 Blue
Hens Drop Opener at San Juan Shootout as
Auburn Posts 74-46 Win
Date:
December 20, 2004
CAROLINA,
PUERTO RICO -- Nathan Watson led three
players in double figures with 19 points
and knocked down five three-pointers as
Auburn broke open a close game in the
final six minutes and posted an easy 74-46
men's basketball win over the University
of Delaware in the opening round of the
San Juan Shootout at Guillermo Angulo
Coliseum Monday afternoon.
The
Blue Hens (4-4), who had a two-game win
streak snapped, played without senior
point guard Mike Slattery (broken thumb)
and shot just 34 percent from the field
while committing a season-high 26
turnovers. The Hens, who hit just 1 of 14
three-pointers for the game and converted
just 13 of 23 free throws, posted their
lowest point output of the season.
Junior
guard Rulon Washington (right), who played
all 40 minutes in making his first career
start in place of Slattery, led the Hens
with 12 points and five rebounds while
center Raphael Madera came off the bench
to score a season-high 10 points and add
five rebounds and Harding Nana, who was
averaging 20 points per game over his last
four contests, added nine points and eight
rebounds but committed eight turnovers.
Delaware did control the boards,
outrebounding Auburn 41-27 and grabbing 18
rebounds on the offensive end.
The
Blue Hens will continue their three-game
swing at the tournament as they take on
Toledo Tuesday morning at 10 a.m. and
close out the event Wednesday at 10 a.m.
vs. Middle Tennessee. Middle Tennessee
downed Toledo 70-65 in the tournament
opener earlier Monday.
Auburn
(7-3), a member of the powerful Southeast
Conference, entered the game having lost
three of its last four games but turned
things around as the Tigers got a balanced
scoring effort and knocked down 9 of 23
three-point attempts. Watson led the way
with his 19 points while Quinnel Brown
added 18 points and Toney Douglass chipped
in with 13 points.
"We
couldn't afford to play like we did
against a team of this calibre," said
Delaware head coach David Henderson. "We
were rushing shots inside and just didn't
concentrate. We did a good job on the
boards but we couldn't convert on some of
the easy chances and that let Auburn get
into their transition game. They created
some confusion, moved the ball around, and
got some good shots and knocked them down.
We just need to get ready for
tomorrow."
Delaware
trailed just 31-25 at halftime and pulled
to within 31-27 in the first minute of the
second half. But Auburn took off on a 13-3
run to take control and up the lead to
44-30 midway through the stanza. The Blue
Hens hung tough and pulled to within 11
points at 51-40 with 6:37 remaining, but
Auburn took off another tear, scoring the
next 10 points to put the game away at
61-40 and got several easy baskets in
transition the rest of the way for the
28-point win.
AGATE:
Official
Basketball Box Score
Delaware vs Auburn
12/20/04 1 p.m. AST at Carolina, Puerto Rico (Angola Coliseum)
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VISITORS: Delaware 4-4
TOT-FG 3-PT REBOUNDS
## Player Name FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF TP A TO BLK S MIN
24 Wentt, Robin........ f 1-3 0-0 0-1 1 2 3 1 2 2 1 0 0 27
30 Smith, Calvin....... f 1-1 0-0 0-3 1 5 6 5 2 0 2 0 0 21
01 Nana, Harding....... c 3-10 0-2 3-5 4 4 8 2 9 0 8 0 0 33
12 Washington, Rulon... g 5-13 0-8 2-2 2 3 5 1 12 2 5 0 1 40
23 Washington, Andrew.. g 3-10 0-0 2-2 2 3 5 3 8 2 4 0 4 28
21 Metkiff, Chris...... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3
25 McMahon, Sam........ 1-4 1-4 0-0 1 4 5 0 3 1 2 0 0 20
31 Madera, Raphael..... 2-5 0-0 6-10 4 1 5 1 10 1 1 1 0 22
34 Flowers, Octavius... 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 6
TEAM................ 3 1 4
Totals.............. 16-47 1-14 13-23 18 23 41 13 46 8 26 1 6 200
TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 10-25 40.0% 2nd Half: 6-22 27.3% Game: 34.0% DEADB
3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 1-6 16.7% 2nd Half: 0-8 0.0% Game: 7.1% REBS
F Throw % 1st Half: 4-9 44.4% 2nd Half: 9-14 64.3% Game: 56.5% 2,2
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HOME TEAM: Auburn 7-3
TOT-FG 3-PT REBOUNDS
## Player Name FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF TP A TO BLK S MIN
2 Hayles, Daniel...... f 1-3 0-2 2-2 0 6 6 4 4 2 2 0 0 25
21 Brown, Quinnel...... f 6-9 1-3 5-5 0 2 2 2 18 3 2 0 2 28
24 Watson, Nathan...... f 7-11 5-8 0-0 1 1 2 2 19 2 2 0 3 30
23 Douglas, Toney...... g 4-11 1-2 4-6 2 2 4 3 13 1 0 0 4 28
3 Young, Ian.......... g 3-9 1-3 0-0 0 3 3 1 7 5 1 0 3 28
01 Tolbert, Frank...... 4-7 0-2 0-0 3 0 3 4 8 1 3 0 0 18
10 Gaines, Troy........ 2-4 1-2 0-0 0 2 2 0 5 1 1 0 1 4
12 Edun, Moses......... 0-0 0-0 0-0 2 0 2 2 0 1 1 0 0 6
15 Howell, Brett....... 0-2 0-1 0-0 0 1 1 2 0 0 1 0 2 16
35 Daniel, Ryan........ 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 7
TEAM................ 2 2
Totals.............. 27-57 9-23 11-13 8 19 27 20 74 16 14 0 16 190
TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 11-32 34.4% 2nd Half: 16-25 64.0% Game: 47.4% DEADB
3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 5-14 35.7% 2nd Half: 4-9 44.4% Game: 39.1% REBS
F Throw % 1st Half: 4-4 100 % 2nd Half: 7-9 77.8% Game: 84.6% 0,1
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Officials: Jeb Hartness, Craig Murley, Juan Figueroa
Technical fouls: Delaware-None. Auburn-None.
Attendance: 130
Score by Periods 1st 2nd Total
Delaware...................... 25 21 - 46
Auburn........................ 31 43 - 74
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