GEORGES SCORES 25 TO PACE COUGARS PAST NYACK, 77-70
2-14-06
box score
 CALDWELL,
N.J. - Junior guard Jean Georges (Vauxhal,
NJ/Spotswood), right, tallied 25 points as the Caldwell College men's basketball team
won an important Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference game at Nyack College,
77-70 Tuesday night. The win breaks a tie between the Warriors and the
Cougars, who improve to 15-12 overall and 11-8 in the CACC. Nyack falls to
10-9 in the conference and 11-13 overall.
Nyack held the upper hand for most of the first half and led 27-25 with
4:35 to play in the period. Georges tied the game with a jumper, then
senior guard Kelvin Reese (Teaneck, NJ/Teaneck) hit a pair of
free throws to give the Cougars a 29-27 lead. Caldwell maintained a slim
advantage until Josh Tate's jumper with 48 seconds left sent the teams
into halftime tied at 35-35.
After the first 5:24 of the second half saw five lead changes and three
ties, Nyack maintained the lead for most of the half, although never
leading by more than five points. With the Warriors up 66-16 with four
minutes to play, free throws by Georges and Reese and a basket by Reese
knotted the game at 66-66. Nyack briefly regained the lead, only to have
senior guard Mark Kelly (Oakhurst, NJ/Ocean Twp.) nail a
three-pointer at the 2:27 mark to put the Cougars ahead 70-68. From that
point on, Caldwell went 7-of-8 from the free throw line while Nyack
missed all six of its attempts from the field.
 The
victory earns the Cougars a split of the season series with the
Warriors, who defeated Caldwell, 75-72 earlier this season.
Georges was 7-of-15 from the floor and a perfect 9-of-9 from the line en
route to a game-high 25 points. Sophomore forward Manny Perez
(Egg Harbor, NJ/Egg Harbor) tallied 15 points and five boards, while
Reese, left, finished with nine points. Lataiva Escho scored 18 points
and John Van Dunk recorded 13 points and 11 boards for Nyack.
Next up for the Cougars is a CACC home game against N.J.I.T. on
Saturday, Feb. 18. Tip-off is set for 8:00 p.m. in the George R. Newman
Center.
Back to Men's Basketball page
|
