Box Score
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Ross
Danzig |
Brendan
Boken |
Michael
Barr |
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Tommy
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Justin
Klingman |
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Box score
Photo gallery (courtesy of Emma
Black)
Photo gallery (courtesy of Dan
Ceccacci)
Trailing by double-digits early in the first half, University of
Scranton men's basketball coach Carl Danzig called three timeouts
to calm his team down. Whatever he said in those huddles must have
paid off.
The Royals rallied from a 13-point first-half deficit to hand
first-place Catholic its first Landmark Conference loss, 92-82, on
Saturday afternoon in the Long Center on Wall of Fame day. The
victory keeps Scranton (14-3, 4-2 Landmark) in no worse than a tie
for second place, a game behind the Cardinals (11-6, 5-1
Landmark).
Junior guard Ross Danzig
(Clarks Green, Pa./Abington Heights/Blair Academy, N.J.)
led the Scranton comeback by scoring 31 points and pulling down
nine rebounds. Sophomore forward Brendan Boken
(South Pasadena, Calif./Loyola) had 17 points, senior
guard Michael Barr
(North Wales, Pa./Lansdale Catholic) had 15 points, senior
guard Tommy Morgan
(Greenlawn, N.Y./Chaminade) had 13 and junior guard
Justin
Klingman (Clarks Summit, Pa./Abington Heights) added
10.
Catholic came on the court for the opening tip and seemingly
couldn't miss. The Cardinals hit their first four 3-point attempts
and raced out to a 25-12 lead at the 11:05 mark, forcing those
three Scranton timeouts along the way.
But the Royals settled in and slowly chipped the lead away and
went into the locker room trailing by just two, 43-41. They closed
the half on a 7-1 run as Danzig scored the first five points of the
spurt. He finished the opening half with 18 points, and Klingman
and Morgan had seven each.
When Barr hit a 3-pointer for the first points of the second
half, Scranton had its first lead, and the game settled into a
back-and-forth battle for most of the second half. Neither team led
by four and the game was tied six times, including the last time at
78-78 with 2:03 to play.
That's when the Royals took over, finishing the game on a 14-4
run, sparked by a Morgan layup, a defensive rebound by Boken, and a
3-pointer from Danzig for an 83-78 lead with a minute left.
The Cardinals drew back within three after a jumper by sophomore
guard Bryson Fonville (Greensboro, N.C./Page). But Scranton made
seven of eight free throws in the final 44 seconds, including four
straight from Barr, to put the game away.
Scranton finished the game 31-for-57 (54.4 percent) from the
field, including 10-for-19 (52.6 percent) from beyond the 3-point
arch. Danzig hit all three of his 3-point attempts and Barr made
three of five. The Royals also won the rebounding battle, 37-27,
behind nine from Danzig and six from Klingman. Scranton also made
20 of 23 free throws (87.0 percent).
Morgan, who had two steals, and Klingman each had five assists
for Scranton, which committed just 11 turnovers.
Catholic was led by Fonville, who had 29 points, five rebounds
and four assists. Junior guard Steve Limberiou (Pittsburgh,
Pa./Upper St. Clair) added 22 points and six rebounds, and
sophomore guard Kyle Phanord (Davie, Fla./University School) added
11.
The Cardinals shot 48.4 percent (31-for-64), including 8-for-17
(47.1 percent) from 3-point range, although they made just four of
their last 13 from beyond the arc. Catholic committed just eight
turnovers while making 12 of 17 free throws (70.6 percent).
Immediately following the game, Scranton held an induction
ceremony for the seven newest members of its Wall of Fame:
Liz Baumbach '03 (women's lacrosse),
Bridget Lee '03 (women's lacrosse), Laura
(Boersig) Castner '02 (field hockey), Darren
Buseman '03 (wrestling), Valerie (Crist) Sherwin
'88 (women's volleyball), Dan Loftus '03
(men's basketball) and Derek Elphick '03 (men's
basketball).
The Royals return to action on Wednesday, Jan. 29, when they
travel to Bethlehem, Pa. to take on Moravian in a Landmark
Conference game at 7 p.m.
--ROYALS--