Mount
Stretches Win Streak to Three with 77-70 Win Over Quinnipiac
02/16/2008
Emmitsburg, Md. -- Jeremy Goode scored 21 points and Chris Vann
added 20 to lead Mount St. Mary's past Quinnipiac, 77-70, at
Knott Arena on campus on Saturday night. The win stretched the
Mount's win streak to three and clinched a spot in the Northeast
Conference Tournament.
The Mount (13-13, 9-6 NEC) used an 8-0 run early in the second
half to take a 45-33 advantage. Quinnipiac was able to stay in
the game and used an 8-1 run of its own to cut the Mount's lead
to 59-56 with 4:54 left in the contest. The Bobcats got a stop
on the defensive end and had a chance to tie, but Casey
Cosgrove's three-pointer was off the mark. On the next
possession, Markus Mitchell grabbed an offensive rebound and
converted a putback to give the Mount a five-point advantage
with 3:51 left.
DeMario Anderson countered with a pair of free throws, but the
Mount then scored the next six points to take control. Freshman
Shawn Atupem hit a tough shot in the lane to start the run while
Vann scored the next four points to give the Mount a 67-58 lead
with 1:38 left. Quinnipiac trailed 73-68 with 29 seconds left
and had the ball, but Sam Atupem rejected Bryan Geffen's shot in
the lane. Goode gathered the ball near midcourt and cruised in
for a lay-up to seal the win.
With the win, the Mount moves one-half game behind Quinnipiac
for fourth-place in the Northeast Conference standings. The top
four teams in league play earn a home game in the first round of
the playoffs. In addition, the Mount clinched its third-straight
NEC Tournament spot.
Goode finished with 21 points and six assists while hitting
8-of-13 from the floor to pace the Mount offense. Vann scored 20
points for the second straight game while adding a career-high
eight rebounds. He was 4-for-4 from the line and is 44-for-47
(.936) from the charity stripe over the past 18 games. Mitchell
added 12 points and eight rebounds for the Mount while Jean
Cajou and Kelly Beidler chipped in seven points each off the
bench.
Anderson, the second-leading scorer in the NEC, scored a
game-high 23 points, but was 8-for-20 from the field in the
contest. James Feldeine added 12 points and Cosgrove 10 in the
loss.
The Mount held Quinnipiac, the top offensive team in the NEC in
league games, to 39.1 percent shooting from the field and
4-of-16 (25.0 percent) from three-point range. The Mount hit
45.0 percent from the field and was 7-of-18 (.389) from beyond
the arc.
In the first half, the Mount used a 13-6 run late in the half to
take an 11-point advantage before Quinnipiac's Geffen hit two
free throws to cut the Mount lead to 37-28 at the break. The
Mount held Quinnipiac to 29 percent shooting in the half.
The Mount returns to action on Thursday, Feb. 21, when they
travel to NEC co-leader Robert Morris for a 7:00 p.m. game.
Game Notes...The Mount has clinched a .500 record in NEC play
this season, marking the third straight year the Mount will have
a .500 or better mark in league play...The Mount is 29-22 in NEC
contests since the 2005-06 season...The Mount evened the
all-time series with Quinnipiac at 9-9 with the victory...Vann
has scored 20 or more points 16 times in his career at the
Mount...Vann now has 76 three-point field goals, the fourth-best
single-season mark in Mount history.
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