 Blue
Hens Close Out San Juan Shootout with
73-69 Overtime Loss to Middle
Tennessee
Date:
December 22, 2004
CAROLINA,
PUERTO RICO -- Andrew Washington (right)
sent the game into overtime with a
three-pointer at the buzzer and the
University of Delaware held a one-point
lead in the final minute of the extra
session before falling to Middle Tennessee
State 73-69 in the final round of the San
Juan Shootout Wednesday morning at Angulo
Coliseum.
Middle
Tennessee guard Mike Dean hit a
three-pointer with 37 seconds left in
overtime to put the Blue Raiders up for
good at 71-69 and Marcus Morrison added
two free throws 20 seconds later for the
win. Delaware never got the chance to come
back as the Blue Hens turned the ball over
twice in the final 10 seconds.
Delaware,
which went 0-3 for the tournament but came
back after suffering a 28-point loss to
Auburn Monday and a 26-point setback to
Toledo Tuesday, fell to 4-6 on the season.
Washington led the Blue Hens with a
game-high 25 points and five assists while
Harding Nana notched his fifth
double-double in the last six games with
19 points and 14 rebounds. Rulon
Washington also chipped in with 14 points
and three assists.
After
committing 54 turnovers in their first two
games of the tournament, the Hens cut
their turnover total down to 19 and held a
37-29 rebounding advantage over a MTSU
team that entered the game with a +10
rebounding margin over opponents this
season.
Middle
Tennessee, the pre-season favorite to win
the Sun Belt Conference, bounced back from
a close loss to Auburn Tuesday to improve
to 7-3. Michael Cuffee led the Blue
Raiders with 16 points and six rebounds
while Dean added 14 points, Morrison
chipped in with 12, and Steve Thomas added
11 points.
"We did a
good job today but we still made some
mistakes and unfortunately most of them
were critical errors down the stretch,"
said Delaware head coach David Henderson,
whose team will return to action Dec. 29
at home vs. UMBC. "We got in a position to
win the game but I feel bad for our kids.
We just did some things near the end to
give the game away. We've been through a
lot but we have to bounce back. Our kids
haven't put their heads down. I know
they'll come back and make their
mark."
The Blue
Hens, who never held the lead the previous
two days, jumped out to a quick lead this
time and took a 31-24 advantage into
intermission as Rulon Washington hit three
three-pointers to lead the way. Another
quick start in the second half gave the
Hens their biggest lead of the day at
39-27 two minutes into the stanza, but
MTSU quickly recovered, using a 19-6 run
to take a 46-45 lead with 10:03 left in
regulation.
Middle
Tennessee stayed in front the rest of the
way and still led by five points at 58-53
before Nana hit a three-pointer to cut the
lead to two with 1:55 left. Nana later hit
two free throws with 41 seconds left to
pull UD to within two at 60-58 but the
Blue Raiders upped the lead again when
Morrison hit one free throw. Delaware came
back to send the game into overtime as
Washington took a pass at the top of the
key and buried a three-pointer at the
buzzer.
Both teams
traded the lead in overtime with MTSU
going up 68-66 on a three-point play by
Cuffee with 1:17 left. But Delaware came
back as Rulon Washington hit one of two
free throws to cut the lead to one and
Nana gave the Hens their last lead when he
intercepted a pass at midcourt and went in
for the layup with 52 seconds left for a
69-68 UD advantage. But Dean came right
back with the game-clinching three-pointer
and Morrison put the Blue Raiders up 73-69
with two free throws with 17.4 seconds
left. Delaware never got another shot as
the Hens turned the ball in each of their
next two possessions.
AGATE:
Official
Basketball Box Score
Delaware vs Middle Tennessee State
12/22/04 11 a.m. AST at Carolina, Puerto Rico (Angulo Coliseum)
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VISITORS: Delaware 4-6
TOT-FG 3-PT REBOUNDS
## Player Name FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF TP A TO BLK S MIN
01 Nana, Harding....... f 5-7 1-1 8-9 4 10 14 4 19 3 5 1 1 40
24 Wentt, Robin........ f 1-3 0-0 1-2 1 3 4 5 3 0 2 0 1 30
30 Smith, Calvin....... f 3-3 0-0 0-0 2 1 3 5 6 0 2 0 0 36
12 Washington, Rulon... g 5-11 3-5 1-3 0 3 3 4 14 3 3 0 0 42
23 Washington, Andrew.. g 9-16 3-5 4-7 1 1 2 1 25 5 3 0 5 40
25 McMahon, Sam........ 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 4
31 Madera, Raphael..... 1-9 0-0 0-0 0 3 3 5 2 3 3 0 1 24
34 Flowers, Octavius... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 9
TEAM................ 1 5 6
Totals.............. 24-49 7-11 14-21 9 28 37 25 69 14 19 1 8 225
TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 11-21 52.4% 2nd Half: 11-22 50.0% OT: 2-6 33.3% Game: 49.0% DEADB
3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 4-6 66.7% 2nd Half: 3-4 75.0% OT: 0-1 0.0% Game: 63.6% REBS
F Throw % 1st Half: 5-7 71.4% 2nd Half: 5-8 62.5% OT: 4-6 66.7% Game: 66.7% 0,1
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HOME TEAM: Middle Tennessee State 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
22 Morrison, Marcus.... f 3-10 0-3 6-10 0 2 2 2 12 2 3 0 1 39
23 Cuffee, Michael..... f 6-9 0-1 4-6 1 5 6 3 16 1 0 0 0 42
55 Thomas, Steve....... c 2-6 0-0 7-9 1 4 5 5 11 2 0 0 0 17
03 Smithson, Bryan..... g 1-2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 0 0 11
15 Dean, Mike.......... g 4-8 2-6 4-6 0 3 3 3 14 3 3 0 1 32
01 Cuyler, Fats........ 2-3 1-1 1-4 1 0 1 2 6 1 3 0 3 35
02 Scott, Darrio....... 2-5 1-3 0-0 0 2 2 1 5 0 0 0 0 17
20 Weekes, Alex........ 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
32 Loe, Jonathan....... 0-1 0-1 1-2 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 9
44 Young, Kyle......... 3-5 0-0 0-0 3 1 4 2 6 0 0 0 0 22
TEAM................ 5 5
Totals.............. 23-49 4-15 23-37 6 23 29 19 73 11 10 0 5 225
TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 8-19 42.1% 2nd Half: 13-28 46.4% OT: 2-2 100 % Game: 46.9% DEADB
3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 1-6 16.7% 2nd Half: 2-8 25.0% OT: 1-1 100 % Game: 26.7% REBS
F Throw % 1st Half: 7-11 63.6% 2nd Half: 9-13 69.2% OT: 7-13 53.8% Game: 62.2% 0,5
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Officials: Craig Murley, Brandon Pipkin, Juan Figueroa
Technical fouls: Delaware-None. Middle Tennessee State-None.
Attendance: 160
Score by Periods 1st 2nd OT Total
Delaware...................... 31 30 8 - 69
Middle Tennessee State........ 24 37 12 - 73
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