Ohio’s 3-Point Shooting Leads to a win over Norfolk State
ST. THOMAS, USVI – Ohio drained 14 3-pointers on Saturday afternoon as the Bobcats downed the Norfolk State men’s basketball team, 93-71, during the second round of the Paradise Jam at the Sports & Fitness Center on the campus of the University of the Virgin Islands.
The Bobcats shot 14-of-26 from long range and hit better than 50 percent overall for the game. The Spartans connected on 8-of-16 from 3-point land and were led by the senior duo of Jeff Short and D’Shon Taylor. The latter had 24 points on 9-of-16 shooting to finish one point short of his career high while also adding seven boards.
Short tallied 19 points as the only other double-figure scorer for the Spartans. He hit 4-of-6 from 3-point range a day after being held to single digit scoring for the first time in 32 games.
Ohio (3-1) held a 37-24 edge on the boards and outscored the Spartans 16-6 in second-chance points. The Bobcats also got a lot of production from their bench (40-19) and had 27 fastbreak points to 11 for NSU (1-3).
Ohio finished the day 28-of-55 overall (50.9 percent) with 25 assists on those 28 buckets. Jaaron Simmons finished with 13 assists and 11 points and was one of five players in double figures.
Gavin Block added 19 points on 6-of-9 shooting with six boards and six assists. Treg Setty shot 6-of-10, including 4-of-7 from long range, for 16 points. Antonio Campbell added 13 points, 10 rebounds and four blocks as Ohio finished with a 9-0 edge in swats for the game.
NSU will finish the tournament on Monday against either DePaul or Florida State at 1:30 p.m. EST.
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Hornets Come Up Short at Home to Lamar
DOVER, Del. – The Delaware State men’s basketball team (0-4) suffered a 77-66 loss at home on Saturday to the visiting Lamar Cardinals (2-1), dropping its fourth in a row to begin the 2015-16 season.
Lamar finished the game shooting 45 percent (23-of-51). Three players for the Cards went on to finish the game scoring in double figures, led by guard Lincoln Davis (5-of-10) and Garth (4-of-9) finishing with 18 points.
DeVaughn Mallory (5-of-9) and forward Joseph Lewis (4-of-7) finished with a team-high 13 points.
The Hornets will tipoff a season-long nine-game road trip, beginning with UC-Riverside on Tuesday (10 p.m.).
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Terriers outlast Hawks
SPARTANBURG, S.C. – In the third game of the CBE Hall of Fame Classic, two top mid-major programs met in search of their first win. It was the Terriers of Wofford who edged the Hawks of Maryland Eastern Shore 73-63, pulling away at the very end despite the Hawks’ solid inside game and high shooting percentage.
Senior Dominique Elliott got on track in a big way. Staying out of foul trouble, Elliott took advantage of his size, grabbing seven board to lead UMES on the glass, but also adding 19 points while shooting 50-percent from the field.
As a team the Hawks shot a blistering 46.7-percent from the floor, and the near 50-percent tilt kept them in the game. Wofford however took advantage of a strong inside presence as well, outrebounding UMES 36-22, something unusual for a Bobby Collins squad. While the Hawks were better from the floor, Wofford was way better on the line, connecting on 19 of 24 free throws while UMES made just 13 of 22.
Spenser Collins paced the Terriers, netting 21 points to lead all scorers. Eric Garcia had 14 while their leading scorer entering the game, Fletcher McGee, had 12 points. Justin Gordon had 10 to account for four Wofford players in double figures. CJ Neumann snatched nine boards to lead the game on the glass.
UMES will play their final game of the CBE Hall of Fame Classic and their home opener on Tuesday, November 24 against Fairfield. Tip-off is scheduled for 5:30 p.m. The game is the second part of a double header with the women tipping off at 2:00 p.m. vs. Cheyney.
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Potts scores 20 in Bethune-Cookman loss to Richmond
RICHMOND, Va. – Jordan Potts reached 20 points for the second straight time, but Richmond downed Bethune-Cookman 89-64 in a Continental Tires Las Vegas Classic game Saturday before 5,625 at the Robins Center.
Terry Allen posted a double-double of 25 points and 13 rebounds as the Spiders (3-1) scored the first 10 points – eight by ShawnDre’ Jones -- and led the entire contest.
Bethune-Cookman (2-1) played the Atlantic 10 power evenly until the Spiders for 25 minutes, getting within single digits at 50-41 on a Josue Salaam lay-up with 15:11 remaining.
Three minutes later, Richmond pulled away with a 14-0 run spurred by Allen getting a loose ball rebound and sinking a three with the shot clock winding down. The spurt gave the Spiders a 67-44 advantage with 10:04 left.
Potts finished 6-16 from the field with three from behind the arc. He had 25 in Monday’s win at Tennessee-Martin.
Mario Moody was the only other Wildcat in double figures with 12 points in addition to seven rebounds. Diamante Lewis scored eight in his first appearance of the season, as did Randy Holmes.
Bethune-Cookman travels to West Virginia for a Monday night match-up at 7 p.m.
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