HARRIS PACES COUGARS OVER NYACK, 67-56
1-27-05
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 CALDWELL,
N.J. - Senior guard Ron Harris (Trenton, NJ/Trenton Central),
pictured, poured in a game-high 28 points as the Caldwell College men's
basketball team defeated Nyack College, 67-56 in a Central Atlantic
Collegiate Conference game Thursday night at the George R. Newman
Center. With the victory, the Cougars improve to 8-10 overall and 7-3 in
the CACC, while the Warriors fall to 10-7, 5-4 in the conference.
The Warriors led for much of the first half and took an 11-point lead
after two straight threes from guard Adam Bauman made it 19-8 with 7:42
left in the half. But the Cougars battled back to take their first lead
of the game with an 18-6 run, capped off by a lay-up by freshman forward
Manny Perez (Egg Harbor, NJ/Egg Harbor). A three-pointer by
Mufutau Ibrahim and a breakaway dunk by Frank Conias made it 30-26 Nyack
with 1:23 left. But Conias was called for a technical, and Harris made
1-of-2 at the line to cut the lead to 30-27. Harris then finished the
half with four straight successful trips to the line to give the Cougars
a 31-30 advantage at the break.
Nyack briefly regained the lead on a jumper by Latavia Escho in the
first minute of the game. The Cougars responded with 12 straight points,
including a pair of threes and a lay-up from Harris, to take a 43-32
lead at the 15:46 mark. That proved to be the difference in the game as
Caldwell would lead by as many as 15. Nyack came within 64-56 with 1:21
left in the game, but an uncontested lay-up by freshman guard Michael
Wise (Whitesboro, NJ/Middletownship) off a long in-bounds pass from
Harris iced the game for the Cougars. Caldwell shot 47.6 percent from
the floor in the second half, while Nyack was held to 23.1 percent.
Harris, who has scored 85 points in his last three games, went 7-of-12
from the field and 12-of-14 from the line in the victory. He also had
three steals. Junior forward Teren Scudder (Paterson, NJ/Paterson
Catholic) led the Cougars with nine rebounds, while Perez, sophomore
guard Nolan Hall (Manahawkin, NJ/Southern Regional) and junior
guard Kelvin Reese (Teaneck, NJ/Teaneck) each tallied nine
points. Bauman finished with 13 points to pace Nyack.
The Cougars return to the court on Saturday, Jan. 29, as the Cougars
play at Bloomfield College. Tip-off is set for 3:00 p.m.
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