Six in a Row!
Mount St. Mary's Downs Winthrop, 64-59, at Knott Arena
12/18/2007
Emmitsburg, Md. -- Senior Chris Vann (Woodbridge, Va./Gar-Field)
scored a game-high 21 points to lead Mount St. Mary's to a 64-59
win against Winthrop at Knott Arena on Tuesday night. The win
stretched the Mount's win streak to six, its longest winning
streak since the 1995-96 season. The Mount improves to 6-4 on
the season.
Markus Mitchell's (Virginia Beach, Va./Salem) lay-up with 3:00
left off a feed from Sam Atupem (Newport News, Va./Woodside)
gave the Mount the lead, 58-56. A Taj McCullough free throw cut
the Mount's lead to one, but Atupem scored on a lob pass on an
inbound pass from the side with 1:11 on the clock to put the
Mount ahead, 60-57.
Charles Corbin converted a put-back with 45 seconds remaining to
cut the Mount's lead to one, but sophomore Jeremy Goode
(Charlotte, N.C./Providence Day) countered for the Mount with a
scoop shot in the lane with 14 seconds on the clock to give the
Mount a 62-59 lead. Winthrop's Chris Gaynor then missed a
three-pointer and the Mount's Jean Cajou (Fairfax, Va./Paul VI)
grabbed the rebound and was fouled with five seconds left. Cajou
calmly sank both free throws to seal the victory.
"It was a big game in the fact that we were playing against a
program we are really and truly aspiring to be like," said Mount
St. Mary's head coach Milan Brown. "We're to the point that we
have enough guys to play against teams like Winthrop." Winthrop
(5-5) has been to the NCAA Tournament in seven of the past nine
seasons.
Vann finished 5-for-6 from three-point range en route to his
21-point effort. It was Vann's 10th 20-point game in his career
at the Mount. Atupem added 16 points and seven rebounds while
Goode chipped in 11 points, six assists, four rebounds and three
steals. the Mount shot 51.2 percent from the floor and was
9-of-14 (.643) from three-point range in the contest.
McCullough scored 17 of his team-high 19 points in the second
half for Winthrop. Michael Jenkins added 11 points while Chris
Gaynor dished out a game-high seven assists. Winthrop shot 42.6
percent in the game, including 11-of-21 (.524) from beyond the
arc. The Eagles, however, were 2-of-10 at the foul line.
The Mount returns to action on Friday, Dec. 21, against
Lafayette at Knott Arena on campus.
Game Notes...The 9-for-14 performance from three-point range is
tied for the 10th-best single game performance by a Mount
team...The six-game win streak is the second-longest by a Mount
team since the school moved to NCAA Division I in 1988-89...The
longest win in the D1 era for the Mount is 15 by the 1995-96
team...Vann's five three-pointers tied a career high set earlier
this season at James Madison...The Mount moves to 4-4 in
non-conference action this season, the most non-conference wins
in Milan Brown's five years at the Mount...The Mount has held
six straight opponents under 60 points.
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