Friday, December 13, 2002
Central Florida knocks off No. 25 College of Charleston
College basketball roundup
The Associated Press
ORLANDO, Fla. - Ed Dotson scored 18 points and Ray Abellard added 16 as Central Florida beat No. 25 College of Charleston 82-64 Thursday night for its first victory over a ranked team. Thomas Mobley and Zeke Johnson scored 15 points each for College of Charleston, which opened the season with six straight wins. It's the most points allowed by the Cougars since an 84-63 loss at Georgia on Nov. 16, 1998. Central Florida closed out the first half with an 11-2 run for a 47-26 lead at the break. Both William Bakanowsky and Al Miller hit 3-pointers during the run. Zeke Johnson and Mobley hit consecutive baskets to get College of Charleston within 47-30 two minutes into the second half. But the Golden Knights, keyed by three 3-pointers from Abellard, led 62-37 with 14 minutes to play. College of Charleston made a comeback bid midway through the second half. Marcus Johnson's four baskets and three free throws helped cut its deficit to 67-52 with 7:40 left. Marius Boyd had a layup, and Dotson's slam boosted Central Florida's lead to 75-58 at the four-minute mark. Miller went 6-for-6 from the free-throw line during the game's final two minutes. College of Charleston was called for two first-half technical fouls. COLLEGE OF CHARLESTON (6-1) - Weurding 2-2 0-0 4, Mobley 5-11 4-4 15, Benton 2-4 1-1 5, Harris 1-2 0-1 2, Wheless 0-5 2-2 2, Mitchell 3-8 2-2 8, Hollis 0-1 0-0 0, Z.Johnson 5-11 4-4 15, M.Johnson 4-7 5-5 13. Totals 22-51 18-19 64. CENTRAL FLORIDA (5-2) - Boyd 4-7 0-0 9, Dotson 8-13 2-4 18, Morentin 1-8 3-4 5, Miller 2-5 7-9 12, Abellard 4-8 4-4 16, Dube 0-0 0-0 0, Meeker 0-1 0-0 0, Lyons 3-4 4-4 11, Lindbeck 0-1 0-0 0, Bodden 1-2 0-0 2, Bakanowsky 4-5 0-0 9. Totals 27-54 20-25 82. Halftime-Central Florida 47-26. 3-Point goals-College of Charleston 2-14 (Z.Johnson 1-3, Mobley 1-3, Harris 0-1, Mitchell 0-1, M.Johnson 0-2, Wheless 0-4), Central Florida 8-19 (Abellard 4-8, Bakanowsky 1-1, Miller 1-2, Lyons 1-2, Boyd 1-4, Meeker 0-1, Lindbeck 0-1). Fouled out-M.Johnson. Rebounds-College of Charleston 25 (Benton 8), Central Florida 35 (Morentin 10). Assists-College of Charleston 5 (Harris 2), Central Florida 15 (Miller 4). Total fouls-College of Charleston 19, Central Florida 17. Technicals-Benton, M.Johnson. A-972. Seton Hall 67, Monmouth 57EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. - Andre Barrett had 16 points and John Allen added 13 to lead the Pirates. Andre Sweet chipped in 10 points as Seton Hall (3-1) won its second straight game and beat the Hawks (1-4) for the fourth time in as many meetings between the New Jersey schools. Dwayne Byfield had 16 points and Kevin Owens added 14 points for Monmouth. Blake Hamilton scored 13 points. Seton Hall ran off a 20-7 spurt at the end of the first half to take a 33-20 lead. The Pirates led by as many as 18 points in the second half. WomenXavier 68, Lipscomb 67 Amy Waugh scored 18 points as the Musketeers (5-1) held off the Bisons (2-5). Xavier freshman Tara Boothe scored 14 points and grabbed 11 rebounds for her second double-double of the season. Reetta Piipari scored 15 points and freshman Kristy Wallner added a career-high 12 for the Musketeers. XU led 22-17 with eight minutes to play in the first half, but Lipscomb went on an 11-5 run to take a one-point halftime lead. The game remained close in the second half. The Bisons took a 64-63 lead on a 3-pointer with just more than two minutes to play, but Wallner's trey restored XU's advantage, and Piipari's jumper put the Musketeers ahead 68-64 with 42.1 seconds left. Another Bisons 3-pointer made the score 68-67, and XU missed the front end of a 1-and-1 free-throw opportunity to give Lipscomb one more chance before Alexis Henderson forced a turnover in the final seconds. Courtney Boynton led Lipscomb with 22 points, and Katie Beth Pate added 16 points and 10 rebounds. The Musketeers shot just 38 percent (12-of-32) in the first half, but went 14-of-24 in the second. XAVIER (68) - Waugh 5-12 5-5 18, Piipari 6-9 2-3 15, Wallner 5-10 0-0 12, Boothe 6-11 2-2 14, Henderson 1-4 0-0 2, Wells 0-1 0-0 0, Sarajlija 3-9 1-1 7. Totals: 26-56 10-11 68. LIPSCOMB (67) - Logan 2-10 0-0 5, Ramsey 1-3 0-0 2, Boynton 9-14 0-0 22, Pate 6-10 4-8 16, Blake 0-3 0-0 0, Daly 4-7 0-0 9, Campbell 3-7 3-6 9, Ester 2-4 0-0 4. Totals: 27-58 7-14 67. Halftime: L 28, XU 27. 3-pointers: XU 6-19 (Waugh 3-8, Piipari 1-3, Wallner 2-6, Henderson 0-1, Sarajlija 0-1), L 6-17 (Logan 1-5, Ramsey 0-1, Boynton 4-7, Daly 1-3, Campbell 0-1). Rebounds: XU 30 (Boothe 11), L 38 (Pate 10). Assists: XU 12 (Waugh 5, Piipari 5), L 13 (Ramsey 5). Records: XU 5-1, L 2-5. Men's scores THURSDAYEAST Baruch 88, Yeshiva 70 California, Pa. 82, Allegheny 75 Colby-Sawyer 80, Bowdoin 69 DeSales 82, Haverford 65 Endicott 69, Worcester Tech 61 Framingham St. 66, Newbury 65 Gettysburg 70, Johns Hopkins 53 Kings Point 71, John Jay 65 Lasell 64, Westfield St. 59 Mass.-Boston 85, Salem St. 74 Mass.-Dartmouth 99, Johnson & Wales, R.I. 81 Mercyhurst 102, Point Park 68 New England 86, Daniel Webster 82 Rhode Island Coll. 76, Coast Guard 74 Seton Hall 67, Monmouth, N.J. 57 Stony Brook 68, Army 59 Towson 65, Md.-Eastern Shore 40 W. Connecticut 75, Hunter 70 Wheaton, Mass. 75, Roger Williams 59 SOUTH Carson-Newman 119, Trevecca Nazarene 85 Emory & Henry 86, Guilford 84 Florida Southern 95, Warner Southern 75 Grambling St. 95, Texas Coll. 56 Paine 79, Lane 66 Presbyterian 61, Lander 46 Tenn. Temple 91, Bethel, Tenn. 71 UCF 82, Coll. of Charleston 64 MIDWEST Cedarville 96, Huntington 54 Ohio Dominican 78, Ohio Weslyn 71 William Penn 83, Faith Baptist 74 Men's scheduleTOP 25 Friday's Games No games scheduled Saturday's Games No. 2 Alabama vs. Bowling Green at the Mitchell Center, Mobile, Ala., 4 p.m. No. 4 Pittsburgh vs. SE Louisiana, 7:30 p.m. No. 5 Oregon at Pepperdine, 10:30 p.m. No. 6 Oklahoma vs. Coppin State, 4 p.m. No. 7 Indiana vs. Purdue at the RCA Dome, 8 No. 10 Notre Dame vs. DePaul, 7:30 p.m. No. 11 Missouri vs. Memphis, 5:30 p.m. No. 12 Kentucky vs. No. 21 Michigan State, 4 No. 13 Xavier vs. No. 24 Mississippi State at Madison Square Garden, Noon No. 14 Florida at No. 18 Maryland, 2 p.m. No. 15 Illinois vs. Temple at the United Center, Noon No. 16 Marquette vs. Wisconsin, 8:30 p.m. No. 17 Tulsa at Southwest Missouri State, 8 p.m. No. 19 Stanford vs. St. Mary's, Calif., 10 p.m. No. 20 Kansas vs. Emporia State, 8 p.m. No. 23 Creighton vs. Tennessee Tech, 8 p.m. Sunday's Games No. 1 Arizona vs. No. 8 Texas, 4:30 p.m. No. 25 Coll. of Charleston at Stetson, 3 p.m. Women's scoresEAST Albany, N.Y. 65, Army 49 Bloomfield 70, Teikyo-Post 51 Boston College 86, Northeastern 48 Bowdoin 56, Colby-Sawyer 45 Bridgewater, Mass. 73, Endicott 48 E. Connecticut 75, Clark U. 43 John Jay 55, Kings Point 47 Johnson & Wales, R.I. 68, Mass.-Dartmouth 66 Keene St. 93, Roger Williams 81 Marist 60, Hartford 58 Mount Holyoke 65, Mass. College 29 Ohio Valley 83, Catawba 75 Rochester Tech 63, Fredonia St. 60 Salem St. 80, Wheaton, Mass. 52 Westfield St. 66, Newbury 50 SOUTH Charleston Southern 79, Savannah St. 48 Chattanooga 59, Troy St. 58 Grambling St. 81, Nicholls St. 60 Xavier 68, Lipscomb 67 MIDWEST Augustana,S.D. 104, Minn.-Crookston 73 Cedarville 84, Wilberforce 48 Central St., Ohio 85, Gannon 63 Coll. of the Ozarks 92, Cent. Methodist 88 Iowa 83, Denver 49 Kansas St. 80, Wis.-Green Bay 75 McPherson 66, Ottawa, Kan. 56 Milwaukee Engineering 50, Alverno 43 Ozark Christian 57, Cent. Bible 34 Rio Grande 65, Houghton 54 Sterling 103, Southwestern, Kan. 76 Wayne, Mich. 102, Madonna 73 William Jewell 63, Graceland 51 Women's scheduleTOP 25 Friday's Game No. 12 Minnesota vs. UMKC, 9 p.m. Saturday's Games No. 4 Tennessee at Southern California, 10 p.m. No. 5 Stanford vs. Pacific, 8 p.m. No. 6 Purdue vs. Indiana at Indianapolis, 5:30 No. 8 Notre Dame vs. Temple, 2 p.m. No. 10 Texas Tech at Wyoming, 7:30 p.m. No. 15 Oklahoma at Texas Christian, 8 p.m. No. 16 Mississippi State at Illinois, 2:30 p.m. No. 17 Louisiana Tech vs. Nicholls State, 8 p.m. No. 20 Georgia vs. Tennessee Tech, 2 p.m. No. 22 Brigham Young at North Carolina St., 2 Sunday's Games No. 9 Vanderbilt vs. Austin Peay, 3 p.m. No. 11 Penn State at Pittsburgh, 2 p.m. No. 19 Arizona at Ohio State, 2 p.m. No. 21 Boston College vs. Harvard, 3 p.m. No. 23 Texas vs. Southeastern Louisiana, 3 p.m. No. 25 Cincinnati at Nebraska, 3 p.m.
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