the Bruins won the battle of the boards 46-34. The Bruins hit 39.7% from the field (23-for-58) and kept up their status as the No. 1 free throw shooting team in the nation by sinking 15 of 18 for a 83.3% mark.
The Loggers' Vanni, who averages a double-double, did it again with 11 points and 10 rebounds to pace UPS, and Erin Dahlgren scored 10. The Loggers hit only 26.4% from the field (14-for-53), but stayed in the game by hitting 78.3% from the line (18-for-23).
George Fox won its fifth in a row, climbing to 14-1 overall and 7-0 in the conference, while Puget Sound slipped to 11-4 overall and 4-3.
Elizabethtown
men strike blow against F&M
LANCASTER, Pa. —
In the history of Franklin & Marshall-Elizabethtown men's basketball,
one thing is for certain. When the Diplomats and Bluejays take to the
court, they are not playing basketball, they are going to war.
Like any war, games are won and lost not in board rooms or on chalkboards, but in the trenches and on the court. That was true Jan. 18 as the Bluejays used speed, agility and a first half run to seal the Diplomats fate ten minutes into the game.
For F&M, the game was a series of sporadic spurts of offense in the first half. Following a layup by Elizabethtown's Matt Nikoloff at 18:49, Asaf Ganot swooped in for an easy flip off the glass to knot the game at two just 33 seconds later. However, Ganot's layup would also mark the closest F&M would come.
The Bluejays would use exquisite passing and long-range shooting to build a commanding 10-point lead (20-6) courtesy a 18-4 run in which four different Elizabethtown players drained line-drive three-pointers.
However, F&M would attempt a valiant comeback as they pulled within seven at the half thanks to the inspired play of Dan Ashton. Ashton was the man of the six minutes he played in the first half, connecting on a driving layup and a three-pointer to pull F&M to within striking distance. For the game, Ashton would finish with 11 points on 4-for-4 shooting, 2-for-2 on three pointers, as three Diplomats went into double-figures.
True to series form, the second half was a matter of trench warfare in the offensive paint as the F&M guards drove for layups while Elizabethtown used size to overpower an inexperienced Diplomat squad.
With 15:01 left in the game, Larry Fain tossed in a layup to draw the Diplomats to within 41-37.
The lead would see-saw back and forth between six to four until the 8:17 mark when Brian Marquet floated a ball from the right wing into the hoop for a seven point E-town edge.
It was a play from
which F&M would never recover as the Bluejays nested under the defensive
glass to hold down a valiant F&M surge and claim the 71-63 win.
Cas Thomas led F&M with 10 rebounds and added 11 points for the games
only double-double. F&M's Duran Searles (13 points) and Elizabethtown's
Bob Porambo (18 points) led their teams in scoring.
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Wash
U. loses Fontbonne got out to a 32-23 first-half lead before freshman Liz Klotz picked up her third foul and went to the bench. Tasha Rodgers scored 10 of the final 12 first-half points for Washington U. (13-1), as they rallied to cut the deficit to 32-31 at the half, then took a six-point lead early in the second half. Washington led 51-48 with 11:38 remaining on a pair of free throws by Meg Sullivan. Fontbonne's hot shooting, however, was too much for the Bears to handle. The Griffins fired at a 53.8% clip in the second half, and took the lead for good with just over nine minutes remaining, thanks in part to back-to-back threes by Megan Mulvihill. Fontbonne (7-6) sealed the game with clutch free throw shooting, hitting 10-of-11 down the stretch. Fontbonne committed only 11 turnovers on the game to Washington U's. 19. Mulvihill, Klotz, Amy Hauschild and Shawanna Ashley each had 14 to lead the way for Fontbonne, which had lost their last three meetings with Washington U. "We've got five seniors on this club and they really believed they could do it this year," said sports information director Dennis McKinney. Fontbonne is right across the street from Washington U. in St. Louis. Washington U. was led by Rodgers' 29 points on 9-for-17 shooting and 11-for-14 from the foul line. The Bears' last loss was to Emory on Feb. 15, 1998. |
So
does Carthage Carthage (12-2, 2-1) led by just three points at halftime, 27-24, after jumping out to an early 11-2 lead. The Redmen opened up a 39-30 lead at 15:39 of the second period before the Bluejays used a 13-4 run to tie the game at 43 each at 10:03. Following another tie at 45 each, Elmhurst took the lead for good, 47-45, at 8:56 on a pair of free throws by Ryan Knuppel. The Bluejays led by as much as six points down the stretch, 62-56, at 1:58. One free throw by Nelson Grant with 11 seconds to play gave Elmhurst a 69-66 lead. Carthage's Greg Ktistou missed what would have been a game-tying three-pointer with three seconds remaining, before Wiertel's shot cut the final margin to 69-68. "Carthage is a great team and beating them at their place is probably the biggest win in Elmhurst College history," said Knuppel. "It's fun playing on such an unselfish team that gets along with each other." Elmhurst shot just 38% for the game (19-for-50), while the Redmen shot 46% (24-for-52). Justin Carley topped the Bluejays with 18 points, while Knuppel had 13. Rob Garnes led the Redmen with 18 points and five rebounds. Greg Ktistou had 17 points and five assists, while Antoine McDaniel had 10 points and 10 rebounds. |
ended
No. 1 Washington University's historic winning streak at 81, defeating
the Bears 79-68 on Tuesday night.
six-game
winning streak snapped at home by No. 21 Elmhurst (13-2, 4-0 CCIW)
69-68 on Wednesday night.Bates
men win ninth in a row, improve to 11-3
LEWISTON, Maine —
All five Bates starters scored in double figures as the host Bobcats extended
their school-record winning streak to nine games on Jan. 18 with an 84-75
victory against New England College.
Bates (11-3) got a pair of double-double performances in the win. Junior forward Alex Wilson scored 16 points and grabbed a career-high 16 rebounds, while sophomore guard Matt LaPointe added 13 points and 10 assists, one short of his career best. Junior forward Ed Walker had a team-high 19 points, while senior Rommel Padonou and rookie guard Ramon Garcia each scored 10 points.
After a close first half that saw Bates take a 37-33 lead into the locker room, the Bobcats led by as many as 16 in the second half. Bates outshot New England College, 52% (16-for-31) to 38% (14-for-37) in the second stanza. The Bobcats outrebounded NEC 46-31 for the game.
New England College (6-9) was led by senior center Dennis Dube, who tallied 31 points on 10-for-20 shooting from the floor and 9-for-10 from the line. Rookie forward J.J. Emerton was the only other Pilgrim player in double figures with 10 points.
Albion
jumps out early, hangs on to upset Calvin
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich.
— Calvin's propensity for slow starts at home reared its ugly head
and this time it spelled defeat as the Knights were stunned by Albion
77-68 in front of 3,026 fans Jan. 17 at the Calvin Fieldhouse.
The Albion victory snapped No. 4 Calvin's 21-game MIAA conference win streak along with Calvin's 18-game homecourt win streak. The loss was Calvin's first at the Calvin Fieldhouse since a 75-72 loss to Defiance in the MIAA Tournament semifinals February 26, 1999. The Wednesday night defeat also increased the magnitude of Saturday's game with rival and now league-leading Hope as the Flying Dutchmen improved to 4-0 in the MIAA with an 88-69 victory against Alma in Holland.
Calvin (12-3, 3-1) fell behind 14-5 in the opening six minutes of the first half against Albion, allowing the Britons to dictate the tempo in slow methodical fashion. Calvin would gut the gap to 18-14 on a dunk by senior Josh Tubergen at the 9:26 mark of the first half but the Knights would get no closer the rest of the half as the Britons (12-4, 3-1) outscored the Knights 22-14 over the final eight minutes of the half to take a 45-32 halftime lead.
The Knights came back to cut the deficit to single digits on five occasions in the second half but Albion answered every Calvin surge with a big shot of its own to quell any comeback bid. A jumper by Tubergen allowed the Knights to creep within 58-50 with 9:24 remaining but after a timeout, Albion senior Jon VanderWal canned a jumper to put the Brits up by 10.
Calvin would finally close the gap to four points at 69-65 on a pair of free throws by Prins with 1:12 to go but Albion would connect on 8-of-10 attempts from the charity stripe in the final minute of play to close out the win. The Albion victory was its first over Calvin since 1998 and its first over the Knights at the Calvin Fieldhouse since a 68-65 triumph in January of 1993.
Albion was 7-of-11 (.636) from three-point range, while Calvin was 8-of-23 (.348) from behind the arc. Junior center Andrew Neidlinger came up with a double-double effort for the Briton with 14 points and 15 rebounds while junior guard Mike Knight had 19 points and five assists with VanderWal scoring 13. Calvin was led by sophomore forward Jeremy Veenstra who collected 15 points and nine rebounds while senior Nate Burgess had 13 points and sophomore guard Bryan Foltice 10 points.
Concordia-Moorhead
upsets No. 10 St. Ben's
ST.
JOSEPH, Minn. — Concordia-Moorhead used a fierce inside game from
Sara Spears to upset No. 10 St. Benedict 71-55 and hand the Blazers their
first conference loss. Spears proved to be too much to handle as she finished
with a game-high 19 points and 12 rebounds. It was her third double-double
of the season.
St. Ben's (10-2, 8-1 MIAC) took an early lead and threatened to pull away as leading scorer Michelle Barlau took control and put the Blazers up by six. The Cobbers answered with a key run late in the first half and went into halftime with a 32-26 lead. After the break St. Ben's would rally and close the gap but Concordia kept inching away and led by 15 with just over six minutes to play, and St. Ben's would never threaten after that point. In addition to the play of Spears, the Cobbers (10-3, 8-2) received inside help from Sarah Jacobson who finished with a season-high 10 rebounds, and Kasey Bostow who contributed 11 points off the bench.
Roanoke
hands No. 8 Bridgewater second loss
SALEM,
Va. — Roanoke upset visiting Bridgewater 73-62 on Wednesday night
in Old Dominion Athletic Conference action. The Maroons, who have won
six of the past seven meetings with the Eagles, improve to 10-4 on the
season and 5-3 in the conference. No. 8 Bridgewater falls to 13-2, 7-2.
The Maroons held Bridgewater to 23 first-half points and jumped out to a 20-point lead. In addition to their strong defensive effort in the first half, the Maroons also shot 59.3% from the field. Bridgewater cut the lead to as few as eight points in the second half, but an Alex Phillips jumper with 7:28 to play gave the Maroons another double-digit lead, as it would stay the rest of the contest.
In the first half, the Maroons came out on fire, hitting five of their first seven shots. The lead changed hands several times, until Jason Graffam hit a free throw with 12:48 to go to give RC a 10-point cushion. The Maroons would not give up the lead the rest of the way. Roanoke's lead was eight with 5:24 left in the first half, but it closed out the frame on a 14-2 run.
Brad Dunleavy's 15 points led the team, while Robby Pridgen added 13 and Jaimar Mansel a career-high 10 points. The Eagles were led on the offensive end by Jermaine Reed who led all scorers with 22 points. Reed was 8-of-14 from the field. BC's Kyle Williford, averaging 18.2 points and 9.2 rebounds, scored just six points and grabbed just five boards. Williford shot just 2-for-8 from the field but had four blocked shots.
Bates
women win fourth in a row, top Springfield
LEWISTON,
Maine — The Bates women won their fourth consecutive game Jan. 16,
defeating Springfield 66-60 to snap the Pride's five-game winning streak.
Bates (8-4) trailed Springfield 36-35 at halftime. Sophomore guard Carla Flaherty scored all of her team-high 16 points in the first half. Springfield was led by junior forward Becky Kanupka, who had 10 points and 12 rebounds before the break.
Springfield (10-3) took their largest lead of the second half on a 3-pointer by junior Kelly Thompson at the 12:55 mark, breaking a 43-43 tie. The Pride went up again, 49-47, on a trifecta by senior Cara McMahon with 11:34 remaining.
At that point, Bates rookie Lauren Dubois scored seven of her career-high 11 points, sandwiched around another McMahon bucket, over the next three minutes, to give the Bobcats a 54-51 lead with 8:50 left, and the Bobcats never trailed again.
Bates was led by 16 points each from Flaherty and senior Kate McLaughlin, who also grabbed a team-high nine rebounds. The Bobcats' bench outscored the Pride 26-9, led by Dubois' 11 and nine from sophomore center Lisa Golobski.
Springfield was paced by Kanupka's 16 points and 15 rebounds before she left the game at the eight-minute mark with an injury. Three other Pride players scored in double figures, led by junior guard Katie Strong with 15 and 10 each from Thompson and junior guard Kristy Murray.
Gustavus,
Bridgewater lose for first time
No. 6 Gustavus Adolphus and No. 10 Bridgewater (Va.) each dropped their
first game of the season Jan. 15, leaving just Wilkes and Dallas as undefeated
men's teams in Division III.
Bethel defeated Gustavus 73-72, holding the homestanding Gusties to 39% from the floor, well below their average of 53%. Brett Reparsky led the Royals (8-4), recording 18 points, five rebounds, three assists, and three steals, while Eric Roberston dropped in 17 points on 6-of-12 shooting while grabbing seven rebounds. The Gusties were led by junior post Chad Henke, who recorded another double-double by scoring 20 points and grabbing 14 boards. Bobby Johnson dropped in 16 and recorded six rebounds for the Gusties, while Kirk Walberg added 11 points, four rebounds, two assists, and one steal.
In Greensboro, N.C., sophomore guard Paul Kindem scored 15 of his team-high 20 points in the second half as host Guilford (6-9, 5-4 ODAC) knocked off previously unbeaten Bridgewater 65-56 in Old Dominion Athletic Conference action.
"The key to victory tonight was our offensive patience and execution," Guilford head coach Butch Estes said. "It was a game where we probed their defense and got good shots and shot a good percentage [48.9%]."
The Eagles (13-1, 7-1) whittled a 12-point second-half deficit to three points, 51-48, with 5:15 left thanks to a 12-3 run capped by junior center Kyle Williford's three-point goal. The teams traded possessions before Bridgewater senior Jermaine Reed committed an intentional foul on Kindem away from the ball just before the Quakers' shot clock expired. Kindem, who extended his consecutive free-throws streak to 19 in the game, canned both free throws and junior forward Brad Woolley knocked down a jumper on the Quakers' ensuing possession to swell the hosts' lead to 55-48 with 3:30 left. Guilford made 12 of 17 free throws in the final four minutes to seal its first win over the Eagles since 1997.
Peace
defeats Bennett, 98-3. Yes, 98-3
RALEIGH,
N.C — Peace set a Division III women's record for fewest points allowed
in a 98-3 victory Jan. 15 against Bennett. The
previous mark was set by Vassar in its 67-4 victory against Bard on Dec.
9, 1997.
Bennett (0-8) had just one free throw in the first half and two in the second. The Belles got only 19 shots off, missing them all. They turned the ball over 45 times.
Peace (3-9) was coming off a 96-16 loss to Division I Elon on Jan. 4. ''I know it's tough because I've been on both sides of it,'' head coach Christian Dysart told the Associated Press.
''I feel bad for their kids because I know they've been working hard in practice,'' said Dysart. ''It was one of those situations where you wish it could have been more competitive for everyone involved.''
Peace started the game with a press before Dysart called it off midway through the first half with Peace leading by more than 30 points. Bennett scored its first point with six minutes left in the first half and trailed 61-1 at the half.
Peace shot 50% from the field and outrebounded Bennett 46-15. Brooke Johnson set a school record with six 3-pointers and finished with 22 points. Sherata Williams also had 22.
Yosinoff
reaches 400-win milestone at Emmanuel
BOSTON – On Jan. 13,
Emmanuel women's basketball coach Andy Yosinoff notched his 400th career
win.
Yosinoff, a Boston special education teacher by day, is in his 24th year of coaching at Emmanuel. His tenure includes a winning percentage of .713 and just one losing season (1978). His teams have made six NCAA tournament appearances, seven ECAC tournament appearances, and have five GNAC championships.
Said Emmanuel College president, Sr. Janet Eisner, "Andy is a tremendous source of pride and inspiration for all of us at Emmanuel. His accomplishments are a mark of athletic excellence that will continue to drive our women and now incoming men to excel. Andy teaches us that basketball is a metaphor for life and that you can achieve whatever you want in life if you instill discipline and work hard. I extend to him my deepest and heartfelt congratulations."
Yosinoff is only the second New England coach to reach the 400-win plateau. He has become one of only eight coaches out of 386 Division III women's team coaches to reach this goal and one of only 55 coaches of the 944 coaches in all divisions to reach this milestone.
Of his achievements, Yosinoff said, "My record is a reflection of the hard work and dedication of my players. I owe most of my success to them."
Henderson's
putback beats buzzer, Hopkins
BALTIMORE — Senior forward
Brad Henderson scored off a rebound as time expired to give No. 4 Chicago
a 54-53 win against host Johns Hopkins in men's college basketball action
on Sunday afternoon at Goldfarb Gymnasium. Listen
to the end of the game as broadcast on D3hoopsNet, Pat
Coleman and Michael Yates.
Hopkins sophomore guard Brendan Kamm sank two free throws to put the Blue Jays ahead 53-52 with 10 seconds left in the contest. UC senior forward Jim Waichulis' shot bounced off the rim, but was recovered by sophomore center Derek Reich who tipped it back up. Reich's attempt bounced long and into the hands of Henderson who connected off the glass from seven feet out.
"We have a play in that situation to get the ball to Derek (Reich) just like about everything else we do, and they hid their defense pretty well and took away what we wanted to do," said Chicago head coach Mike McGrath. "The one thing we told the guys is 'Everybody go to the boards.' And they did that."
Chicago (11-3, 3-1 UAA) took a 26-24 lead at halftime when junior guard Justin Slaughter tallied right before the buzzer. Hopkins (9-5, 6-2) came out on fire in the second half, draining three consecutive three-pointers by Kamm, Antoine Peoples and Chris Ganan en route to a 43-33 advantage with 12:20 remaining. The Maroons responded with an 8-0 run during a four-minute stretch to trim the margin to 43-41.
JHU maintained the lead, but foul trouble for Hopkins made the difference as Reich, who dropped in three second half three-pointers, also went to the line and connected on 8 of 10 free throws in the second frame to keep UC in the contest. Reich finished with a game-high 22 points and 11 rebounds, including 18 second-half points.
Junior forward Brian Cosgrove totaled 11 points and seven rebounds to lead Hopkins. Sophomore forward Steve Adams had 10 points and six boards, while junior center Matthew Eisley registered 10 points, six rebounds, and three blocks.
The loss snaps the Blue Jays' win streak at five games.
Capital women end B-W's
OAC streak
BEREA, Ohio
-- No. 15 Capital handed the No. 3 Baldwin-Wallace women their first Ohio
Athletic Conference loss in 39 games with a 54-45 win in Berea on Jan.
13. The win
also halted the Yellow Jackets 10-game winning streak, 21-game home winning
streak and a run of five against the Crusaders.
No. 15 Capital (10-3, 7-1 OAC) scored the game's opening five points and managed to hold No. 3 Baldwin-Wallace (12-2, 7-1) without a field goal until the 15:06 mark when Jenny Nance hit a three-pointer to make the score 9-5. The Crusaders would then go on a 12-4 to take a 21-9 lead with 4:12 left before the half. The Yellow Jackets would then score four straight to make it 21-13 heading into the break.
The Crusaders would maintain a 4-6 point lead for most of the second half, having an answer for every Yellow Jacket basket. Baldwin-Wallace closed to 45-44 with 4:15 left before Capital went on a 9-1 run to close the contest.
Two-time All-American Kendra Meyer led the Crusaders with 21 points and eight rebounds. Jenny Nance had game-high 23 in the losing effort for Baldwin-Wallace.
No. 15 Capital and No. 3 Baldwin-Wallace along with No. 13 Wilmington are all tied atop the OAC standings at 7-1.
Ripon
upsets No. 12 Lake Forest men
RIPON, Wis. — Behind
19 points and five rebounds from freshman forward Scott Landisch, the
Ripon men upended defending Midwest Conference champion and 12th-ranked
Lake Forest 65-58 on Jan. 13 in Wyman Gymnasium.
After the fifth tie score of the first half, 24-24 with 3:09 remaining in the period, Landisch connected on two free throws and Red Hawk Todd Hornseth’s reverse layup with one second remaining gave Ripon (6-5, 3-2 MWC) a slim 28-24 lead at the break.
Ripon maintained the lead for nine minutes in the second half before Lake Forest’s Lee Taylor canned a three-pointer at 10:53 to give the Foresters a 42-41 lead. Ripon regained the lead with an 8-0 run over the next four minutes. The visiting Foresters pulled within four points at 51-47 on a Taylor layup before Ripon took a 10-point lead, their biggest of the night, on two Tyler Witkowski free throws and two Jerry Liska lay-ins.
Liska and Steve Kohl added 12 points apiece and Witkowski chipped in with ten for Ripon who out-rebounded their opponents 37-23. Fred Bell had 15 points to lead the Foresters (9-2, 4-1 MWC) and J.R. Jurecko contributed 13 in the loss.
Wash U men to Top 10:
We belong!
ST.
LOUIS -- Sophomore Dustin Tylka scored 35 points, including a 6-for-8
performance from behind the three-point line, as the No. 8 Washington
University men
improved to 12-1 for the first time in school history with a 79-73 win
against No. 4 Chicago on Friday in the WU Field House.
Tylka, who also hit 11 of 12 free throws and added three steals with no turnovers, scored 23 of his points in the second half as the Bears held off a late Chicago rally. Washington U. led 59-45 with 7:09 left before the Maroons (10-2) trimmed the margin to 67-64 with just over a minute and a half remaining. Tylka hit nine consecutive free throws down the stretch, though, to put the game away.
With the win the Bears also take sole possession of first place in the UAA with a 4-0 record. Chicago falls to 2-1 in league play. Sophomore Chris Jeffries finished with 11 points and fellow sophomore Jarriot Rook had 10. Derek Reich had 24 points and Mike Agema 16 for Chicago, which shot 8-for-21 from three-point range.
Cortland
men dropped on the road by New Paltz
NEW PALTZ, N.Y. — Senior
center Robert Jones hit two free throws with four seconds remaining as
New Paltz State (4-9, 3-7 SUNYAC) upset No. 17 Cortland State 62-60, snapping
the Red Dragons' nine-game winning streak.
Cortland senior guard Tom Williams made two three-pointers in the final 30 seconds, the latter tying the game at 60-60 with 20 seconds left. On the ensuing possession, the Hawks worked the ball inside to Jones, who was fouled by Jon DeHay. Following Jones' free throws, Cortland (10-2, 7-2) got the ball to halfcourt and called timeout with three seconds left. Williams got off a long three-pointer which hit the backboard and bounced off the front of the rim at the buzzer.
Cortland led 32-26 at halftime and held a 44-38 advantage with 9:57 left. New Paltz used a 9-2 run over the next two minutes to take a 47-46 lead, and the game stayed within four points the rest of the way. A three-pointer by Matt Winter gave the Hawks a 58-54 lead with 41 seconds remaining, but Williams answered with a trey at the 29-second mark to close the gap to 58-57.
New Paltz re-extended its lead to three at 60-57 on two Ben Davey foul shots with 28 seconds left. Williams knotted the game with his fifth three-pointer of the game eight seconds later.
Jones led New Paltz with 18 points and six blocked shots. He made all eight of his free-throw attempts. The Hawks shot 53% from the floor — 60% in the second half. Williams finished with 23 points and Adam Blauweiss added 18 points for the Red Dragons, who were held to 38% shooting.
Chandler
reaches 1,000 in just his 38th game
DALLAS, Pa. — Heading
into the Jan. 13 game with Beaver, Misericordia sophomore Willie Chandler
needed nine points to go over the 1,000-point mark in his career.
He got them in impressive fashion, reaching the milestone with back-to-back dunks just over eight minutes into the game as the Cougars (8-3) raced out to a 35-6 lead on their way to a 95-52 win.
The defending NCAA Division III scoring champion, Chandler reached 1,000 points in just his 38th career game.
"This a tremendous accomplishment for Willie," said Misericordia head coach Dave Martin. "He's made an tremendous impact on our program. It was great for him to get his 1,000th point at home and in a victory."
With the Cougars trailing 4-2 through the first three minutes, Chandler scored nine points and the Cougars took control in a five-minute spurt. He made a jumper at 16:23 and another at the 15:30 mark. Chandler finished off an alley-oop pass from Neil Burdis at 14:02 and intercepted a pass and slammed home a break away at 12:00.
With the crowd on its feet, Chandler intercepted another pass and went the distance for another thrilling dunk.
"That was exciting," said Martin. "I don't think we could've scripted it any better."
Dickerson
becomes King's all-time leader
WILKES-BARRE,
Pa. — Senior guard Corey Dickerson made history Jan. 13 as the standout
senior guard scored a game-high 33 points and became King's all-time leading
scorer as the Monarchs posted a 82-65 victory against DeSales in an important
MAC Freedom contest in Scandlon Gymnasium.
Needing 31 points to break the mark of 1,670 by Jeff Thomas from 1988-92 entering the contest, it seemed unlikely Dickerson would set the record against DeSales and would have to settle for a Tuesday appearance at Delaware Valley. But the Monarch standout had other ideas as he came out of the gates on fire and scored 15 of the Monarchs' first 21 points and totaled 20 points at the half.
In the second half, Dickerson converted a bucket and foul shot at the 17:28 mark to come within eight. He then added a pair of foul shots at 12:50 and another pair at the 10:47 mark to draw within four of the mark. Dickerson then drained a three-pointer with 9:47 left to score his 30th point to tie the record.
With 6:57 left, Dickerson took a pass just beyond the top of the key and launched a three-point attempt which touched nothing but net and the Monarchs had a new career scoring leader.
Dickerson has now scored 1,673 points and has averaged 29.5 points per game over his last four contests as the Monarchs improved to 10-3 overall and 3-2 in MAC Freedom competition.
No.
5 George Fox survives drought to beat Linfield
McMINNVILLE, Ore. —
After going scoreless for almost five minutes to start the game, No. 5
George Fox finally caught fire and rolled to a 65-44 win over Linfield
in a Northwest Conference women's game Jan. 12 at Ted Wilson Gym.
Actually, neither team got out of the blocks fast, with numerous turnovers and 13 missed shots contributing to a scoreless duel almost five minutes into the game. Becky Thompson finally broke the ice for the Bruins (12-1, 5-0) with a layup at the 15:11 mark. After Monica Schwing tied it for the Wildcats at 2-2 on a bucket with 14:34 to go, the Bruins ran off the next 11 points to take a 13-2 lead and never looked back. The Bruins' biggest lead of the half was 24 at 3:48 on a jumper by Thompson for a 36-12 bulge, and they held that margin at the break, 38-14. Thompson had 11 points at the half and finished with 13.
The Bruins maintained a comfortable margin throughout the second half, allowing the Wildcats (5-7, 0-4) no closer than 14 at 50-36 with 7:42 left. Katie Lacey scored 10 of her game-high 16 points in the final five minutes to keep the Wildcats at bay.
In addition to Lacey and Thompson, Heather Doud was in double digits for the Bruins with 12 points. Lacey led the Bruins to a 45-29 edge on the boards with 13 rebounds, giving her four double-doubles on the season and 14 over the last two years. The Bruins have won all 14.
Alicia Westley led Linfield with 10 points, while Schwing was the Wildcats' top rebounder with 6.
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