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NCAA Tourney: Round 1

(8) Charleston Southern vs. (9) Louisiana Tech

If I told you one team shot .200 from the field and the other team shot .519, who do you think won the game? Amazingly, the Bucs only hit 7 of 35 shot attempts, yet still won the game thanks to forcing 26 turnovers and hitting 26 of 33 free throws. Maybe the ugliest win I've ever seen, but it is a win and Charleston Southern becomes the first FOFC team to win a tourney game.

Charleston Southern 42, Louisiana Tech 37

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Louisiana Tech  (21-12, 11-7):
Player            Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Tyrone Wendel     C    25   0-2   0-0   3   6   1  5   0
Tobias Ortiz      PF   33   3-5   3-8   1   6   2  3   9
Herbert Barnes    SF   35   5-6   0-0   1   3   1  2  10
Weldon Jones      SG   32   3-5   0-0   1   5   0  1   7
Vito Nieto        PG   32   2-7   2-5   1   4   1  1   6
Chris Horner      PF   16   0-0   2-2   1   2   1  4   2
Arnold Lee        SF   12   1-1   0-0   0   2   1  3   3
Charles Elliott   PG    3   0-0   0-0   0   1   1  1   0
Colton Kirkland   SG    1   0-0   0-0   0   0   0  0   0
Tom Parish        C     9   0-1   0-0   0   0   0  1   0
Robert Rainbolt   C     1   0-0   0-0   0   0   0  0   0

Turnovers: 26 (T.Wendel 3, T.Ortiz 7, H.Barnes 4, 
 W.Jones 4, V.Nieto 4, C.Horner 2, A.Lee 1, C.Elliott 1)
Blocked Shots: 1 (V.Nieto 1)
Steals: 6 (T.Wendel 1, T.Ortiz 1, H.Barnes 2, V.Nieto 2)
3P FGs: 2-3 (W.Jones 1-1, V.Nieto 0-1, A.Lee 1-1)

Charleston Southern  (30-3, 18-0):
Player            Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Walker Tuggle     C    24   0-2   5-6   3   4   0  3   5
Joe Fisher        PF   27   2-5   4-4   1   2   0  3   8
Karl Mertz        SF   26   2-5   0-1   2   3   0  0   4
Landon Trueblood  SG   30   2-9   3-4   0   3   1  1   9
Alphonse Hayes    PG   24   0-4  8-10   0   0   0  4   8
David Ricci       C    12   0-0   3-4   1   3   0  3   3
L. Longobucco     C    10   1-5   0-0   1   3   0  0   2
Gregory Grillo    SG   22   0-4   3-4   0   2   0  4   3
Charles Rosa      SF   10   0-0   0-0   1   1   0  0   0
Kenneth White     PG    7   0-1   0-0   1   1   0  1   0
Art Stacey        PF    5   0-0   0-0   0   0   0  0   0

Turnovers: 11 (W.Tuggle 2, J.Fisher 1, K.Mertz 2, 
 L.Trueblood 1, G.Grillo 3, K.White 2)
Blocked Shots: 2 (W.Tuggle 1, L.Longobucco 1)
Steals: 7 (W.Tuggle 1, L.Trueblood 2, A.Hayes 1, 
 D.Ricci 3)
3P FGs: 2-14 (K.Mertz 0-2, L.Trueblood 2-4, A.Hayes 
 0-4, G.Grillo 0-4)

Player of Game: C David Ricci (CH SO)