Wright State Downs Youngstown State in Saturday Men's Basketball Action
Dec. 18, 2004
Wright State 72, Youngstown State 51
DAYTON-Zakee Boyd led a balanced Wright State attack with a game-high 22 points as the Raiders defeated visiting Youngstown State 72-51 Saturday in the Horizon League opener for both teams. Drew Burleson and Zach Williams scored 12 points each and DaShaun Wood added 11 for Wright State, which scored six straight points after the Penguins led 4-3 and never trailed again. The Raiders shot 59 percent (17-of-29) from the field in the first half to take a 41-19 lead at the break. For the game, Wright State shot 50 percent and hit 6-of-11 three-point attempts, including 4-of-6 by Boyd. Quin Humphrey led Youngstown State with 17 points and Zach Silvermam added 12 off the bench. The loss ended a three-game losing streak for Wright State, while the Penguins suffered their sixth straight loss after opening the season 2-0.
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Butler 73, IPFW 39
INDIANAPOLIS-Juniors Brandon Polk and Bruce Horan each scored 15 points and helped the Bulldogs to a season-best .522 shooting performance while leading Butler to a 73-39 victory over visiting IPFW in a non-league game at Hinkle Fieldhouse on Saturday. The win snapped Butler's three-game losing skid and lifted the Bulldogs to 4-3 on the year, while IPFW fell to 3-7. Polk hit six of eight shots and matched his career-high with the 15 points. He scored 13 in the first half to help the Bulldogs pull away to a 34-20 halftime lead. Horan nailed five of seven shots, all from beyond the three-point arc. He scored nine of his points in the final 20 minutes.
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Detroit 62, Gannon 49
DETROIT-Senior guard James Thues scored a game-high 19 points to lead Detroit to a come-from-behind, 62-49 victory over Gannon on Saturday in Calihan Hall as the Titans snapped a six-game losing streak. Thues added a career-high seven rebounds, two assists and three steals as the Titans (2-6) won for the first time since defeating Southwest Missouri State in their season opener. Ryvon Covile (15 points, plus seven rebounds) and Chuck Bailey (10 points) also scored in double figures for UDM. Senior guard Matt Jones led Gannon (6-4) with 17 points off the bench. Gannon used an 8-0 run over the last 3:38 of the first half to take a nine-point lead, 34-25, into the intermission break.
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DePaul 80, UIC 62
ROSEMONT, Ill.-UIC dropped its second straight decision on Saturday afternoon, wrapping up a difficult three-game road trip with an 80-62 loss to cross-town rival DePaul at Allstate Arena. With the loss, the Flames drop to 3-5 on the season while the Blue Demons improve to 6-3 with the victory. UIC was unable to contain Blue Demon forward Quemont Greer, as the senior posted a career-high 32 points and nine rebounds. UIC, which owned a 38-33 lead at intermission, trailed by a single point, 55-54, with 10:04 left, but DePaul closed the game on a 25-8 run to earn the victory. Junior Elliott Poole paced the Flames with a career-high 16 points, to go along with seven rebounds.
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Illinois State 73, Loyola 67
CHICAGO-Freshman guard Dave Telander scored a season-high 19 points but it wasn't enough to lead Loyola (2-7) to victory Saturday as Illinois State (8-2) pulled out a 73-67 decision at the Gentile Center. The loss is the Ramblers' sixth straight following a 2-1 start. An inspired Loyola squad, playing without its leading scorer, senior guard DaJuan Gouard, raced out to an early 18-7 lead behind six points from Telander. Illinois State later trailed 22-11 with 13:01 left in the period, then cut the deficit to 26-25 with 5:15 left as the Ramblers went cold offensively. Blake Schilb added 16 points, seven boards and four assists for the Ramblers, while Pierre Parker, who was making his first career start, netted a season-high 12 points.
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Utah Valley State 72, Cleveland State 65
OREM, Utah-Ronnie Price scored 21 of his game-high 34 points in the second half to lead Utah Valley State past Cleveland State, 72-65 on Saturday night in UVSC's McKay Center. Omari Westley, who was plagued by foul trouble in the first half, scored all of his 16 points in the second half to lead the Vikings offensively. He added a game-high 11 rebounds to record his fourth double-double of the year. Outside shooting and turnovers, which were a strength of the Vikings in the first five games of the season, were the cause of the offensive struggles. CSU turned the ball over a season-high 22 times and shot a season-low .176 from three-point (3-17). Utah Valley State's defensive strategy of closely defending the perimeter paid off as Modibo Niakate, who entered the game as the leading scorer in the Horizon League with a 17.0 scoring average, did not take a shot, scoring all four of his points from the foul line in the second half.
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