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October-November 2001
Hurley
leads Hartwick past Rochester
ONEONTA,
N.Y. — Against the No. 18 team in the country, Hartwick's Tiffany
Hurley played like one of the better players in NCAA Division III.
The preseason All-American finished with 22 points and 16 rebounds as the Hartwick women took a 57-50 non-conference win against Rochester at Binder Gymnasium on Wednesday night.
Hurley kept her team in the game in the first half with 13 points and eight rebounds as Rochester opened up a 25-19 halftime lead.
Hartwick (3-0) got better balance in the second half and that proved to be the difference. Jessica Dakin had 10 points and four assists, while Stephanie Clough had eight points.
Emily Cushing had six points, while freshman Laura Shockro added five points. Shockro nailed a big 3-point shot with 5:25 remaining to give the Hawks a 48-40 lead.
The Yellowjackets, ranked 18th in the latest D3hoops.com national poll, did cut the lead to 53-50 when Tara Carrozza nailed a 3-pointer with 2:07 remaining. But Clough hit two free throws with 35 seconds left to put the Hawks up by five points. Sara Lambert hit a layup at the buzzer for the final points of the game.
Kelly Wescott had 11 points and seven rebounds for Rochester (3-1). Katie Harrington added 10 points.
Rochester hurt its own cause at the foul line in the second half. After going 9-for-11 in the opening 20 minutes, the Yellowjackets finished up 11-for-21 for the game.
McDaniel
helps No. 1 Carthage roll
CHICAGO
— Antoine McDaniel scored a game-high 21 points to lead top-ranked
Carthage to a 66-49 win over No. 18 Chicago in non-conference play Wednesday
night at Chicago's Henry Crown Field House.
McDaniel scored 17 of his 21 points in the first half as Carthage (3-0) built a 33-23 edge at the intermission. He scored the first points of the game on a 3-point shot in the opening minute, and the Redmen would maintain the lead the rest of the way.
The Maroons' Tyler Smithson opened the second half with a three-point play that brought Chicago (2-3) to within seven points at 33-26. Jason Wiertel scored 13 of Carthage's next 15 points, mostly on series of spinning layups, as the Redmen opened up a 14-point margin, 48-34, at 13:45. The Redmen made it a 16-point game, 53-37, at 12:15, closing a 20-6 run. The Maroons got no closer than nine points the rest of the way, cutting the lead to 53-44, as Carthage cruised to the 17-point victory.
Carthage shot 44% for the game (23-for-52), while the Maroons connected at just a 32% rate (18-for-57). McDaniel scored a game-high 21 points, 17 of those in the first half. Jason Wiertel had 17 points and nine rebounds, and Rob Garnes dded 11 points and seven boards.
Senior forward Jon Poyer led the Maroons with 14 points. Junior forward Derek Reich scored 10 points and grabbed 19 boards. Freshman forward Mike Dolezal also finished with 10 points.
No.
12 King's dominates No. 23 GMC
GWYNEDD
VALLEY, Pa. — In a battle of unbeaten, nationally ranked squads,
the King's women posted their most impressive win of the young season
as the No. 12 Lady Monarchs posted a 79-48 decision over host No. 23 Gwynedd-Mercy
on Wednesday, Nov. 28.
The Lady Monarchs used a well-balanced offense with four players scoring in double figures, while a tenacious King's defense forced the Griffins to shoot just 29.0% (20-for-69) for the night. The Lady Monarchs dominated from the start and built a 40-21 lead at the half.
Kings (4-0) was led by Fran Monte who scored 15 points with nine rebounds and three steals. Jen Wozniak and Nikki Kingston added 15 points each, while Jennie Orelli chipped in with 10 points and four assists.
The Lady Monarch defense played a major role in the victory as Kingston, Orelli, and Carissa Ryan took turns guarding Griffin standout Mary Ann Wade who entered the game with a 36 points per-game average. The King's trio combined to limit Wade to just seven points on 3-of-10 shooting. Tara Townsend led the Griffins (3-1) with 12 points.
Alvernia
knocks off D-II Kutztown again
READING,
Pa. — Junior forward Tillman Sims grabbed a game-high 16 rebounds
and added 13 points for his second consecutive double-double as Alvernia
defeated Division III Kutztown 59-53 on Wednesday evening at the Physical
Education Center in a non-conference match-up. The win was the third in
as many seasons for the Crusaders over Kutztown.
Sophomore Ray Strickland led all players with 16 points and also chipped in with a team-high four assists. Freshman guard Vince Pease led the Bears with 13 points on 3-for-10 shooting while sophomore Arvin Kotrri scored 11.
The Bears came out strong forcing Alvernia into a shot clock violation with back-to-back blocked shots in the game's opening possession and built early momentum hitting a pair of 3-pointers in their first two possessions. A Jeff Brickus lay-up at 16:51 put the Bears up 8-0 and prompted an Alvernia timeout. Another Brickus lay-up two minutes later gave Kutztown its largest lead of the game at 14-4.
Alvernia chipped the lead down to three over the next four minutes with a 11-4 run capped by back-to-back lay-ups from Sims and Brad Merriweather. Bilal Salaam earned three the old fashion way on Kutztown's next trip, but Chris Alba responded to cut the lead in half with a 3 on the break. Alba's second 3-pointer with 3:22 remaining in the first pulled Alvernia within three for a second time and 2:43 later a Joe Cooke turnaround in the lane gave the Crusaders a 27-26 lead that they would take into halftime.
Kutztown was able to reacquire the lead early in the second half on a pair of Kotrri free throws and momentum traded sides until a steal and a dunk from freshman Azim Jones sparked a 13-1 Alvernia run that put the hosts up 13 with 7:04 to play. Kutztown was able to respond with 12-3 run that ended in a lay-up, steal, lay-up sequence, but Alvernia chose not to call a timeout and instead put the ball in the hands of reliable senior Will Craig who responded with a 12-foot jumper in the lane to stem the tide and push the lead back to six with 1:53 to play.
Alvernia made four free throws in the final minute but it was Kutztown's inability to hit from long range, as the Bears missed their last 19 from beyond the arc, that gave the Crusaders the six-point victory.
Wheaton's
charge continues
WHEATON,
Ill. — No. 16 Wheaton used solid shooting from the field to upset
No. 11 Calvin 69-63 Tuesday night. It was the third consecutive win against
a ranked team for the Thunder (4-0) and the 300th
career win for Wheaton coach Bill Harris.
After Wheaton took a 32-30 lead into the locker room, sophomore Kevin Blomstrom (pictured) drained a three-pointer to open the second half and give Wheaton a 35-30 lead. The game remained close throughout as Wheaton led for the entire second half, but never by more than eight points.
Wheaton led 65-60 with a minute left, but Calvin’s Chris Prins drained a 3-pointer with 45 seconds left to cut Wheaton’s lead to two points. Fifteen seconds later, Blomstrom missed two crucial free throws, giving Calvin a golden opportunity, but the Knights came down the court and Prins missed a layup with 22 seconds left and Wheaton’s Will Landry grabbed the rebound. Landry was immediately fouled and hit two free throws to give the hosts a 67-63 lead with 17 seconds left, wrapping up the game. Wheaton did not make a field goal in the final 3:30 of the game, but 6-for-8 shooting at the free throw line and solid defense helped the Thunder secure the victory. Calvin shot 2-for-8 from the floor over that stretch.
Blomstrom led Wheaton by tying his career high with 26 points on 11-for-16 shooting from the field. The standout sophomore was 3-for-3 from 3-point range and added seven rebounds, three assists and three steals. Senior center John Carl Williams tallied a career-high 15 points with five rebounds. Landry’s effort on the defensive end was also critical tonight as he regularly guarded Calvin All-American Jeremy Veenstra and held the star forward to a season-low 10 points. Veenstra entered tonight’s game averaging 21.3 points per game.
Kevin Broene led Calvin with a game-high 21 points tonight and three assists. Prins scored 11 points with five rebounds, while Veenstra added 10 points and 10 rebounds for the 17th double-double of his Calvin career.
No.
25 JHU runs past No. 17 Marymount
BALTIMORE
— Junior guard Ashley Shepler scored 12 points and added a career-high
nine assists to lead the Johns Hopkins women to a 73-49 win against 17th-ranked
Nov. 26 in Baltimore. The 25th-ranked Blue Jays improved to 5-0, while
the Saints fell to 3-2.
Shepler hit on three of seven 3-pointers and added five rebounds. Junior center Kathy Darling and sophomore guard Maureen Myers joined Shepler in double figures with 18 and 13 points, respectively. Darling has scored in double figures in every game this season, while Myers has three double-digit scoring games this year.
With the score 21-18 in JHU's favor with 9:23 left in the half, the Blue Jays went on a 17-5 run to end the first half with a 38-23 advantage. Hopkins would eventually open a 31-point lead and cruise to victory. For the game, JHU held Marymount to 26% shooting from the field and forced 30 turnovers.
Ashlee Courter led Marymount with 12 points, while Candice Brown added 11 before injuring her thumb late in the first half. Katie Jarvis grabbed a team-high 11 rebounds for the Saints and chipped in with nine points.
Wade
scores 40 to lead GMC past F&M
LANCASTER,
Pa. — Gwynedd-Mercy guard Mary Anne Wade scored a school-record 40
points as the Griffins (4-0) outlasted a second half comeback from Franklin
& Marshall (3-1) to claim a 75-69 win.
Wade, who shot 11 of 22 from the floor and 15 of 16 at the foul line, went cold in the second half following an opening half in which she connected for 22 points on 7-for-9 shooting. However, she would go to the foul line 10 times in the second half, converting nine attempts, for 18 points as the Griffins survived an F&M rally to hand the Diplomats their first loss of the season.
Down 41-28 at the half, F&M senior co-captains Amy Kreitz and Lauren Howanski would lead a second-half comeback which saw the Diplomats cut the Gwynedd Mercy lead to two with six minutes to play.
Kreitz shot 3-for-12 from the field in the second half and knocked down six of 10 free-throw opportunities for 13-second half points. She finished the game with five field goals on 20 attempts and 8-for-15 from the foul line for a team-high 19 points.
Howanksi, who moved within 54 points of joining Kreitz with 1,000 career points, shot 6-for-7 from the field, including 2-for-2 from 3-point range, in the second half for 14 points. Overall, she added a 3-for-4 performance at the foul line in the first half to tally 17 points.
Center Amy Abernathy registered the game's only double-double as she poured in 16 points and grabbed 13 boards. In addition, the 6-0 center tallied team highs by blocking four Gwynedd-Mercy shot attempts and slapping away four steals.
The key to the game for F&M was turnovers and foul shots as the Diplomats turned the ball over 32 times, including 17 times in the first half, and put the Griffins on the free-throw line 19 times in the second half. Overall, Gwynedd-Mercy shot 86.2% at the charity stripe for the game and 16-for-19 in the second half, while F&M drained 15 of 25 free-throw opportunities for 60%.
Back
to No. 1? Wash U. routs
ST. LOUIS
— No. 2 Washington U. captured
its second tournament title of the 2001-02 season as the Bears defeated
UW-Stout 101-47 in the championship game of the first annual McWilliams
Classic on Sunday afternoon at the WU Field House. Already a close second
in the Top 25 poll, Wash U could take the top spot back following Messiah's
loss earlier in the week.
The Bears had an early 16-12 lead with 10:33 left before WU went on a 28-4 run in the next 6:57 to take the 44-16 lead. In the first half, WU was led by junior Laura Crowley, who hit four of seven three-pointers for 12 points. In the second half, the Bears kept pouring it on as junior Robin Lahargoue and sophomore Susan Hay scored eight second half points as WU outscored UW-Stout 51-22.
Lahargoue led four
players in double figures for Washington U. scoring 14
points and pulling down nine rebounds. Senior Kristi Eller, Crowley, and
freshman Hallie Hutchens each scored 12 points.
Washington U. hit 41 of 68 (.603) shots from the field, including 10 of 19 (.526) from three-point range, while UW-Stout was 19 of 72 (.264). The Bears were also a perfect 9-for-9 from the free-throw line. Jennifer Rudis, who finished the tournament with 22 points and 13 rebounds, was named MVP of the tournament while Eller was named to the all-tournament team.
Washington University (4-0) can gain revenge against the team that ended its pursuit of UCLA's all-time college basketball win streak, hosting cross-street rival Fontbonne on Friday.
Sturtz
returns, OWU's streak over
Freshman
wing Kelly Heiland senior guard Michelle Wolfe combined for all 17 points
as the Bishops opened the second half with a 17-2 run and went on to defeat
Ohio Northern in non-conference action on Saturday at Branch Rickey Arena.
The Polar Bears led by as many as 14 points in the first half, that coming when Ohio Northern took a 29-15 lead with 5:12 left on a 3-pointer by Kendra Bailey.
Senior post Katy Sturtz and sophomore guard Krystal Sensabaugh got the Bishops back into the game. Sturtz, playing in her first basketball game of the season after leading the Ohio Wesleyan women's soccer team to the national championship, scoredsix6 points and Sensabaugh added five as the Bishops closed the first half with a 13-4 burst.
Ohio Wesleyan didn't miss a beat when the second half began, with Heil and Wolfe each drilling a pair of 3-pointers, Wolfe adding a lay-in and Heil completing the run with a 3-point play as the Bishops took a 45-35 lead with 15:51 left.
Ohio Northern responded with a 9-0 burst of its own, coming back to within 45-44 in a span of just over two minutes.
The Polar Bears never took the lead but kept close, trailing, 53-51, with 7:54 remaining before Ohio Wesleyan started to pull away. A Wolfe 3-pointer started the run, then junior post Mindy Hammond added a basket and Sturtz sank four free throws in a row to pad the lead to 10 points. Following a basket by junior post Jennifer Heil, Hammond and Sturtz added two free throws apiece to give Ohio Wesleyan its biggest lead, a 68-53 cushion with 3:47 left.
Ohio Northern had one more comeback, pulling back to within seven points with 1:15 remaining, but the Polar Bears would come no closer.
Sturtz led the Bishops with 17 points and 14 rebounds and shared the team lead with four blocked shots. Heil finished with 16 points, Wolfe scored 15 points and shared the team lead with 3 assists and sophomore post Tiffany Barbee had 10 points and shared the team lead with 4 blocked shots. Senior guard Talia Brader also shared the team lead with three assists.
Alyssa Rickert led Ohio Northern with 14 points.
Scranton
routs
Messiah
GRANTHAM,
Pa. — Sophomore guard Kate Pierangeli scored a career-high 17 points,
pulled down four rebounds and handed out five assists to lead Scranton
to an 81-46 victory against No. 1 Messiah.
Junior forward AnneMarie Russo (pictured) added 16 points and eight rebounds, sophomore guard Katie Dougherty chipped in 14 points and five rebounds and freshman forward Tara Gemmel had 11 points as the Lady Royals improved to 2-1 on the season. Messiah (2-1) was led by Amie Kretzing and Jess Mulberger with seven points apiece.
Leading 38-24 at intermission, Scranton put the game out of reach in the second half by shooting 58.6% from the field en route to 50% for the game (33-for-66).
Messiah, on the other hand, never got untracked offensively and shot only 32.1% (18-for-56) from the field and only 46.2% (6-for-13) from the free throw line. The Falcons were also guilty of 24 turnovers.
TCNJ
women join upset parade
EWING, N.J.
— New Jersey’s women’s team fell 56-48 to Rutgers-Camden
in its NJAC opener on Tuesday night in Packer Hall. TCNJ falls to 2-1
on the season and 0-1 in the league, while Rutgers-Camden wins its season
opener. With the loss, the Lions’ 14-game regular-season win streak
comes to a halt.
Rutgers-Camden took a three-point lead into the locker room at the half. Neither team dominated as both teams shot below 40% from the field. For the majority of the first half, TCNJ and the Scarlet Raptors continued to exchange baskets back and forth. The Lions took a one-point lead with 1:50 remaining in the half as sophomore Adrienne Warner hit a layup. From there, Rutgers-Camden pulled away as the Lions missed three layups and committed a turnover. The Scarlet Raptors tallied four points in the last 52 seconds of the half. Sophomore Laura Mala led TCNJ with seven points, while Warner added six. Fellow classmate Liz Martin grabbed five rebounds for the Lions. For Rutgers-Camden, junior Joy Silver paced the team with eight points and five boards.
In the second half, TCNJ tied the game four times but could never take the lead. The Scarlet Raptors’ largest advantage was 10 with about 10 seconds left in the game. The Lions were 83.3% from the foul line and Rutgers-Camden shot 46.9% from the field. Junior Jen Munday notched nine second half points to pace TCNJ, while Martin contributed seven and Warner pulled down five rebounds. For the Scarlet Raptors, senior Betty Anne Dick scored 11 points this half, while junior Molly Anne Light had 10 and five rebounds.
For the Lions, both Mala and Munday finished the night with 11 points each, while senior co-captain Lauren Durkin led the team with seven boards. Silver had a double-double for Rutgers-Camden with 16 points and 10 rebounds, while Light ended with 14 points and eight boards. Dick collected 13 points on the night for the Scarlet Raptors.
Ramapo
upsets WPU a second time
WAYNE, N.J.
— Junior point guard Tennyson Whitted finished with 13 points, 13
assists and four steals, sparking a defensive effort that forced 29 William
Paterson turnovers, as Ramapo routed the No. 8 Pioneers 94-65 in the New
Jersey Athletic Conference opener for both teams.
Ramapo improved to 3-0 (1-0 NJAC), while the Pioneers dropped to 1-1 (0-1 NJAC). It was the second straight year the Roadrunners defeated WPU in an NJAC opener.
Ramapo used a frenetic pressing defense, strong penetration by Whitted and seven points or more from six different players in running out to a 49-30 halftime lead. At the half, Whitted had nine points and eight assists, while sophomore guard Charles Ransom also added nine.
The Roadrunners poured it on the second half, leading by as much as 33 with 3:22 left thanks to two free throws by senior guard Robert Anderson. Anderson and Ransom led the way with 22 points apiece, while junior center Kevin Stokes added 15.
For William Paterson, senior guard Rashaan Barner pumped in 19 points and pulled down five rebounds, while senior forward Dag Christensen added 14.
Wheaton
pulls another upset, Chicago falls again
WHEATON, Ill. — The Wheaton men improved their record to 3-0 with
a 67-63 win over No. 12 Chicago tonight in King Arena. This is Wheaton's
first 3-0 start to a season since 1995-96. The Maroons (1-2) came into
the contest ranked 12th in this week's D3Hoops.com Top 25 Poll, giving
Wheaton its second consecutive victory over a ranked opponent. Last Saturday
Wheaton, which is second among the others receiving votes, essentially
No. 27, defeated then No. 13-Wittenberg 77-72 in King Arena. Wheaton's
next foe is No. 9 Calvin next Tuesday night in King Arena..
Wheaton held a 31-27 lead at halftime and led by as many as nine points midway through the second half. Wheaton struggled at the free throw line, allowing the Maroons to stay close throughout most of the contest. The Thunder shot 64.3% (18-for-28) from the charity stripe in the second half and just 50% (6-for-12) in the final 1:05 of the game.
Wheaton held a 62-56 lead with 1:05 to play, but missed Thunder free throws, two free throws from Chicago's Justin Slaughter and five points from Chicago's Derek Reich, including a three-pointer with 00:21 left made it a 65-63 Wheaton lead. On the ensuing inbound pass Reich was forced to foul Joel Kolmodin sending the All-American to the bench with his fifth foul. Kolmodin hit the second of his two free throws, making it a 66-63 Wheaton advantage as Chicago brought the ball down the court with 19 seconds left in the game. The Maroons turned the ball over with six seconds remainng and Wheaton's Kevin Blomstrom hit the second of two free throws for the 67-63 final advantage.
Wheaton played solidly inside as the hosts outrebounded the Maroons 41-33 tonight, including a 12-8 advantage on the offensive glass. Wheaton out-scored Chicago 36-18 in the paint and owned a 14-5 advantage on second chance points. Each team turned the ball over 16 times, but Wheaton owned a 19-13 advantage in points off of turnovers. Wheaton shot 42.3% (22-for-52) from the field, 33.3% (3-for-9) from three-point range and 62.5% (20-for-32) from the free throw line. Wheaton limited Chicago to 36.8% (21-for-57) from the field, with 33.3% (9-for-27) from three-point range and 75% (12-for-16) from the free throw line.
Individually the hosts got balanced scoring as everyone who played scored for the Thunder. Blomstrom led Wheaton with 15 points and a tied for a team-high with eight rebounds. Kolmodin added 13 points and six rebounds, while Will Landry scored 10 points with six steals and grabbed eight rebounds to tie Blomstrom for the team lead. Senior John Carl Williams scored nine points with six rebounds, while senior John Helm added eight points, six rebounds and three assists.
Reich led Chicago with 18 points and six rebounds. Jon Poyer scored 10 points with nine rebounds and Justin Slaughter added 10 points with three assists. Tyler Smithson added nine points and six rebounds, while Mike Dolezal scored nine points as well.
Catholic
raises banner in packed house
WASHINGTON
— Catholic raised its 2001 NCAA National Championship banner to highlight
its exhibition contest against the world famous Harlem Globetrotters before
a standing-room crowd at the DuFour Center. The CUA fans were wowed by
the Globetrotters as they came away with a 90-46 win Monday night. The
Globetrotters had four players score in double figures including Keiron
Shine, a former standout for Memphis University, who led the Globetrotters
with 19 points.
Junior Matt Hilleary was up to the challenge of the Globetrotters as he notched 19 points on 9-for-17 shooting. Hilleary banged around down in the paint with the likes of former NBA players Oliver Miller, a 6-9 forward, and Doug Smith, a 6-10 power forward. Hilleary was the only Cardinal to finish in double figures as Catholic played its entire bench. Sophomore Will Morley did manage to grab 11 rebounds but was just 1-of-7 from the floor.
Morley, despite his shooting woes, had a most memorable experience. "It was exciting playing some of these guys we've watched since we were kids," said Morley. "I'll remember this forever."
Junior Kevin Wise was 4-for-8 for nine points, while freshman Bobby Henning, all 5-7 of him, played well, scoring eight points and dishing out five assists.
Prior to the game, Catholic unveiled its National Championship banner with a ceremony featuring members of last year's senior class. Andy Rice and Kurt Zeisler did the honors of revealing the banner and received a standing ovation from the sellout crowd.
Allen
pulls down 31 rebounds
Sophomore
Anita Allen recorded career-highs of 25 points and a school record 31
rebounds for Newport News Apprentice on Sunday in a 106-85 victory over
Lehman in the consolation game of the College of New Jersey Tipoff Tournament.
The 31 rebounds broke the former record of 22 done twice in the six-year history of the program. She equalled her career high of 11 rebounds in the first half and equalled Lehman's team total on the boards with the 31. That total missed the Virginia Division III record for rebounds in a game by three.
The Division III record for rebounds is 38, set by Andreen Gilpin of Mass-Boston against Rivier on Feb. 11, 1999.
UW-Platteville
upsets St. John's again
COLLEGEVILLE,
Minn. — On Saturday, the UW-Platteville men's basketball team put
on a youth clinic at the Target Center prior to the Minnesota Timberwolves'
game. On Sunday, the Pioneers put on a pretty good show in Collegeville
as well.
The Pioneers beat St. John's 79-71 in overtime, beating a Johnnies team that was ranked in every preseason poll, including ninth in the D3hoops.com poll.
The victory was the second consecutive 79-71 Pioneer win, coming after the Friday's opening win vs. Coe. The 2-0 UWP start also gave Todd Landrum his 100th career collegiate coaching victory. Landrum, a buddy of Timberwolves coach Flip Saunders (hence the clinic arrangement), is now 100-69, including 35-18 as the Pioneers' head coach. It is also the second consecutive year the Pioneers have upset the ranked Johnnies.
Frank McGettigan knocked down a big 3-point shot in the extra session, and the Pioneers made their free throws down the stretch. UWP held St. John's, who led Division III in shooting percentage last year, to 2-for-8 shooting in the overtime and 40% from the field overall.
Ben Schambow led the offensive effort with 25 points and eight rebounds, while Tyler Selk scored 13 points, and Will Carter and Bryan Stangel each scored 11 points. Carter also dished out seven assists and made three steals.
Buri,
St. Thomas upset Wooster men
WOOSTER,
Ohio — No. 6 Wooster (1-1) could not overcome a 10-for-28 first half
shooting performance or the hot hand of tournament MVP Mark Buri, as the
preseason All-American finished with a team-high 21 points while playing
all 40 minutes in a 76-66 St. Thomas win.
The Scots dug themselves an early hole, falling behind by as many 15 points (27-12) midway through the opening frame, but pulled within eight at the halftime break (37-29).
Wooster appeared primed for a comeback early on in the second stanza, thanks to a spark from sophomore guard Robert Sims. He scored all nine of his points in the second half and added a pair of steals to help the Scots pull within four at 49-45 with 11:36 to play.
St. Thomas would not allow Wooster to get any closer and put the game away with clutch free throw shooting down the stretch, as the Tommies canned 11 of 12 from the stripe during the final 2:24.
Junior Bryan Nelson turned in another solid night for the Scots in the post, pouring in 21 points and grabbing 10 rebounds, but as a team they could never quite get in sync. Nelson earned all-tournament team honors after totaling 50 points and 19 rebounds in the two games.
Also, Wooster junior Matt Smith added 11 points against St. Thomas, while senior Antwyan Reynolds garnered Defensive MVP honors.
For the Tommies, Cole Butler and Brendan Finn scored 18 and 15 points, respectively, to land on the all-tourney team, while Jimmy Siorsis also played a key role, contributing 10 points and eight assists against the Scots. Finn ended up with 33 points for the tournament, including 6-for-11 from beyond the arc, while Butler totaled 28 points and 12 rebounds.
Kalamazoo
stifles Oshkosh offense
KALAMAZOO,
Mich. — The UW-Oshkosh women couldn't overcome poor shooting from
the field and lost 50-49 to host Kalamazoo in championship game of the
Hornet Tip-Off Tournament on Nov. 17.
Kalamazoo trailed 16-3 at the 12:06 mark in the first half. The Hornets then went on a 27-5 run to close out the half with a 27-21 lead. The second half went back and forth before Niki Grubb hit a basket in the paint to put the Hornets up by one with 16 seconds left in the game. UW-Oshkosh's first shot attempt under five seconds was blocked and the second shot missed as time expired.
UW-Oshkosh (1-1) shot just 28.8% (15-for-52) from the field against Hornets, including just 25 percent (7-for-28) in the first half. Kalamazoo (2-0) shot 44.4% (16-for-36) from the field in the contest, but added an impressive 17-for-18 from the free throw line. UW-Oshkosh was 13-for-18 (72.2%) from the line.
Senior Kristin Steckmesser led UW-Oshkosh in scoring with a game-high 21 points, including four three-point baskets. She also grabbed a team-high eight rebounds and dished off a game-high five assists during her 33 minutes on the hardwood. Junior Melissa Schweitzer aided the Titans' scoring count with 10 points, while junior Brenda Utech contributed six.
Amanda Weishuhn led Kalamazoo with 16 points. The Hornets also got 15 points and a game-high 13 rebounds from Grubb and 10 points and six rebounds from Alissa Johnson.
Wheaton
shoots lights out, upsets Witt
WHEATON,
Ill. – Wheaton (Ill.) scored the last five points of the game, defeating
No. 13 Wittenberg 77-72 and winning the championship game of the Sixth
Annual Lee Pfund Classic.
The game was a see-saw affair that saw the lead change 11 times. Wittenberg led the hosts 40-35 at halftime. With 13:33 to play in the game Wittenberg tied its largest lead of the game with a 57-50 edge thanks to a three-pointer by Rod Emmons. In the next five minutes Wheaton went on a 12-3 run to take a 62-60 lead, its first of the second half, with 8:15 to play. The teams would have four lead changes with the score tied three times in the finals eight minutes. With 31 seconds to play sophomore Joel Kolmodin broke a 72-72 tie with a layup to give Wheaton a 74-72 advantage. Wittenberg’s Mark Borland missed a chanced to tie the game with 19 seconds left on a missed jumper that was rebounded by Wheaton sophomore Will Landry who was fouled and made his two free throws.
Kolmodin led all scorers with 25 and grabbed six rebounds with four assists. Kolmodin shot 8-for-15 from the field and was 5-5 from three-point range in earning a berth on the all-tournament team. Sophomore forward Will Landry scored 19 points with four rebounds in earning a spot on the all- tournament team. Junior guard Nate Collord scored 13 points with five assists, while sophomore guard Kevin Blomstrom scored 10 points with four assists and five rebounds. Wheaton shot 49.1% (27-for-55) from the field, 50% (9-for-18) from three-point range and 77.8% (14-for-18) from the free-throw line. The hosts turned the ball over just seven times, while the Tigers had 14 turnovers as Wheaton owned a 15-5 advantage in points off turnovers.
Guard Mark Borland led Wittenberg with 18 points, while B.J. Harris had 12 points with 10 rebounds. Kevin Longley also grabbed 10 rebounds with six points, while Rod Emmons scored 13 points and Chad Mossing added 12 points. Longley and Harris were named to the all-tournament for the Tigers. Wittenberg shot 46.4% (26-for-56) from the field, 66.7% (10-for-15) from three-point range and 62.5% (10-for-16) from the free throw line. Wittenberg’s bench outscored Wheaton’s 20-7, as the Tigers outrebounded the Thunder 37-25 and owned a 14-11 advantage in second-chance points.
Rochester
sends Scranton to first loss
ROCHESTER,
N.Y. — Tournament MVP Kelly Wescott sank six free throws in the final
94 seconds as Rochester held off 14th-ranked Scranton 61-52 to win the
Chuck Resler Invitational Tournament at the Louis Alexander Palestra.
Wescott finished with 12 points and led the Yellowjackets in scoring. Shannon Higgins added 10 points and seven rebounds. Tanika Murphy, who didn't play in Friday night's 68-60 win over Ithaca in the semifinals, grabbed seven rebounds and scored four points in nine minutes off the bench.
Rochester's defense played a big role and the Yellowjackets took advantage of two Scranton dry spells to build leads. Five different players contributed to a 10-0 run that closed the first half and gave Rochester a 26-18 lead at the break.
The Yellowjackets went on a 10-0 run (Sullivan had four points) to stretch the edge to 19, 45-26, with 9:38 left. Freshman center Megan Damcott made back to back jumpers, around a basket by Scranton's Kate Pierangeli, to keep Rochester ahead, 49-31 with 8:18 left.
Then it was time for Scranton to catch fire and Rochester to go cold. The Royals ran off a 21-4 burst over the next five minutes, finally pulling within 53-52 when Gillian McGovern fed Katie Dougherty for a layup. Pierangeli had seven in the run, Tara Gemmel supplied six, and McGovern scored four.
That was the last run for the Royals and Rochester made eight free throws in the final 1:34 to nail down its biggest win since Jim Scheible took over as head coach for the 1999-2000 season.
Wescott was joined
on the All-Tournament team by teammate Jen laBuda,
Pierangeli and AnneMarie Russo of Scranton, Kerri Brown of Ithaca, and
Janice Coppolino of Framingham State.
Paterson
wins rematch
No. 14 William Paterson
jumped out to a 49-26 halftime lead and withstood a furious Catholic rally
to hold off the No. 5 Cardinals 71-67. Sophomore Will Morley’s three-point
play pulled CUA within three at 60-57 with just 4½ minutes to play.
Freshman Bobby Henning then hit a running jumper to put Catholic at 60-59.
With just under two minutes to play, junior Matt Hilleary’s putback again put CUA within two at 67-65. Catholic was able to tie it once again on a jumper from junior Craig Avallone with 57 seconds remaining. WPU sophomore guard Brandon Constantine then took matters into his own hands. He eluded a defender with a nifty ball fake, then calmly converted a 3-point play with :36.3 left. After a timeout, Catholic junior guard Kevin Wise forced up a 30-foot shot with 18 seconds left that was well short.
Constantine led the way for William Paterson with 21 points, while Barner finished with 14 and a team-high seven rebounds, and Christensen added 11.
Women's
preseason awards
The top
players in Division III women's basketball are recognized
as tipoff approaches. Pennsylvania, Illinois, Missouri, Minnesota and
Ohio are all represented on the first team, plus 20 more players from
around the country.
Canadian
team knocks off HSC
HAMPDEN-SYDNEY,
Va. — Collin Charles scored 19 points, while Wilton Hall chipped
in 18 to lead Canada's GT Express over Hampden-Sydney 88-75 in a men's
basketball exhibition tonight in Fleet Gymnasium. The Tigers were led
by junior center Bobby Jackson who scored 12 points and pulled down 13
rebounds.
Hampden-Sydney pulled
out to a seven-point lead in the early going as Lane
Brooks and Jackson led the way with five points. GT Express came back
to tie the game at 20 at the midway point before finishing the half on
a 27-13 run to lead by 14 points at the break.
The Tigers battled
back in the second half making it a six-point contest,
56-50, on a free throw by Jay Patrick with 13:14 to play. Hall then scored
six unanswered points to put the GT Express back up by 12 with just over
11 minutes remaining, while the Tigers were again forced to play catchup.
A jumper by David Willson whittled the lead back to nine points, 68-59, with 7:14 to play before GT Express again went on a strong run, led by Hall and O'Neill Kamaka's three's as GTE pulled out to a 17-point lead, 78-61, at the 3:34 mark. The Tigers then went on a fiery run as they forced six GT Express turnovers and jumpers by Brooks and Patrick helped lead a 11-0 run that put the score at 78-72 with 1:53 to play.
Collin Charles then took over the offense for GT Express as he knocked down two threes and nailed another jumper over the last minute and a half of the contest to push the GT Express lead back to double-digits as the Canadian team held on for the 88-75 victory. Charles led all scorers with 19 points on 8-for-16 shooting.
Brooks led the Tigers with 13 points, while Jackson, along with Matt McKeag and Willson finished with 12 points. Jay Patrick finished with an even 10 points, while Jackson led all players with 13 rebounds.
As a team, GT Express shot a healthy 55% from the floor and knocked down 12 threes, while the Tigers were limited to 37% shooting and made just three three-pointers. Hampden-Sydney did hold the rebounding edge, 46-40, and forced the Express into 22 turnovers.
GT Express continues its northeast tour on Wednesday as the team travels to Harrisonburg, Va., to take on Division I James Madison. Hampden-Sydney, which is the only Division III school on the GT Express schedule, opens the regular season on Friday night as the Tigers host Hilbert at 7 pm in the opening contest of the 2001 Northwestern Mutual Financial Network Tip-Off Classic.
Bridgewater
men top New Zealand
BRIDGEWATER,
Va. — Bridgewater seniors Kyle Williford and Matt Stevens combined
for 53 points Tuesday night to lead the Eagles to an 80-73 victory over
the New Zealand National Team in an exhibition contest played at Nininger
Hall.
Williford poured in a game-high 36 points and grabbed nine rebounds to lead the Bridgewater attack. Stevens hit five of seven shots from 3-point range and finished with 17 points.
BC hit 48% from the field (25 of 52) and a sizzling 95% from the foul line (20-for-21).
Lance Baker led New Zealand with 20 points. New Zealand is now 0-3 on its tour of the USA, losing also to Division I West Virginia and Virginia Commonwealth.
Brandeis
tabs former NBA coach to head men's program
Chris
Ford, former head coach for the Boston Celtics, Milwaukee Bucks and L.A.
Clippers, was introduced as interim head coach at Brandeis on Oct. 1.
Ford, who was a candidate this past offseason for jobs at Division I Northeastern and Massachusetts, has a 311-358 regular-season record as an NBA head coach. Brandeis went 4-19 this past season. He replaces Ken Still, who left two weeks ago after 10 years on the job with an 88-162 career record.
Ford becomes the third ex-Boston Celtic player to become head coach at Brandeis, following K.C. Jones (1967-70) and Bob Brannum (1970-86).
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