Black Knights Nip Bulldogs, 59-57
The Army Black Knights travel to South Carolina to take on another military academy, The Citadel Bulldogs. After dropping the first three games of the season, the Black Knights have regrouped and have strung up four in a row thanks to the hot shooting of Jarell Brown.
First Half
The teams trade baskets then Donny McLendon leads The Citadel on a 7-0 run, scoring all of the team's points. A jumper by McLendon puts the Bulldogs up by 7, 9-2, with 14:00 remaining. The teams trade two points as Brown hits a jumper and Steeter sinks two free throws. Brown sinks a 3-pointer and sparks Army on an 8-4 run then after the teams trade baskets, The Citadel leads by 5, 17-12, halfway through the first half. The teams trade baskets then Smith hits a 3-pointer. The Black Knights go on an 8-4 run, capped by two 3-pointers by Matt Bell, as the Bulldogs lead is now 4, 26-22, with 5:00 left. Bell continues to have a hot hand as he hits a jumper and another 3-pointer to continue the Army run. Howard puts in a layup to stop the run then Tyrell Thompson leads the Black Knights on a 7-2 run. McLendon nails a 3-pointer with less than 30 seconds to go and cuts the Army's lead to one at halftime.
Second Quarter
Kevin Hammack scores all of The Citadel's points as they open the second half on a 9-2 run to retake the lead. Bell stops the run with a layup to cut the Bulldogs' lead to 4, 42-38, with 15:00 remaining. The teams struggle as Hammack hits a 3-pointer then Bell sinks 3 of 4 free throws. After Valiulis puts in a short jumper, The Citadel now lead by 6, 47-41, midway through the second half. Jarell Brown hits two 3-pointers to start Army on a 10-0 run to take the lead. Valiulis sinks a 3-pointer to stop the run then Cleveland Richard drops a fallaway jumper to push the Black Knights' lead to 3, 53-50, with 5:00 left. The Citadel's Joseph Thompson hits a 3-pointer to tie the game and Hammack sinks a short jumper to give the Bulldogs the lead. Sewell puts in a short runner from the block and Grant Carter sinks 1 of 2 free throws to retake the lead. Streeter puts in a short runner with :53 to go to put The Citadel in the lead by one. Bell nails a 3-pointer with :25 to play to give Army a two point lead. With only five seconds on the clock, McLendon puts up a jumper that bounces off the rim and is rebounded by Sewell, who is immediately fouled. The inbounds pass goes to Jackson and the game is over.
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1 2 F
Army 34 25 59
The Citadel 33 24 57
Army Black Knights
min fgm-a ftm-a off reb ast pf pts
M.Bell 36 7-14 3-4 0 3 1 0 21
J.Brown 33 4-9 0-0 0 2 1 0 11
T.Thompson 9 3-4 0-0 0 0 0 1 7
C.Richard 10 2-2 2-2 0 1 0 1 6
C.Bates 30 2-4 0-0 0 3 1 1 5
M.Jackson 39 2-9 0-0 1 3 11 1 4
J.Sewell 31 2-6 0-0 2 10 0 1 4
G.Carter 4 0-0 1-2 0 0 0 0 1
E.Zastoupil 10 0-0 0-0 0 2 0 0 0
C.Koszuta 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 22-48 6-8 3 24 14 5 59
.458 .750
Turnovers: 14 (C.Bates 6, M.Bell 2, J.Brown 2, M.Jackson 2, T.Thompson 1,
J.Sewell 1)
Blocked Shots: 3 (J.Sewell 3)
3-PT FGS: 9-19, .474 (M.Bell 4-8, J.Brown 3-7, T.Thompson 1-1, C.Bates 1-1,
M.Jackson 0-2)
The Citadel Bulldogs
min fgm-a ftm-a off reb ast pf pts
K.Hammack 32 5-11 2-2 1 4 3 0 14
D.McLendon 32 5-12 0-0 1 2 3 3 12
V.Valiulis 12 3-3 0-0 0 2 0 0 7
J.Everhart 33 3-7 0-0 1 4 5 0 6
B.Streeter 30 2-8 2-2 2 11 2 1 6
T.Smith 7 2-3 0-0 0 0 1 0 5
J.Thompson 13 2-5 0-0 1 2 2 2 5
W.Howard 8 1-1 0-0 0 1 0 0 2
D.Nelson 31 0-3 0-0 0 1 2 0 0
V.Wilson 5 0-0 0-0 0 0 1 0 0
M.Schiavoni 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 23-53 4-4 6 27 19 6 57
.434 1.000
Turnovers: 14 (D.McLendon 4, D.Nelson 4, J.Everhart 3, K.Hammack 1,
V.Valiulis 1, V.Wilson 1)
Blocked Shots: 1 (D.McLendon 1)
3-PT FGS: 7-12, .583 (K.Hammack 2-4, D.McLendon 2-2, J.Thompson 1-2,
V.Valiulis 1-1, T.Smith 1-1, B.Streeter 0-1,
D.Nelson 0-1)
02-22-2007, 11:46 PM
