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Sunday, November 16, 2008
The Week Ahead: UD basketball
Schedule: Wednesday vs. Delaware State, 7:30 p.m.; Sunday vs. Bethune-Cookman, 2 p.m.
Scouting Delaware State: After three straight Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference titles, including a tourney crown in 2005, the Hornets fell to 14-16 last season and graduated all-league first-teamer Roy Bright.
Scouting Bethune-Cookman: Another MEAC team. The Wildcats went 11-21 last season and have 10 new players on the roster.
Facts, figures: Trevor Welcher, a 5-11 guard, is averaging 27.5 points in two games for Delaware State (1-1). … Sophomore Alexander Starling had 18 points to lead four double-figure scorers in Bethune-Cookman’s 70-64 season-opening win over Edward Waters College.
Although its starting lineup was nearly two inches taller per man, UD was out-rebounded by 10 against Wofford, giving up 11 offensive boards in the 52-49 win. … Marcus Johnson and Chris Wright were a combined 14-of-23 from the field. The rest of the Flyers were 5-for-23. …
The UD freshmen — Chris Johnson, Paul Williams and Luke Fabrizius — displayed first-game jitters. They were 0-for-3 from the field while playing a collective 12 minutes. The slick-shooting Johnson air-balled a 3-pointer. Fabrizius had two turnovers in two minutes.
The other newcomer, junior-college transfer Rob Lowery, missed his first five shots but scored four crucial points in the final 48 seconds and had five assists with one turnover. …
UD coach Brian Gregory is closing in on his 100th career win with a 99-60 record. … The Flyers had 17 transition points in the slow-down affair but need to control the glass if they’re really serious about being an up-tempo team.
Quote, unquote “I’m really concerned only about our defensive rebounding,” Gregory said. “You can’t defend as well as we did and give them second chances, especially a team that’s going to hold the ball for 30 seconds.”
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Flyers survive scare from Wofford
Chris Wright and Marcus Johnson had 17 points apiece to lead Dayton to a 52-49 season-opening victory over scrappy Wofford on Sunday night.
With the scored tied at 44-all, Marcus Johnson stole a pass and sped to a dunk that gave UD a two-point edge with 3:03 to go.
Chris Wright then made a steal and was fouled on a break-away. He made one of two free throws with 2:40 left.
With UD leading by three at 1:44, Kurt Huelsman went to the line for a one-and-one. He missed the first, but Wofford was called for a lane violation. He connected on the mulligan but missed the second, keeping the lead at four.
Wofford scored on an inside bucket, but Rob Lowery answered with a 15-foot jumper with 48 secconds to go to push the lead back to four.
After the Terriers made a free throw to cut the deficit to 50-47, Lowery went to the line for a one-and-one with 15.1 seconds left. He calmly swished both to seal the victory.
The Flyers had almost as many turnovers as points in the first 11:15 while falling behind, 19-11. But their defense kept them in the game.
Johnson capped a 14-5 run to give the Flyers their first lead at 25-24 with three minutes to go in the first half. Wright hit a fade-away jumper to give them a 27-26 halftime edge. He had 10 points and Johnson eight in the first 20 minutes.
