Duquesne Tops NSU, 95-73
PITTSBURGH, Pa. - Sean Johnson scored 19 points to lead six Duquesne players in double figures, and the host Dukes cruised to a 95-73 win over Norfolk State on Sunday afternoon at the A.J. Palumbo Center.
Freshman guard Pendarvis Williams scored a career-high 16 points to lead the Spartans (1-11), who lost their 10th straight contest.
Turnovers and fouls continued to hamper NSU. The Dukes shot 45 free throws, making 36, while NSU shot just 14 free throws (making 13), while committing 26 turnovers.
Duquesne scored nine of the game's first 11 points. But the Spartans answered with a 10-4 run, capped by a Rob Hampton layup, to cut their deficit to 13-12. Duquesne, however, limited NSU to just one field goal over the final 5:13 of the half, outscoring the Spartans 13-3 in that stretch to take a 43-28 advantage into the break.
Just like in the first half, Duquesne scored nine of the first 11 points in the second half to take a commanding 52-30 lead. The Dukes led by at least 16 and by as many as 30 in the second half.
Damian Saunders added 14 points, Bill Clark had 13, B.J. Monteiro scored 11, and Eric Evans and Joel Wright chipped in with 10 apiece for Duquesne (7-5), which shot 47 percent from the floor and 80 from the foul line.
Kyle O'Quinn had 15 points and nine rebounds and Hampton added 12 and six, but both fouled out in the second half. Kris Brown scored a career-high six points off the NSU bench.
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Howard Overwhelmed in Second Half by George Washington
Washington, DC- Joseph Katuka scored nine of his team-high 16 points in the second half and David Pellom came off the bench to tally all seven of his points after intermission to help George Washington break open a close game and cruise to an 85-50 win over Howard in a non-conference game at Burr Gymnasium.
The two teams went back and forth, taking turns with mini runs in the first 20 minutes until the Colonials (7-6) finished the half with a 9-4 run take a 41-36 lead at the half. Nemanja Mikic supplied most of the offense by connecting on 4 of 5 from the three-point range for 12 of his 15 points. The Bison (2-10) were led by Dadrian Collins, who scored 12 of his team-high 16 points.
Then George Washington put the game away with an 18-4 run and never looked back. The Colonials shot 54 percent from the floor (17 of 30). They were able to get 25 points off easy transition baskets, courtesy of 22 Howard turnovers. George Washington was also able to dominate the inside, getting 28 points in the paint.
In addition to Katuka's 16 points, the Colonials got 15 from Mikic, 12 from Dwayne Smith and 11 from Tony Taylor.
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