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to put the Ducks up 72-71 with 3:36 to play. After a missed jumper, an offensive rebound, and missed three, Stevens came back and went up four when Greco found sophomore guard Mike Cutri at the top of the key for a triple with 2:33 remaining.

Neither team could score over the next 2:11 and with 22 seconds left, Cutri converted one of two free throws to make it 76-71 Stevens, and after another stop, Greco made the first of his two attempts for the final margin.

Stevens (7-1 overall, 2-0 Empire 8) started strong, jumping out to a 9-2 lead 3:49 into the action, but Kean battled back, tying the game at 16-all and 19-all before taking its first lead with 9:14 to play in the first.

The Cougars were able to push their lead to five after a pair of Jonathan Jones (Linden, N.J.) free throws with 6:17 left in the first, but the Ducks responded to tie the score at 29 thanks to a three from freshman Russ Thompson several made free throws. The back-and-forth first half ended with Stevens holding a slim, 36-35 advantage.

Kean jumped out to its largest lead of the contest with a 9-2 run early in the second and took a 44-38 advantage with 16:09 remaining in regulation. The Ducks responded with a 7-0 run of their own to regain the momentum and lead with 14:23 to play after a made 15-footer from freshman Sheldon Jones. The two teams continued to see-saw and go blow-for-blow, and every time Kean was able to get its edge back to four, Stevens would come back and tie.

With 2:50 remaining the Cougars went up 66-62 after a driving layup from Jonathan Jones, but 10 ticks later, Greco responded with a long triple from the left side to cut the lead to one. Each team turned it over on their next possession, and after a missed three from Darpino, sophomore Simon Smith corralled the defensive rebound, found a way to get an offensive rebound after a Cutri miss on the ensuing possession and put the Ducks on top with a layup from the right side with 47 seconds showing on the clock.

Stevens got stops on the next two Kean possessions but could only make 1-of-2 on their trips to the line so the score was 69-66 with three seconds left. Jones rebounded the missed free throw, fired a quick outlet to Darpino at half court and the senior hoisted a three from 35 feet to tie the game at 69 and send it into overtime. In all, the game saw nine ties and 12 lead changes.

The Ducks shot 50 percent from the field (25-of-50) and went 10-of-19 from long range. They were outrebounded 44-33 and went 17-of-33 from the charity stripe (51.5 percent). Greco finished with 17 points, five assists, and two steals and Cutri tallied 14 points and two rebounds. Thompson had 12 points as the rookie connected on four of his five three-pointers and Smith finished with 10 points and four rebounds. Senior captain Matt Higgins scored nine points, grabbed five rebounds, and had six steals and Masone finished with 10 rebounds, three points, two assists, a steal, and a block.

Kean was led by Darpino’s 23 points. Jones finished with 11 points and a game-high 15 rebounds. The Cougars shot 41.9 percent from the floor (26-of-62) and 29.2 percent from deep. They made 12 of their 20 free-throw attempts.

Stevens will return to action this weekend with a pair of home conference games. The Ducks will take on St. John Fisher College at 4 p.m. on Saturday and Nazareth College at 4 p.m. on Sunday. Both games will be webcast live at www.PennAtlantic.com/main.php.

Dominate Second-Half Helps Bulldogs Roll past Centenary, 101-64

Sophomore Bob Zanneo led all scorers with a career-high 21 points on Wednesday evening.

BJ Spigelmyer - DeSales SID

12/30/2009 10:51:00 PM

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Center Valley, PA (December 30, 2009) – Any rust the Bulldogs had having not played in 18 days was shook off in the first 20 minutes on Wednesday evening as the DeSales University men’s basketball team put on a clinic in the second half, out-scoring Centenary College, 58-25, to pull away for a 101-64 win and its 17th straight victory in Billera Hall.
The Bulldogs (7-3 overall) shot 66.7 percent (22-of-33) from the field in the second half and held the high-powered Cyclone (4-5 overall) offense to just 20.0 percent (6-for-30) shooting over the final 20 minutes. Centenary had entered the game averaging 89.4 points per game. DSU had 29 assists to just 12 turnovers and dominated the glass out-rebounding CC, 48-31.
Centenary jumped out of the gates, taking a 14-7 lead over the first five minutes before DeSales went to its bench and quickly responded with a quick 8-0 run highlighted by two three’s from senior Rob Schubach (Center Valley, PA/Southern Lehigh) to take a 15-14 lead.
The game went back-and-forth over the next seven minutes with DeSales hanging on for a six-point lead, 31-25, at the six minute mark when the Bulldogs scored nine straight points to lead by 15, 40-25, including another triple from Schubach. The Cyclones however refused to go down without a fight and ended the half on a 14-3 run to pull within four points as both teams headed to the locker room.
A jumper Ryan Kearney to start the half cut the DSU lead down to two points but from that point forward it was all DeSales. Both teams went scoreless over the next 90 seconds when sophomore Jamey Bercier (Stroudsburg, PA/Notre Dame) hit two straight lay-ups to push the lead up to six. The lead remained six at the 15:26 mark when the Bulldogs exploded for a 21-6 run over the next six minutes and all of a sudden it was a 21-point game, 73-52.
During the run five different players scored including freshman Brett Moyer (Souderton, PA/Christopher Dock) and sophomore Bob Zanneo (Philadelphia, PA/Father Judge) with six points each to lead the way. Centenary never got any closer than 18 points the rest of the way with the lead peaking at 37 twice, including the 101-64 final margin.
Several Bulldogs contributed in the win including Zanneo who led a bench attack that totaled 71 points and 17 assists, with a career-high 21 points on 7-of-10 shooting. Schubach tied his career-high with 20 points and added a career-high seven assists, while Moyer also came off the bench to pour in a season-high 17 points. Schubach was 7-of-8 from the field, including six treys, while Moyer canned 7-of-10 from the floor. Senior Charles Princiotto (Woodcliff Lake, NJ/Pascack Hills) had an excellent floor game off the bench with six points, a career-high six assists, and a career and game-high eight rebounds.
Senior Darnell Braswell (Allentown, PA/William Allen) totaled 12 points and pulled down seven rebounds, Bercier added nine points, and junior Brian Hunter (Allentown, PA/Emmaus) had six assists and a career-high three blocked shots in the win.
Ryan Kearney was the lone player to reach double digits for the Cyclones with 15 points.
The Bulldogs return to action on Sunday, January 3rd when they host Alvernia University in the second game (8:00 pm) of the Casa Mia Holiday Tournament on Sunday and Monday night in Billera Hall. Game one of the tournament features Widener University and Carnegie Mellon University beginning at 6:00 pm. All games of the tournament will feature LIVE Stats, while both DeSales games will also feature LIVE Audio for those unable to attend the event.

Rutgers Women's Basketball Senior Brittany Ray Blogs

On the Last Game of the Decade and the Start of BIG EAST Play

• Posted on 12/30/2009 11:08:44 PM

WASHINGTON, D.C. (December 30, 2009) – Rutgers women’s basketball senior Brittany Ray (Bronx, N.Y.) has posted her latest blog. It can be found at http://www.scarletknights.com/basketball-women/news/blog.html.

Rutgers (8-6) closed out the decade with a 231-101 record, falling at George Washington 45-43 on Wednesday evening. The Scarlet Knights went over 13 minutes without a field goal in the contest, shooting a season-low 33.3 percent for the game. 

The Scarlet Knights commence BIG EAST play on Saturday, Jan. 2, hosting DePaul at 2 p.m. at the Louis Brown Athletic Center.

Blog Entry 14
“Another loss, another game we have given away.  I'm really at a loss for words because I cannot seem to understand why we put ourselves in the same position every single game.  We are clearly not a second half team because we continuously play to the level of our competition in that half.  This reoccurring pattern has haunted us in all of our losses this year and will continue to do so if we do not fix this problem.  Our nemesis continues to be turnovers and unforced ones at that, which makes it even more frustrating.

I felt that our practices earlier this week showed glimpses of improvement but the loss tonight at GW does not reflect that.  We practice twice a day now that the break is here and the weeks to come are much needed to get everyone focused on the same agenda and in the same type of mind frame.  Our fairly disappointing non-conference season is over and now it’s on to BIG EAST play so we cannot sulk. It is the time we call our "second season" as well as an opportunity to redeem ourselves. 

Our first opponent is DePaul on Saturday and this year – like years past - every team in the league is high powered and highly talented.  I can only hope that we continue to get support from our fans because yes, we will continue to work hard. We very much appreciate all the Scarlet Knight fans who continue to give up their time and travel many miles to watch us play (like so many did tonight in Washington, D.C.) and I would just like to thank you so very much for that support.  I hope everyone had a very Merry Christmas and I hope all will have a fabulous time bringing in the New Year and the new decade.”

Stevens Defeats Kean in OT, 77-71

Hoboken, N.J. (12/30/09) - Senior Vinnie Darpino (Colonia, N.J.) sent the game into overtime with a 35 foot buzzer-beater and recorded a KU career-high 23 points but it wasn't enough as Stevens Institute of Technology defeated Kean, 77-71.

Stevens outscored the Cougars 8-2 in the extra period en route to the victory. Senior guard George Greco led four Ducks in double figures with 17 points.

After several empty possessions for both squads in overtime, Darpino (pictured right) put the Cougars (3-7) up 71-69 after converting a pair of free throws. Those two points would be Kean's only two in extra time as the Ducks rang off the final eight points of the game.

Stevens (7-1) jumped out to a 9-2 lead 3:49 into the action, but Kean battled back, tying the game at 16-all and 19-all before taking its first lead with 9:14 to play in the first.

The Cougars were able to push their lead to five after a pair of Jonathan Jones (Linden, N.J.) free throws with 6:17 left in the first, but the Ducks responded to tie the score at 29 thanks to a three from freshman Russ Thompson and several made free throws. The back-and-forth first half ended with Stevens holding a slim, 36-35 advantage.

Kean jumped out to its largest lead of the contest with a 9-2 run early in the second and took a 44-38 lead with 16:09 remaining in regulation. The Ducks responded with a 7-0 run of their own to regain the lead with 14:23 to play.  The two teams continued to see-saw and go blow-for-blow, and every time Kean was able to get its lead back to four, Stevens would come back and tie.

With 2:50 remaining the Cougars went up 66-62 after a driving layup from Jones, but 10 ticks later, Greco responded with a long triple from the left side to cut the lead to one.

Stevens then rolled off the next four points to take a 69-66 lead with three seconds left. Jones rebounded a missed Ducks free throw, fired a quick outlet to Darpino at half court and the senior hoisted a three from 35 feet to tie the game at 69 and send it into overtime. In all, the game saw nine ties and 12 lead changes.

Jones (pictured left) finished with 11 points and a game-high 15 rebounds. The Cougars shot 41.9 percent from the floor (26-of-62) and made 12-of-20 free-throw attempts.

The Ducks shot 50 percent from the field (25-of-50) and went 10-of-19 from long range. They were out-rebounded 44-33 and went 17-of-33 from the charity stripe.

Kean returns to action in 2010 when they travel to Baltimore, Maryland to take on Baruch College at Johns Hopkins University.

Holy Family University Men’s Basketball

Falls in Overtime Thriller 100-94 to Assumption

(12/30/2009)
PHILADELPHIA – Forward Justin Swidowski (so. Cinnaminson, N.J./Holy Cross) recorded a game-high 28 points, a career-high 20 rebounds and six blocks, but it wasn’t enough as the Holy Family University men’s basketball team dropped a 100-94 overtime decision to Assumption on Wednesday afternoon at the Campus Center.
Swidowski became the first Tiger to grab at least 20 rebounds since Jim Gamble had 24 against the University of the Sciences on February 5, 2003.
The Tigers trailed 47-40 just 31 seconds into the second half after a jumper by Greyhound guard Mike Baldarelli. Holy Family (0-9) stormed back with seven unanswered points to knot the score at 47 with 17:08 left in the half.
Forward Sam Mushman (so. Tabernacle, N.J./Pope John XXIII) Holy Family its first lead of the half (51-49) by connecting on two of his career-high 13 points at the 15:24 mark.

Carr Paces Holy Family University Women's Basketball

in 72-59 Win Against Southern Connecticut

(12/30/2009)
NEW HAVEN, Conn. – Forward Catherine Carr (jr. Bedminster, N.J./Bernards) recorded a game-high 24 points and nine rebounds to lead the Holy Family University women's basketball team to its ninth straight win, 72-59, over Southern Connecticut at Moore Field House on Wednesday night.
Leading 10-9, Holy Family (9-1) scored 15 consecutive points to take a more comfortable 25-9 advantage at the 7:30 mark. Forward Erin Mann (fr. West Chester, Pa./Villa Maria) capped the run by hitting four consecutive lay-ups. Mann finished the game with 12 points.
Southern Connecticut (7-4) immediately came back, outscoring Holy Family 11-2, to pull within seven (27-20) with 3:41 left in the half. Guard Alex Fiola led the charge with five points.
The Tigers took a 31-22 lead into the locker room at halftime.
The Owls came out strong to open the second half cutting their deficit to two points (37-35) with 15:12 remaining. Guard Ashley O'Dell paced the comeback attempt with five of her team-high 18 points.
Holy Family responded with nine unanswered points to regain an 11-point margin (46-35). Carr recorded four points, while forward Meghan Gibson (jr. Philadelphia, Pa./Archbishop Ryan) capped the run with a three-pointer. Gibson ended the contest with 11 points.
Logan Lentz connected on a lay-up to pull the Owls within eight (50-42) with 10:20 remaining. That would the closest Holy Family would allow the home team to be for the rest of the contest.
Holy Family scored seven straight points, three from guard Lauren Peters (so. Doylestown, Pa./Central Bucks W.), who finished with 10, to have its lead balloon back up to 15 (57-42) with 7:07 to play. The 15-point lead was a game-high for the Tigers.
The lead remained in double-figures for the rest of the contest.
Owl guard Allyson Smith added 12 points in a losing effort.
The Tigers shot a season-high 51.8 percent (29 of 56) from the field. The Owls connected on 40.4 percent (23 of 57) overall. Holy Family also connected the glass with a 36-28 rebounding advantage.
Holy Family will begin the 2010 portion of its schedule with its final non-conference game of the season on Sunday, January 3 against the College of Saint Rose at the Campus Center. Tip-time is 1 p.m.

Holy Family University Men’s Basketball Falls In Overtime Thriller 100-94 to Assumption

Over the next 4:28, the teams traded the lead six times, with neither team taking more than a one-point lead. The sixth lead change put Holy Family ahead 57-56 with 10:42 to go. Guard Ben Badeen (so. Newport, Maine/Maine Central) extended the lead to 62-56 with a three-pointer.
Led by five points from guard Courtland Bluford, Assumption (7-3) scored eight straight points to retake the lead, 65-64 with 7:54 left. 

Trailing by three, Badeen stepped up again, knocking down a second triple to knot the game at 71. Badeen finished with six points and six assists, both career-highs. 

Once again, the teams went back and forth until the Greyhounds took an 82-80 lead on a Bluford free throw with 44 seconds left. Tiger guard Khiry Hankins (fr. Cincinnati, Ohio/Summit Country) sent the game to overtime by hitting a lay-up with 22 seconds on the clock. Hankins had 21 points. 

In the overtime, the Tigers rattled off five straight points to lead 87-84. After Assumption came back to take a 88-87 lead, Holy Family forward Rickie Crews (jr. Westville, N.J./Deptford) on two free throws to put the home team back in front 89-88 with 3:19 left. Crews recorded 18 points, five rebounds and five blocks. 

Assumption reclaimed a four-point lead (93-89) on a Baldarelli with 2:15 to play. Swidowski scored his final two points at the 1:51 mark to pull the Tigers within a bucket (93-91). The Greyhounds closed things out with seven of the game’s final 10 points. Assumption hit five of six free throws in the final 22 seconds. 

Baldarelli led five Greyhounds in double-figures with 26 points. Bluford added 20 points. Guard Kevin Donahue contributed 18 points. Forward Ronson Quick recorded 15 points, while forward Savoy Fraine had 14. 

Holy Family shot 43.2 percent (35 of 81) from the field, while Assumption connected at a 43.0 percent (34 of 79) clip. The Greyhounds hit 68.6 percent (24 of 35) at the free throw line. The Tigers were nearly perfect at 94.7 percent (18 of 19). 

The Tigers won numerous battles on the inside: rebounds (55-41), points-in-the-paint (46-34), second chance points (27-16) and blocked shots (12-5).
Holy Family heads back into Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference play on Tuesday, January 5 at the University of the Sciences at 8 p.m.