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Salem
About the 2002 Division III
men's basketball tournament
Clark
101, Staten Island 72
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y.
— No. 6 seed Clark advanced to the Sweet Sixteen for the second consecutive
season with a 101-72 win at Staten Island tonight. With the win, Clark
set up a rematch with Catholic, the defending NCAA Champions, next Friday
in the sectional semifinals.
The Cougars scored the first 11 points of the contest and eventually extended the margin to 17, taking a 25-8 lead midway through the first half and never looked back. Despite a ferocious 11-0 first-half run of their own, Staten Island was still down by five at the break, 38-33. Senior guard Kassim Nesbitt led the Dolphins at the half with10 points, but Clark forward Trevor Walker led all scorers with 12 points.
"It’s the first time in a while that we came out and got on an opponent like that," said Clark head coach Paul Phillips. "They looked tight and nervous and we were able to capitalize on that."
The second stanza started off similarly to the first, as the third-seeded CUNYAC champions cut the lead to two points at 40-38, but the deficit soon grew to twenty points and beyond. In the end, Walker led all scorers with 28 points, followed by teammate Dave McNamara and NEWMAC Player of the Year Sean Fleming with 19 points each.
Staten Island (22-7) was led by Nesbitt with 22 points, who passed the career 1,000-point mark in the final seconds of the contest. Two-time CUNY Player of the Year David Paul was held to 19 points and seven rebounds and finished atop the school scoring list with 1,684 points.
"It feels great to move on in the Tournament this year after losing three captains from last season," said Fleming. "It will be great to play Catholic again. We’ll definitely be ready for them this time."
Clark lost at home to Catholic 82-78 in last year's Elite Eight meeting.
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