The Hawks got to face a #11 seed in the Final 4, but Stanford wasn't going to make it easy. In this wild game, which saw a combined 51 turnovers, Stanford got great play off the bench to help them stay close throughout. However, the Hawks backcourt was dominant once again, with Waldon and Nelson combining for 61 pts to help stave off a feisty Cardinal squad.
Code:
Hartford 113, Stanford 109
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Hartford (37-1, 17-1):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Cletus Son C 25 6-8 1-3 0 3 4 4 13
Chris Disney PF 25 5-7 0-0 2 5 4 0 10
George Huebner SF 33 5-8 2-2 1 7 6 1 13
Wallace Nelson SG 31 11-14 0-0 3 7 6 4 25
Emery Waldon PG 32 14-23 7-8 0 1 4 3 36
Robert Jackson PG 11 2-3 3-4 2 3 4 3 7
Kevin Zorn PG 9 2-6 0-0 1 1 1 0 5
Gregory McCaffrey C 14 0-0 2-2 1 3 1 4 2
George Brisson PF 17 1-4 0-0 1 5 2 2 2
Joseph Taylor C 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0
Roman Roper SF 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 1 0 0
Turnovers: 25 (C.Disney 3, G.Huebner 7, W.Nelson 5,
E.Waldon 5, R.Jackson 1, K.Zorn 1, G.McCaffrey 1,
G.Brisson 2)
Blocked Shots: 7 (C.Son 1, C.Disney 3, W.Nelson 1,
E.Waldon 1, G.McCaffrey 1)
Steals: 17 (C.Disney 1, G.Huebner 6, W.Nelson 3,
E.Waldon 4, R.Jackson 1, G.McCaffrey 1, G.Brisson 1)
3P FGs: 6-11 (G.Huebner 1-2, W.Nelson 3-5, E.Waldon
1-2, K.Zorn 1-2)
Stanford (25-13, 12-6):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Guillermo Suarez C 32 5-9 7-10 1 4 3 2 19
John Cashman PF 32 3-7 0-0 4 5 3 0 6
Erick Pelfrey SF 27 5-11 0-0 1 3 1 0 10
Timothy Nickels SG 27 3-15 3-4 2 4 2 4 11
Gregory Brown PG 25 2-5 2-3 2 3 6 3 6
Wilbert Bentz SG 16 9-10 2-2 0 1 0 0 24
Jack Almond PG 12 5-6 0-0 2 3 3 5 12
James Pinkard PF 10 1-2 0-0 0 2 1 1 2
Shaun Brown C 7 2-2 3-4 2 4 1 1 7
Jarrett Little SF 11 3-5 2-2 0 4 3 0 10
M. Broomfield SG 1 0-0 2-2 0 0 0 1 2
Turnovers: 26 (J.Cashman 2, E.Pelfrey 3, T.Nickels 7,
G.Brown 6, W.Bentz 3, J.Almond 2, J.Pinkard 2,
J.Little 1)
Blocked Shots: 4 (J.Cashman 1, E.Pelfrey 1, J.Pinkard
1, S.Brown 1)
Steals: 15 (G.Suarez 1, T.Nickels 3, G.Brown 1, W.Bentz
2, J.Almond 3, J.Pinkard 1, J.Little 4)
3P FGs: 12-26 (G.Suarez 2-2, J.Cashman 0-1, T.Nickels
2-10, G.Brown 0-3, W.Bentz 4-5, J.Almond 2-2, J.Little
2-3)
Player of Game: PG Emery Waldon (HART)