[Eaglesfan27]

Down 16-13 with 11 minutes to go. Hannan is my only player scoring, he has 10.

Down 29-27 when I bring my starters back with 4 minutes to go. Bowers was the main scorer with a few 3's.


Down 37-31 at the half.

Hannan is our leading scorer with 12


Down 52-47 with 10:34 left.


With 6:03 to go, Bowers hits a 3 to give us our first lead in a long tme. 58-57.

With 4 minutes to go, my starters come back into the game. We are tied at 60.

Cornette with a 3 to give us a 65-62 lead with 2:23 to go.

Cornette with a block at the other end. We get Simon 1-1 in the post and he is fouled. He misses them both, but Hannan gets the offensive board!

Strong drive by Hannan into the lane, the defense collapses, he kicks it out to Graves for a 2. 67-62.

We get another stop. Work the clock down to 5 and Everett finds Hannan alone just inside the arc.. he hits the shot! 69-62. Under a minute left.


Simon blocks a 3 attempt and we get the ball back.


We win the game 72-62.


Hannan is the player of the game with 19 poiints, 3 boards, 3 assists, and a steal. He shot 7 of 14, 2 of 4, and 3 of 5.

Everett with 3 points, 5 assists, and 3 turnovers. He shot 0 of 3.

Graves with 8 points, 4 boards, and 3 assists. He shot 3 of 6.

Cornette with 9 points, 3 boards, and a block.

Simon with 6 points, 10 boards, and 2 blocks.


Bowers led the bench with 13 points. Clifford had 6 points and 8 boards off the bench.


We finish the regular season at 25-5. We are 21st in the media poll. We are 2nd in the Mid Major Poll behind Saint Mary's who finished the year 24-6. We win the regular season MAAC title with a 16-2 record. Marist was 2nd with a 12-6 record in the MAAC.


Stat Leaders:


Again the scoring is dominated by big men with a PG at 7th.

1. PF Maynard McKenzie, Tenn 28.5
2. C Quinton McDaniel, Davidson 26.3
3. PF Piotr Owen, CSU 25.9
4. C Mike McGrain, Mass 23.7
5. C Wallace Dennis, Lips 23.6

PG Paul Graham with 23 ppg for Vanderbilt


Hannan is 50th in the NCAA with his 18.5 ppg average which is down 2 points from last year. He is 2nd in the MAAC behind SR C Maury Kragel of Manhattan who averaged 20.2 ppg.


Rebound leaders:

1. C Elliah Walker, IPFW 11.3
2. C Timothy Smith, Southern Ill 10.5
3. C DeShaun Simon, Niagara 9.7
4. PF Jerome Wolfe, Iona 9.6
5. 5 tied with 9.5


Assists:

1. Poncho Dantoni, Southern 7.2
2. Wes Baynes, Morgan State 6.9
3. Churhil Kahrimanovic, Miss 6.5
4 Berry Guy, Colgate 6.4
5. 5 tied with 6.3

Huffman was 2nd in the MAAC with 4.8 per game.


Our first MAAC tourney game is against Saint Peter's. They finished the year 14-14. They played us very close both times. We beat them 64-58 and 72-70. Hopefully, we handle them easier this time.