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Saturday, November 28, 2009
A long, long shot to lose
BOSTON — I remember once Daytonian Bill Hosket telling me how he was on the bench for the New York Knicks during the 1970 playoffs against Los Angeles and he watched Jerry West launch a 70-foot shot that absolutely had no chance of being good.
In those days, there were no 3-point shots, and the Lakers were down by two.
“I watched the shot and I thought, ‘That’s going through,’” Hosket said, and it did, to send the game to overtime.
Saturday afternoon, I had the same feeling at Matthews Arena, where Wright State and Northeastern were locked in a 67-67 draw.
Wright State had the ball with 38 seconds to play and drained the clock to just a few seconds when Vaughn Duggins appeared to be open near the right elbow of the lane. He let the ball go with aobut four seconds left, but it was short.
Northeastern’s Chaisson Allen took the rebound, took a couple of dribbles, then one more just over midcourt and let go.
“I had a funny feeling,” Duggins said. “Everyone in the gym was thinking overtime. But I followed the ball, and it went in. It just kills you.”
Northeastern celebrated among an announced crowd of 945 at Matthews Arena, but students are on vacation and there might have been 300 in the place.
Once again, Todd Brown and Duggins led the Raiders in scoring, with 17 and 16 points, and the defense was excellent at the game’s start, but to win, WSU can’t be allowing 70 points, even on the road, even to a good team.
Wright State played a tough team tough. It just wasn’t quite enough.
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Raiders lose at buzzer
BOSTON — Northeastern’s Chaisson Allen took two dribbles past mid-court and launched a 40-foot shot that stripped the net and gave the Huskies a 70-67 victory over Wright State today at historic Matthews Arena.
The Raiders entered the game with a three-game winning streak and led by as many as 14 points in the first half. Northeastern cut that lead to four at the half and took a seven-point lead in the second half before WSU tied the game.
Allen ‘s two free throws with 38.8 seconds to play tied the game for the last time at 67-67 and Vaughn Duggins took the last shot for the Raiders, a 12-footer that bounced off the front of the rim with just a few seconds to play.
Allen grabbed the rebound, dribbled just past mid-court and let go.
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Raiders ranked among mid-majors
BOSTON — CollegeInsider.com lists today’s game between Wright State and Northeastern as one of the better ones among mid-major schools.
In its weekly ranking, CI lists WSU as the No. 13 team and Northeastern as No. 16. A new listing will come out Monday.
Of course, No. 1 is Butler, a companion of WSU in the Horizon League, while Gonzaga, a national power for a long time, is listed as No. 2.
Detroit, another Horizon League team, is off to a fast start, so it is listed at No. 20.
Wright State, on a three-game winning streak, plays at 2 p.m. today at Matthews Arena.
