Bryan Davis Does it Again - Feb 7, 2010 (by Allen Waters)
COLLEGE STATION, Texas (AP) - Bryan Davis scored 22 points and B.J. Holmes hit three late 3-pointers to lead Texas A&M to a 78-71 victory over No. 20 Baylor on Saturday.
The Bears (17-5, 4-4 Big 12) led for most of the game until Baylor was able to rally behind the key 3-pointers by Holmes.
Texas A&M (17-6, 6-3), the Big 12's worst 3-point shooting team, stayed true to form for most of the game, finishing 4 of 18 from behind the arc [read more]
COLLEGE STATION, Texas (AP) - Bryan Davis scored 22 points and B.J. Holmes hit three late 3-pointers to lead Texas A&M to a 78-71 victory over No. 20 Baylor on Saturday. The Bears (17-5, 4-4 Big 12) led for most of the game until Baylor was able to rally behind the key 3-pointers by Holmes.
Texas A&M (17-6, 6-3), the Big 12's worst 3-point shooting team, stayed true to form for most of the game, finishing 4 of 18 from behind the arc. But Holmes, a 5-foot-11 junior, made 3s with 5:19 and 4:52 remaining to bring the Aggies within one point each time.
The Aggies, who won their third straight, took the lead at 65-64 on a free throw by Davis with 3:21 remaining, and Donald Sloan the went 7 of 8 from the free throw line over the final 3:02. Holmes came through again from long range with 1:31 remaining, when his 3-pointer gave A&M a 72-66 lead. LaceDarius Dunn led the Bears with 23 points.
Sloan finished with 20 points.
Bryan Davis Has improved his Strength this season Banging Down low showing he can post up or Even face up o the Basket Texas A&M need to feed the post if they want to make the Tournament That was a Key part of the Aggies making it to the Tournament last Year. keep feeding Bryan Davis and that will open up so much for Sloan and Holmes.Davis is my Best kept Secret of the NCCA 2010 Bryan Davis (6'9''-F-86)
Ryan Thompson Makeing History at Rider - Feb 7, 2010 (by Allen Waters)
LAWRENCEVILLE-The Broncs lost a Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference game to Loyola Friday night. The loss snaps Rider's three-game winning streak. 'We just didn't play well enough to win,' said Rider head coach Tommy Dempsey.
Trailing 60-58, Loyola (11-12, 4-9 MAAC) out-scored Rider 10-0, four points by Brian Rudolph, to take a 68-60 lead with 8:50 left to play. That was the seventh and final lead change of the game. Rudolph finished with 12 points [read more]
LAWRENCEVILLE-The Broncs lost a Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference game to Loyola Friday night. The loss snaps Rider's three-game winning streak. 'We just didn't play well enough to win,' said Rider head coach Tommy Dempsey.
Trailing 60-58, Loyola (11-12, 4-9 MAAC) out-scored Rider 10-0, four points by Brian Rudolph, to take a 68-60 lead with 8:50 left to play. That was the seventh and final lead change of the game. Rudolph finished with 12 points. 'I thought Loyola played very well,' Dempsey said.
Rider (13-12, 6-7 MAAC) cut the lead to 75-73 with 2:35 remaining on a basket by junior Justin Robinson (London, England/Blair Academy) but that was as close as the Broncs could get. Robinson finished with a game-high 19 points, as five Broncs scored in double figures.
'We came up small in some big spots tonight,' Dempsey said. 'Free throws, open shots that needed to go in and didn't. Big momentum plays in the game seemed to go in their favor.'
Loyola guard Brett Harvey led five Loyola players in double figures with 15 points. 'they had a lot of contributions from a lot of guys,' Dempsey said.
'We didn't have Brett Harvey for much of January,' Patsos said. 'Tonight he played 31 minutes and we won. That is not a coincidence.'
Rider out-scored Loyola 8-0, four points by junior Mike Ringgold (Philadelphia, Pa./Roman Catholic), to take a 32-30 lead with 7:30 left in the first half and the Broncs led 45-43 at half time. Ringgold finished with 10 points, six rebounds and four assists. 'I thought the first half was a really good basketball game,' Dempsey said. 'We didn't play well enough in the second half to win. They out-played us in the second half.'
Rider shot 27.6 percent from the field (8-29) in the second half. 'That's not getting it done,' Dempsey said.
Loyola out-scored Rider 16-0, 12 points coming on four three-pointers by J'hared Hall, to take a 20-15 lead with 13:45 left in the first half. Hall finished with 14 points. 'J'harded really stepped it up in the stretch,' Patsos said.
Rider jumped out to a 15-4 lead in the first three minutes of the game, eight points by Robinson. 'This was a game we really needed and should have won,' Robinson said.
Along with his 19 points Robinson had three rebounds and three steals. 'Justin has played like that all year,' Dempsey said. 'He gave us another good game.'
Senior Ryan Thompson (Mt. Laurel, N.J./Lenape) finished with 14 points, six rebounds and three assists for Rider. Thompson is now seventh in career scoring at Rider with 1,701 points. 'Overall, Loyola is a good defensive team,' Thompson said, 'but a lot of the shots we missed tonight usually fall for us but they weren't today. We just let this one get away from us.'
Sophomore Novar Gadson (Philadelphia, Pa./John Bartram) added 10 points and six rebounds while sophomore Brandon Penn (Philadelphia, Pa./Paul Robeson) scored a career-high 11 points in 19 minutes off the bench.
Loyola forward Shane Walker added 12 points and 12 rebounds.
The Greyhounds have now beaten Rider three of the last four and eight of the last ten. 'They have had our number,' Dempsey said. 'We're having a hard time beating this team.'
Rider is now 5-4 at home this season. Rider will host Niagara Monday night at 7pm. Four of the remaining five MAAC games are at home. 'We can't hang our heads,' Thompson said. 'We have to turn the page and get ready for the next one.'
'Now it is really important that we re-group,' Dempsey said. 'We don't feel great right now. This is how you feel after a loss. If we can win on Monday we'll feel better. It should be a great game and we have to bounce back.' Ryan Thompson (6'6''-G)
Dyson Scores 20 in 64-57 Men's Basketball Victory Against DePaul - Feb 7, 2010 (by Allen Waters)
STORRS, Conn. - Senior guard Jerome Dyson (Potomac, Md.) scored 20 points to lead the University of Connecticut's men's basketball team to a 64-57 victory over DePaul Saturday evening before a sellout crowd of 10,167 at Harry A. Gampel Pavilion.
The Huskies, who have lost six of their last eight, improve to 14-9 on the season, and are now 4-6 in BIG EAST games. The Blue Demons drop to 8-15 on the year, 1-10 in conference action [read more]
STORRS, Conn. - Senior guard Jerome Dyson (Potomac, Md.) scored 20 points to lead the University of Connecticut's men's basketball team to a 64-57 victory over DePaul Saturday evening before a sellout crowd of 10,167 at Harry A. Gampel Pavilion.
The Huskies, who have lost six of their last eight, improve to 14-9 on the season, and are now 4-6 in BIG EAST games. The Blue Demons drop to 8-15 on the year, 1-10 in conference action.
The contest marks the sixth consecutive the Huskies played without Hall of Fame head coach Jim Calhoun, who has taken a medical leave of absence. Associate head coach George Blaney steered the Huskies in Calhoun's absence.
The Huskies had opened up as much as a nine-point lead in the second half before the Blue Demons, led by Will Walker, rallied to take the lead at 52-51 with 5:49 to play on a jumper by Devin Hill. Sophomore guard Kemba Walker (Bronx, N.Y.) converted a steal into a fast break layup to put the Huskies ahead for good with 4:54 to play. The Huskies made nine of 10 free throws down the stretch to secure the win.
Dyson scored at least 20 points for the 11th time this season and 25th time in his Connecticut career. He has now scored 1,482 points at Storrs, and he moved past Kevin Freeman into 15th place on the all-time Husky scoring list.
Also in double figures for the Huskies were senior forwards Stanley Robinson (Birmingham, Ala.) and Gavin Edwards (Gilbert, Ariz.), who each scored 10 points. Both Dyson and Robinson have each scored in double figures in every game this season. Robinson grabbed a game-high seven rebounds as well.
The Huskies got another strong performance from freshman forward Ater Majok (Sydney, Australia). Majok scored six points, blocked a career-best five shots in a career-high 32 minutes of game action. Freshman center Alex Oriakhi (Lowell, Mass.) had nine points and six rebounds, while Walker had nine points as well.
Connecticut committed 13 turnovers, but had just five after intermission. The Huskies won the battle of the boards, 36-29, and the nation's leading shot-blocking squad registered eight rejections.
The Blue Demons had opened up as much as an eight-point lead in the first half, at 20-12, before the Huskies closed the half on a 22-7 run take a 34-27 lead into the locker room. The Huskies shot 50 percent in the opening twenty minutes, and finished shooting 41 percent for the game.
DePaul was paced by Walker, who scored 24 points, 17 in the second half. The Huskies will next play on Wednesday, Feb. 10, when they venture to play at Syracuse. Tip-off is set for 7:00 p.m., and the game will be nationally-televised by ESPN as part of Rivalry Week. Kemba Walker (6'1''-G-90)
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