COUGARS FALL TO GRAND CANYON IN ALASKA, 79-74
11-21-04
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ANCHORAGE, ALASKA - The Caldwell College men's basketball team
completed its first-ever trip to Alaska with a 79-74 loss to Grand
Canyon University in the final game of the AT&T Alascom Jamboree in
Anchorage, Alaska, Saturday night at the Wells Fargo Sports Complex. The
Cougars are now 0-3 on the season, while the Antelopes, a 70-66 winner
over host Alaska-Anchorage on Friday, improves to 2-0.
The Cougars, who lost a triple-overtime thriller to the Seawolves on
Thursday night, trailed throughout the game with Grand Canyon. In the
first half, after the Antelopes built a 26-14 lead at the 6:52 mark,
Caldwell reeled off nine straight points capped by a three-pointer by
sophomore guard Nolan Hall (Manahawkin, NJ/Southern Regional)
to cut the lead to 26-23. Two free throws by GCU's Curtis Green
made the score 28-23 at the halftime break.
After making just 24.1 percent of their field goal attempts in the
first half, the Cougars heating things up in the second half with 60.0
percent shooting. However, despite tying the game three times,
Caldwell was unable to take the lead. After spotting the Antelopes a
36-27 lead with 15:42 remaining, The cougars, with help from a pair of
threes by junior guard Mark Kelly (Oakhurst, NJ/Oakhurst), tied
the game at 40-40 with 12:40 to go. Then with the Cougars trailing
58-53, sophomore guard Jean Georges (Vauxhal, NJ/Spotswood)
scored seven points, including a steal and lay-up that tied the game
at 60-60 at the 6:34 mark. But an 8-0 GCU run that included threes by
Emil Swain and Noe Alonzo, put the game out of reach. Caldwell came
within 77-74 with 24 seconds to go after a three-pointer by Kelly, but
free throws by Swain and Kevin Stevenson iced the victory for the
Antelopes.
Georges went 3-of-4 from
three-point range en route to a team-high 17 points to lead Caldwell. Kelly
finished with 16 points in just 15 minutes after making 4-of-6 from
beyond the arc, while freshman forward Manny Perez (Egg Harbor,
NJ/Egg Harbor) followed his
26-point effort against Alaska-Anchorage with 15 points and five
rebounds. Swain led all scorers with 21 points for GCU, while Alonzo
finished with 18 points and was named the player of the game.
The Cougars return to action on Monday, Nov. 29, when the play at East
Stroudsburg University at 7:00 p.m.
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