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Men's Basketball
NCAA Division II Atlantic Regionals
Erie, Pa. - Gannon University
last updated
03/18/2009 10:06 AM
| Tournament
Schedule |
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| Session I:
Saturday, March 14 |
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| No. 3 Kutztown
99, No. 6 West Virginia State 88 |
RECAP |
BOXSCORE |
| No. 7 Indiana (Pa.)
69, No. 2 Virginia Union 63 |
RECAP |
BOXSCORE |
| Session II:
Saturday, March 14 |
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| No. 1 Gannon 76,
No. 8 Pitt-Johnstown 53 |
RECAP |
BOXSCORE |
| No. 5 Alderson-Broaddus
92, No. 4 Johnson C. Smith 83 |
RECAP |
BOXSCORE |
| Session III:
Sunday, March 15 |
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| No. 3 Kutztown
92, No. 7 Indiana (Pa.) 86 |
RECAP |
BOXSCORE |
| No. 1 Gannon 67,
No. No. 5 Alderson-Broaddus 65 |
RECAP |
BOXSCORE |
| Session IV:
Tuesday, March 17 |
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| No. 1 Gannon 84,
No. 3 Kutztown 73 |
RECAP |
BOXSCORE |
March 17, 2009
KU's MAGICAL SEASON COMES TO A CLOSE Gannon
84, Kutztown 73
BOXSCORE
ERIE, Pa.
—
Dave Ben (sr. Coatesville/Coatesville)
scored 19 points,
but it wasn't enough as the Kutztown University men's
basketball team saw its magical 2008-09 season come to a
close Tuesday night with an 84-73 loss at Gannon in the
Atlantic Regional final.
The record-breaking Golden
Bears finish with a 28-5 record. “I
think we represented the University well,” KU's ninth-year head
coach Bernie Driscoll said. “The kids played well. We kind of wish
we could have gone one step further, but Gannon is a great
basketball team and you have to give them credit. They beat us three
times.”
KU didn't make it easy again for Gannon, taking
an early lead thanks to 14 first-half points from
Ryan Washington (so. Philadelphia/Wissahickon),
who was named to the region's all-tournament team. He finished with
16 points.
Stephen Dennis (jr. West Chester/Henderson),
who also was named to the all-tournament team, finished with 16
points, but didn't score in the first half as he sat with two fouls
early.
KU led early, taking a five-point lead at 24-19
with 8:52 left, but Gannon clawed back into the game to take a 42-37
lead into halftime.
After an early run gave Gannon an 11-point lead
with 18:16 left, KU went on a 7-0 run, fueled by back-to-back
jumpers by Dennis and Ben, to cut it to four at 48-44.
Both team exchanged points to make it 50-46 and Gannon took
off on a 15-0 run to make it a 19-point game. KU managed to
cut it to nine late, but Gannon continued to gather rebounds
and seal the win. During the Knights’
15-0 run, they had eight possessions and converted 7-of-8 field
goals. Kutztown was 0-for-6 during that stretch with two turnovers.
Kyle Goldcamp, the tournament MVP, scored 21 points and had
11 rebounds. Pierre Howard finished with 17 points, Joe
Lindsey had 15 and Tyler Stoczynski had 13.
March 15, 2009
Washington, Bower hit career highs, KU moving on to region final
ERIE, Pa.
—
Ryan Washington (so. Philadelphia/Wissahickon)
stepped up big for the Kutztown University men's basketball team,
scoring a career-high 28 points in a 92-86 win over Indiana (Pa.) in
the NCAA Division II Atlantic Region semifinals Sunday at Hammermill
Center.
Washington shot
12-of-14 from the floor for the Golden Bears (28-4), who shot 53.7
percent for the game, including a 54.5 percent clip from 3-point
range.
Mark Bower (sr. West Deptford, N.J./West Deptford)
also scored a career-high 16 points, as KU had five players in
double figures.
For Washington, the
career-high came against his old team and helped out his teammates
Stephen Dennis (jr. West Chester/Henderson)
and
Dave Ben (sr. Coatesville/Coatesville).
KU's two leading scorers managed a combined one point after
halftime.
"It's big for me to
step up," Washington said. "I'm not the leading scorer on this team,
so it's big to step up."
He picked the
biggest of games to do so, advancing KU into its first regional
final in school history. The Golden Bears have already won more
games overall and in the postseason than any other team in school
history.
Dennis finished with
13 points and Ben scored nine, falling just two short of 2,000 for
his career.
Julius Gray (so. Lincoln/Oxford)
had his second straight double-digit game, posting 11 points. He had
one of KU's six 3-pointers.
The Golden Bears
started the game off hitting all six of its 3-point attempts,
opening up the paint for Washington and Bower to work.
KU never trailed in
the game, building a 15-point lead at 31-16 with 8:40 left in the
first half. The Golden Bears hot shooting forced Indiana to use all
but one of its allotted timeouts in the half.
Driscoll, who is 2-0
in the NCAA tournament, took his Golden Bears into the locker room
with a 50-39 lead, but an injury to Dennis limited his play in the
second half. Dennis is expected to be ready to go for Tuesday's
final.
Indiana cut into the
lead and made it a four-point game at 65-61 with 9:53 left, but a
12-5 run led by eight points from Washington made it 77-66, sealing
it for KU.
KU will face No.
1-seeded Gannon at 7 p.m. Tuesday at Hammermill Center.
March 15, 2009
Semifinals Roundup
Gannon 67, Alderson-Broaddus 65:
Alderson-Broaddus erased a 10-point lead and tied the game with 29
seconds left, but a layup by Kyle Goldcamp with 6 seconds left gave
Gannon at 67-65 win in the NCAA Division II Atlantic Regionnal
semifinals Sunday.
Goldcamp scored 20 points and had 10
rebounds, while Tyler Stoczynski had 18 points and seven rebounds.
Pierre Howard added 12 in the win.
March 14, 2009
Dennis drops 31, KU wins first NCAA tournament game in school
history
ERIE, Pa.
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Stephen Dennis (jr. West Chester/Henderson)
scored 31 points to lead the Kutztown
University men’s basketball team to its first NCAA Division II
tournament win with a 99-88 first-round win over West Virginia State
Saturday at Hammermill Center.
Dennis poured in
21 of his 31 points in the second half as the Golden Bears (27-4)
overcame a six-point deficit midway through the second to advance to
the Atlantic Region semifinals where they’ll face Indiana
(Pa.) at 5 p.m. Sunday.
"We're not ready to
go home," Dennis said. "We just got here."
One of six KU
players in double figures, Dennis scored eight straight points to
lead the Golden Bears out of a six-point hole and into a two-point
lead at 60-58 with 11:41 left.
West Virginia
State (24-6) trailed the rest of the way as KU pushed it to a
double-digit lead with a huge 3-pointer from
Julius Gray (so. Lincoln/Oxford),
one of his two of the game.
Gray, who
finished with 10 points, was set up in the corner for the big 3 by
Ryan Washington (so. Philadelphia/Wissahickon).
Washington drove
into the paint acting like he was going to lay it in and at the last
second, he dished it out to the right corner where Gray was standing
for the big 3.
Washington
finished with 18 points and eight rebounds.
Andre Woodlin (sr. Philadelphia/Central),
who totaled 14 points — seven of which came from the free-throw line
— led the Golden Bears with seven assists.
KU used several
cuts to the basket to set up points early, including a long pass
from Woodlin to Dennis leading to a dunk and a 4-4 tie early on. The
Golden Bears built up a seven-point lead at 13-6 early, but West
Virginia State stuck around with tough shooting of Darren Jones and
Ted Scott, who combined for 59 points in the game.
The Golden Bears
led 43-39 at halftime and pushed their lead to six points early in
the second half, but a 13-1 run by the Yellow Jackets gave them a
58-52 lead with 13:58 left.
Dennis took over
from there leading KU to its school record 27th win of the season.
"The paint just
started to open up for me in the second half," Dennis said.
Dave Ben (sr. Coatesville/Coatesville)
finished with 13 points and
Mark Bower (sr. West Deptford, N.J./West Deptford)
had 11, including two early 3-pointers.
Ben’s 13 points
moves him to within 11 of 2,000 for his career.
KU shot 55
percent for the game, including an unstoppable 69.6 percent in the
second half.
March 14, 2009
Quarterfinals Roundup
Indiana (Pa.) 69,
Virginia Union 63: The seventh-seeded Crimson Hawks pulled
off the shocker in the NCAA Division II Atlantic Regionals, knocking
off No. 2-seeded Virginia Union Saturday at Hammermill Center.
Gerald Brooks led Indiana, scoring 20
points and pulling down 11 rebounds. Julian Sanders came off the
bench and scored 14 points, powered by four 3-pointers. Sean
Christiansen had three 3-pointers for 11 points.
Indiana jumped out to an 11-2 lead
before Virginia Union went on an 18-5 run to make it 20-16 with 8:05
left in the first half.
Virginia Union led for the remainder of
the first half, and in the first 10 minutes of the second half, each
team exchanged leads until Christiansen hit a 3-pointer with 10:23
left to give Indiana the advantage for good.
Indiana shot 59.1 percent in the second
half, opposed to Virginia Union's 40 percent shooting.
Gannon 76, Pitt-Johnstown
53: The Mountain Cats of Pitt-Johnstown ran into the
stifling defense of No. 1-seeded Gannon University, falling 76-53
Saturday in the quarterfinals of the NCAA Division II Atlantic
Regionals.
Gannon had five players finish in double
figures, with Kyle Goldcamp leading the way, scoring 14 points and
pulling down 18 rebounds. Pierre Howard had 19 points, and Tyler
Stoczynski and George Johnson each had 13 points. Cory Knight added
10 points.
The Knights held Pitt-Johnstown to 41.3
percent shooting in the game, including 36.4 percent in the second
half when the Mountain Cats managed just 23 points.
Alderson-Broaddus 92, Johnson C. Smith 83: Alderson-Broaddus
had three players finish with more than 20 points in a 92-83 win
over Johnson C. Smith Saturday in the NCAA Division II Atlantic
Regionals.
Both teams exploded for more than 50
points in the second half, with Alderson-Broaddus shooting 55.2
percent in the frame. Alderson-Broaddus shot 55.6 percent from the
floor for the game.
Sam Liggins led Alderson-Broaddus with
25 points, and Terrell Eargle had 22 points and Stan Hall had 21.
Eargle recorded the double-double, pulling down 11 rebounds. Liggins
had five 3-pointers.
Friday, March 13, 2009
GOLDEN BEAR NETWORK, KUR TO BROADCAST KU BASKETBALL
PLAYOFF GAME
KU Alum Steve Degler ’88 to call the action
KUTZTOWN, Pa. –
Kutztown University’s NCAA Division II men’s basketball Atlantic
Regional Final against Gannon on Tuesday will be
carried online by the Golden Bear Network (GBN) and on the radio by
KU’s campus radio station (KUR).
The
Golden Bear Network can be heard exclusively online.
KUR can be heard on your radio in Kutztown on 88.3 FM or 1670 AM,
and on the audio of KUIC (the Kutztown University Information
Channel) on Service Electric Cablevision Channel 24
(in Kutztown and Eastern Berks County) and Hometown Utilicom 41 (in
Kutztown).
NCAA D-II Atlantic
Regional Quarterfinals
No. 3 Kutztown vs. No. 6 West Virginia State
Saturday, March 14, 2009 - Noon
KUTZTOWN, Pa. — The Kutztown
University men’s basketball team is headed back to NCAA
Division II tournament as a No. 3 seeded in the Atlantic
Region after finishing second in the Pennsylvania State
Athletic Conference playoffs.
KU (26-4), ranked 20th in the national
coaches poll, will match up against No. 6-seeded West
Virginia State (24-5) at noon Saturday during Session I. It will be one of four games to tip off Saturday
in the eight-team regional.
The Golden Bears, who will be making
their second appearance in the NCAA tournament, also will be
heading back to Erie, Pa., as No. 1-seeded Gannon will host
the regional tournament at Hammermill Center.
Gannon, on the opposite side of the
bracket will play No. 8 Pitt-Johnstown, and the winner will
play either fourth-seeded Johnson C. Smith or fifth-seeded
Alderson-Broaddus. Gannon and Pitt-Johnstown will tip off at
6 p.m. and Johnson C. Smith and Alderson-Broaddus will play
at 8:30 p.m.
The other matchup features No. 2
Virginia Union vs. No. 7 Indiana (Pa.) at 2:30 p.m. The
winner will play either KU or West Virginia State at 5 p.m.
Sunday.
The semifinals will be played on Sunday
and the final will tip off at 7 p.m. Tuesday, all at Hammermill
Center.
The tournament winner will advance to
the Elite 8 with the other seven regional winners. The Elite
8 will be played on March 25, 26 and 28 at the MassMutual
Center in Springfield, Mass.
For the full NCAA Division II bracket,
click here.
KU’s only other appearance in the NCAA
tournament came in 1988. That squad also is the only other
KU team to have won the PSAC East crown outright. The Golden
Bears this year went 13-1 in the PSAC East to win the
division after sharing the title with Cheyney in 2008.
This season has featured the most wins
by any team in school history with 26. KU was riding a
school record 15-game winning streak when it matched up
against the No. 6 team in the nation, Gannon, in the PSAC
final. The Golden Knights won 80-65 to lock up the No. 1
seed in the tournament.
For KU head coach Bernie
Driscoll, this will be his first trip to the NCAA
tournament. Driscoll has led the Golden Bears to 140 win
over his nine years at KU, more victories than any other
coach in program history.
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