Monmouth zooms past Hampton in tournament
Freshman guard Jack Collins scored a seasonhigh 32 points as Monmouth overwhelmed Hampton University 100-64 Friday to begin the Colonial Athletic Association’s championship tournament before 1,529 at the Entertainment & Sports Arena in Washington. It was the largest margin of victory in CAA Tournament history.
The 12th-seeded Pirates (8-24) swept two games from the 13th-seeded Hawks (7-25) in the regular season, but the third contest was far different.
Collins dominated the clash of CAA newcomers, hitting 10 of 13 field-goal attempts and 6 of 7 free throws for the Hawks, who had five double-digit scorers and shot a season-best 56.7% (34 of 60), including 58.8% (10 of 17) from 3-point range. After scoring 100 points for the first time since 1997, they will face fifth-seeded Drexel at 2:30 p.m. today for a spot in the quarterfinals.
Russell “Deuce” Dean led Hampton with 21 points, while Marquis Godwin had 11 and Aaron Nesbitt nine, but the Pirates hit just 37.7% (23 of 61).
Late Thursday
ASUN
Liberty 79, Eastern Kentucky 73: Darius McGhee had 29 points as the Flames (26-7) won an ASUN semifinal before a raucous Liberty Arena-record crowd of 4,043. The victory gave the secondseeded Flames a berth in Sunday’s 3 p.m. title game at top-seeded Kennesaw State (25-8) on ESPN2. HORIZON LEAGUE
Youngstown State 71, Detroit Mercy 66: Antoine Davis barely missed his shot at making history. Detroit Mercy’s star guard finished just shy of breaking Pete Maravich’s NCAA career scoring record. Davis, who leads the nation at 28.4 points per game, entered Thursday’s Horizon League quarterfinal at top-seeded Youngstown State needing 26 to pass “Pistol” Pete’s mark. Davis finished with 22 and 3,664 for his career.
PATRIOT LEAGUE
Army 71, Boston University 69 (OT): Jalen Rucker scored 32 points, including all 12 of Army’s
points in overtime, as the fourth-seeded Black Knights (17-15) edged the fifth-seeded Terriers (15-17) in a Patriot League quarterfinal in West Point, New York. Army will play a semifinal at top-seeded Colgate at 3 p.m. Sunday in Hamilton, New York.
American 52, Navy 51: Matt Rogers had 17 points as the seventh-seeded Eagles (17-14) knocked off the second-seeded Midshipmen (18-13) in a quarterfinal.
REGULAR SEASON
No. 1 Houston 83, Wichita State 66: Jamal Shead scored a career-high 25 for the host Cougars (28-2, 16-1 American).
No. 4 UCLA 79, Arizona State 61: Jaime Jaquez Jr. scored 26 points for the Bruins (26-4, 17-2 Pac-12).
No. 5 Purdue 63, Wisconsin 61: Zach Edey had 17 points and 19 rebounds for the Big Ten regular-season champion Boilermakers (25-5, 14-5) against Wisconsin (16-13, 8-11).
No. 8 Arizona 87, Southern California 81: Azuolas Tubelis had 25 points and 10 rebounds for the visiting Wildcats (25-5, 14-5 Pac-12).