Washington’s 27 points leads Canisius

Harold Washington scored 27 points and Alshwan Hymes had 17 as Canisius defeated winless Binghamton 75-66 Wednesday night.

Canisius, which shot 56 percent (14 of 25) from the field in the second half, made 13 of 16 free throws down the stretch to put the game away. Washington made 9 of his 17 field goal tries and was 7 of 8 from the line.

Washington has been the catalyst for this Canisius team this year even though they have only won three games on the year. He is averaging 19 ppg 4.2 rpg 2.2 apg

Atkins has began to play a bigger role for UVA

Indeed, Tuesday night was more about evaluating the growth of players like Darion Atkins and the potential of players like Jesperson. What exactly can they give Virginia once conference play begins a week from Saturday? That remains somewhat uncertain, but at least we came a little closer to finding out.

Specifically for Atkins, who prior to Tuesday mostly had received playing time in chunks, this game was important for him to be able to get into a rhythm on the floor. He played a career-high 20 minutes.

“I felt more comfortable, obviously,” Atkins said. “Everyone saw that. I just felt like I’m building chemistry with the guys on the court, and I’m just getting a little bit more comfortable with my game. It was a lot of fun.”

Read more: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/cavaliers-journal/post/no-23-virginia-69-maryland-eastern-shore-42-three-up-three-down/2011/12/27/gIQA5dHgLP_blog.html

Starks scores 20, No. 12 Georgetown knocks off No. 4 Louisville 71-68

Georgetown is more concerned with accumulating wins than making statements with 10 freshmen and sophomores on the roster. Sophomore Markel Starks and freshman Otto Porter made sure the Hoyas did both.

Starks scored 16 of his career-high 20 points in the second half and Porter came up clutch late as No. 12 Georgetown snapped No. 4 Louisville’s 20-game home winning streak with a 71-68 victory Wednesday night in the Big East opener for both teams.

Read more: http://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/colleges/starks-scores-20-no-12-georgetown-knocks-off-no-4-louisville-71-68/2011/12/28/gIQAOaePNP_story.html#

Atkins and Grant lead Irish to victory over Pittsburgh

Eric Atkins

Notre Dame handed No. 22 Pitt its second consecutive loss tonight, a 72-59 setback in the Big East Conference opener at the Joyce Center.

Eric Atkins and Jerian Grant each added 15 apiece for the Irish, who trailed by one at halftime.

Jerian Grant & Talib Zanna
fight for the ball.

Talib Zanna led led Pitt (11-3, 0-1) with 13 points and 12 rebounds for the Panthers, who dropped consecutive games for the first time since the 2009-10 season. The Panthers lost their final non-conference game to Wagner Friday night.

Read more: http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/11361/1199605-100.stm

Ian Hummer scores 16 in a loss

Junior forward Ian Hummer finished with 16 points, but he needed 17 shooting possessions to get there and boosted his total with two three-pointers in the final minutes. Siena’s zone, which was clearly designed to stop the Tigers’ post offense, kept Hummer off-balanced and challenged every shot inside, holding the star to 4-for-13 shooting inside the arc.

Read more: http://www.dailyprincetonian.com/2011/12/22/29709/

Georgetown man handles Memphis

Jason Clark scored 18 points and Hollis Thompson added 17 as No. 16 Georgetown beat Memphis 70-59 Thursday night.

Georgetown (10-1) extended its winning streak to eight games. The Hoyas held the lead for the entire game and opened the margin to as much as 20 points before a late surge by Memphis, although the Tigers were unable to complete the comeback.

Chris Crawford scored 17 and Will Barton had 12 points and 11 rebounds for Memphis, which has lost three of its last four games.

Read more:

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/sports/2017075553_apbkct25memphisgeorgetown.html

Tamir Jackson leads Rice in a big win

Tamir Jackson scored 13 points while Ahmad Ibrahim and Lucas Kuipers followed with 12 each as Rice defeated Texas A&M 65-58 on Thursday night.

Read more: http://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/colleges/jackson-lifts-rice-past-texas-aandm-65-58/2011/12/22/gIQAi6xdCP_story.html

VCU's Graham gets career high tuesday night

Freshman Treveon Graham scored a career-high 18 points and Virginia Commonwealth opened the second half on a 14-2 run to take control Tuesday night in a 68-49 victory over Alabama-Birmingham.

The Rams (8-3), who also got 16 points from Juvonte Reddic, won their fifth in row, again using their stifling defense to wear an opponent down. UAB turned the ball over 23 times, including on three consecutive possessions after halftime as VCU scored 11 straight.

Read more:
 http://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/colleges/graham-scores-18-and-vcu-forces-23-turnovers-in-defense-led-68-49-victory-against-uab/2011/12/20/gIQALXv87O_story.html

Robinson records 21 & 18 against Davidson

Thomas Robinson had 21 points and 18 rebounds for the Jayhawks. Tyshawn Taylor came back from surgery to repair a torn meniscus in his right knee to get 15 points and seven assists, while Elijah Johnson finished with 15 points.

Kansas was coming off a win over No. 2 Ohio State and a lengthy break for final exams, though most of the game it looked as if they were still on break.

Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/sports/2011/12/19/davidson-shocks-no-12-kansas-in-80-74-victory/#ixzz1hCfh498C

DC Maryland Virginia talent

Here is how our areas talent has performed up to now.


Point Guards

• Kendall Marshall (UNC) - 4.9 ppg 2.5 rpg 10.5 apg
• Brandon Young (DePaul) - 17.5 ppg 4.6 apg 2.9 rpg
• Erick Green (VTech) - 16.1 ppg 3.2 rpg 2.7 apg
• Marc Hill (NC A&T) - 10.6 ppg 3.9 apg
• Percy Wood (UMES) - 11.1 ppg 2.8 rpg 3.7 apg
• Chris Tolson (Hampton) - 7.3 ppg 2.7 rpg
• Anthony Meyers (Robert Morris) - 5.9 ppg 3.2 rpg 2.6 apg
• Jerome Seagears (Rutgers) - 7.7 ppg 3.1 rpg 2.4 apg
• Rodney Glascow (VMI) - 7.7 ppg 2.1 rpg 4.4 apg
• Erick Atkins (Notre Dame) - 14 ppg 2.6 rpg 3.5 apg
• Cedrick lindsey (Richmond) -13 ppg 3.2 rpg 4.3 apg
• Darren Clark (Bowie State) - 20.8 ppg 4.5 rpg 4.7 apg
• Francis Ashe (Chestnut Hill) - 5.9 ppg 4 rpg 2 apg

Shooting Gaurds

• Sean Mosley (Maryland) - 10.9 ppg 5.2 rpg
• Jason Clark (Georgetown) - 15.5 ppg 3.5 rpg
• Jerian Grant (Notre Dame) - 12.5 ppg 3.9 rpg 4.2 apg
• Lasan Kromah (George Washington) - 9.6 ppg 5.7 rpg
• Brendan Bald (Vermont) - 8.3 ppg 1.7 rpg
• Marcus Thornton (William & Mary) - 10.2 ppg 2 rpg
• Derrick Thomas (Drexel) - 8.1 ppg 2.7 rpg 2.3 apg 
• Bryan Allen (George Mason) - 7.3 ppg 4.1 rpg 3.5
• Kendall Durant (Abilene Christian) - 11.4 ppg 3.7 rpg
• Jay Gavin (Bowie State) - 16.9 ppg 3.8 rpg 3.1 apg
• Phil Wood (Johnson C Smith) - 11.6 ppg 3.7 rpg
• Harold Washington (Canisius) - 19 ppg 4.2 rpg 2.2 apg

Small Forwards

• Kris Joseph (Syracuse) - 14.4 ppg 6 rpg
• Dwayne Jackson (Morgan) - 10.5 ppg 2.4 rpg
• Raphiael Putney (UMass) - 8.7 ppg 4 rpg
• Javorn Farrell (UMass) - 7.6 ppg 3.2 rpg
• Ayodeji Egbeyemi (Loyola Marymount) - 6.5 ppg 4.6 rpg

Power Forwards

• Chris Braswell (Charlotte) - 17 ppg 8.6 rpg
• Jon Taylor (St Francis (PA)) - 6.4 ppg 3.8 rpg
• Joston Thomas (Hawaii) - 9.8 ppg 3.5 rpg
• Thomas Robinson (Kansas) - 18.1 ppg 12.1 rpg

Center

• Raven Barber (Mount St Mary's) - 9.8 ppg 3.8 rpg
• Dante Taylor (Pittsburgh) - 7.9 ppg 6 rpg
• Delonta Boyd (Johnson C Smith) - 11.4 ppg 7.7 rpg
• Talib Zanna (Pittsburgh) - 5 ppg 5.8 rpg
• Henry Sims (Georgetown) - 12.6 ppg 5.2 rpg 3.9 apg 

Barton dominates for Memphis

For the second consecutive week, University of Memphis sophomore guard Will Barton was named the Conference USA player of the week this afternoon.


Barton, a 6-6, 175-pound guard from Baltimore, Md., turned in career highs of 28 points and 16 rebounds in Memphis' 95-87 road loss to No. 4-ranked Louisville on Saturday.

Read this article below:

http://www.commercialappeal.com/news/2011/dec/19/will-barton-named-conference-usa-player-week/

Cedrick Lindsay continues to impress

Former Gonzaga High School standout cedrick Lindsay has began to find his way in the explosive Richmond Spider offense. Lindsay was formally a combo guard, but has trasitioned well into a solid starting point gaurd.
In the last two games Lindsay has scored in 20  plus points versus two teams that could possibly make a run in March. This year he is averaging 13.5 ppg 4.6 apg 2.9 rpg.
The pace the Lindsay is on he could possibly recieve all confrence honors within the Atlantic 10 confrence. Watch out for him to do big things for the Spiders this year.

Last two games:
*vs Iona - 21pts 8ast 2reb
*vs VCU - 22pts 3ast 4reb

Hill has big game against UCF

Marc Hill of North Carolina A&T had a big game versus Central Florida and son of Micheal Jordan, Marcus Jordan on Tuesday night.

Hill had A&T's game high with 17 points along with 3 rebounds and 3 assists. The Aggies made a strong second half run but fell short.

Read this article:

http://www.ncataggies.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=24500&ATCLID=205346437

Jerian Grant is starting to come along.

Jerian Grant is a former High School star for the high powered Dematha Stags and son of former NBA player Harvey Grant. Also, his uncle is Horace

Grant who won numerous NBA championship and his older brother Jerai Grant was a 2nd team All-ACC selection in 2011. In other words, Jerian he has big shoes to fill.

Now Jerian is a sophmore starting guard for the Notre dame Fighting Irish. This year he has been filling those shoes, by averaging 13.8 ppg 4.6 apg 4 rpg. Even though the Irish are 5-3 early Coach Brey has to like what he sees from Grant.


In the last 3 games Grant has posted double-double and double digit scoring in each one of the games.

vs #18 Gonzaga: 16pts 3ast
vs Bryant: 12pts 11reb 7ast
vs Georgia: 20pts 5reb 4ast

Clark leads Hoyas past Crimson Tide

The Georgetown Hoyas are a young and talented group, led by a senior in Jason Clark. The Hoyas beat a tough and star studded team in the Alabama Crimson Tide. On Thursday night the Hoyas put an end to a long home game winning streak held by the Crimson Tide of 24 games.

Alabama made two free throws with 13 seconds to go in the game. The Hoyas came down after a time out and ran a set, that gave Hollis Thompson an open 3 pointer, and sure enough he stepped into in a sunk the shot with 1 second left. The Hoyas held on to win 57-55.

Jason Clark had 22 points and Hollis Thompson 12 points 8 rebounds.

Read article below:

http://www.usatoday.com/sports/college/mensbasketball/story/2011-12-01/georgetown-stuns-alabama-in-final-second/51565710/1

Hollis Thompson & Jason Clark

Young gets game high in a lost.

Brandon Young led DePaul in scoring with 18 points on Thursday night versus Ole Miss, but lost on a last second transition layup.

Read the article:

http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2011-12-01/sports/ct-spt-1202-depaul-basketball--20111202_1_blue-demons-murphy-holloway-cleveland-melvin

Talib Zanna records his first double-double of this season.

Talib Zanna is a forward / center for Pittsburgh. On Monday night they played Robert Morris and Zanna helped lead his team to a victory by scoring 10 points and snagging 15 rebounds.

With Dante Taylor battling migranes the past two games, freshman Khem Birch and sophomore Talib Zanna have been thrust into the spotlight this week..........

Read the rest of this article:

http://www.cardiachill.com/2011/11/28/2590929/pitt-basketball-talib-zanna-dante-taylor-khem-birch-pittsburgh-panthers-jamie-dixon

Green, Joseph, and Young showed their true talent this week.

Brandon Young is a sophmore guard for Depaul Blue Demons. Last year in the Big East he was a standout rookie.
This year Young has improved his play during this out of confrence play, by averaging 18.2 ppg 5.4 apg 2.4 rpg 1.8 spg. Depaul played in a tournament this past week playing Arizona St, Texas Tech, and Minnesota.
Young led them in scoring, assist, and steals averaging 20 ppg 5 apg 2.1 spg.

Next game: Dec 1st vs Ole Miss







Erick Green is a junior guard for Virgina Tech, last year he found his way in Seth Greenberg's offense. This year he is expected to be the go to guy for the Hokies. So far he has not disappointed, by averaging 14.8 ppg 2.6 rpg 2.4 apg this year.
During this past week Green played excellent by leading his team in scoring vs St Bonaventure, Oklahoma St, and Syracuse by averaging 17 ppg 3 rpg 2.1 apg.

Next game: Nov 30th vs Minnesota





Kris Joseph is a senior forward for Syracuse. Joseph has had a great career so far, by winning Big East sixth man of the year as a sophmore, leading his team in scoring last year, and recently scoring his 1000th point as a Orangemen. He is having a solid season by averaging 15.3 ppg 6 rpg 1.5 spg, and by most Joseph is expected to be drafted in this years upcoming draft.
This past week the Orangemen had two tough tests in Stanford and Virgina Tech, Joseph led them in scoring and rebounding averaging 19 ppg  9.5 rpg 3.5 spg 2 apg.

Next game: Nov 29th vs Eastern Michigan

Thorton has played well for William & Mary

Marcus Thornton a All- Metropolitan in Washington, DC last year. He is a freshman for Willaim & Mary Tribe this year. The Tribe lost a few of their leading scorers from last year, so it was considered a rebuilding year for the program.


Well Marcus Thornton has stepped up as if he was a veteran, by being second on the team in scoring averaging 11 ppg. He is also contributuing 2.2 prg. Thornton hit his season high against Liberty with 19 points. Look out for the talented freshman this year.

Kansas holds off Georgetown.

Late Monday night in Maui, a young and underrated Georgetown Hoyas team gave the no. 14 Kansas Jayhawks a run for their money, but Kanssas grinded out a 67-63 victory.

Thomas Robinson

Throughout the game Kansas played inside out against the Georgetown zone. They penetrated the zone and kicked to Thomas Robinson for 5 of his dunks and then crisply spreader the ball around the perimeter, knocking down jumpers on the perimeter.

The Hoyas simply had no answer for the 6'9 240 power forward Thomas Robinson, who scored 20 points on 7-14 shooting with 12 rebounds and two blocks. Five of his baskets came on dunks, as none of the Hoyas big men had the strength to wrestle with Robinson in the low post or the athleticism to challenge him at the rim.

Jason Clark

Georgetown kept themselves in the game by bombing away from the perimeter, shooting 7-24 from beyond the arc. Hollis Thompson and Jason Clark combined for 29 points while hoisting up 12 three-point shots, with Clark going 1-3 in the final minute as the Jayhawks held off a furious Hoya rally. Jason Clark had 15 points and 5 rebounds.

Hoops is Big in the Schoof Family

W.T. Woodson grads John and Sarah Schoof are playing college basketball, following in the tradition of their parents.

Read article:

http://fairfaxcity.patch.com/articles/hoops

Brendan Bald scores career high.

Junior guard Brendan Bald busted out of his shooting slump and dumped in five second-half 3-pointers for a career-high 21 points while senior forward Pat Bergmann (14 points, 11 rebounds) recorded his first double-double as a Catamount.

The inside-out production from Bergmann and Bald helped Vermont overcome a sluggish first half against Dartmouth and erase memories of the hard-to-swallow ending involved with Friday’s 61-59 defeat at South Florida in the season opener.

Bald caught fire in the second half after only hitting 1 of 4 shots in the first half.

Read the rest of the article:

http://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/article/20111116/SPORTS0101/111116041/Bergmann-Bald-boost-Vermont-past-Dartmouth?odyssey=mod%7Cnewswell%7Ctext%7CFRONTPAGE%7Cs

Will Barton leads Memphis in victory over Belmont

Barton scored 23 points on Tuesday evening to lead his explosive Tigers team to a 97-81 victory over Belmont.

Barton, a preseason All-Conference USA first-team selection, didn't play in Memphis' exhibition games last year because of knee and ankle injuries, and it showed over the Tigers' first two regular-season games. Barton went 2 of 10 from the field and totaled just five points.

In Memphis' two exhibitions wins this month, Barton averaged 24.5 points on 66.7 percent shooting (18 of 27).

In addition to being more selective with his shots, Barton has been a presence on the glass (10 combined rebounds) and has taken better care of the ball (four turnovers in 46 minutes).

"I'm in a comfort zone right now," Barton said. "I'm in Year 2 in the offense so I understand all the plays. I've always been a driver, but last year, coming from the exhibition games, I was hurt. I didn't have trust in my knee or my ankle, so I was settling for jump shots. Then it took me half the season to realize I'm a driver, not a jump-shooter. Now I just keep trying to get to that lane. Attack, attack, attack."

Read the article below:

http://www.commercialappeal.com/news/2011/nov/13/tigers-barton-jackson-show-improvement/

Kris Joseph scores 1000 points at Syracuse

Kris Joseph a Montreal, Quebec native is now a senior at Syracuse University. During his first two years he was overshawdowed by some big names such as Johnny Flynn, Wesley Johnson, and Eric devendorf, even though he won the Big East sixth man award as a sophmore. In the last year he has been living up to the expectations, by leading the team in scoring with 14.3 ppg and hauling in 5.5 rpg in his junior season.

Syracuse is number 6 in the coaches polls and Joseph is expected to be the go to man. By most analyst and NBA scouts Joseph is expected to be drafted in this years draft. This year in two games he is averaging 15.5 ppg 6.0 rpg.

Read article on Joseph scoring his 1000th career point:

http://blog.syracuse.com/orangebasketball/2011/11/kris_joseph_scores_his_1000th.html

Robinson looks NBA ready in season opener

Thomas Robinson had 18 points, 11 rebounds, four assists and two steals, and Travis Releford added 14 points to help No. 13 Kansas rout Towson State 100-54 on Friday night in the season opener for both teams.

 

 

 

Finish reading this article:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/colleges/no-13-kansas-gets-18-points-11-rebounds-from-thomas-robinson-in-100-54-rout-of-towson-state/2011/11/12/gIQAFCFvDN_story.html

Oladipo leads Indiana to a 2-0.

Victor Oladipo scored a career-high 21 points on Sunday to help Indiana beat Chattanooga 78-53.

 

Read article below:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/colleges/oladipo-scores-21-indiana-rolls-past-chattanooga-78-53/2011/11/13/gIQAJC5CJN_story.html

2012 College Basketball season tips off.

The 2012 college basketball season has began and a lot of DMV talent have performed well during this first weekend. Some of these athletes who had good debuts are:

Eric Atkins (Notre Dame) - vs Mississippi Valley State he posted 27 pts. 6 ast.

Harold Washington (Cansius) - vs James Madison he posted 23 pts. 5 stl.

Victor Oladipo (Indiana) - In 2 games Oladipo is averaging 18.5 ppg. 5.5 rpg.

Kendall Marshall (UNC) - In 2 games Marshall is avergaing 6 ppg. 10 apg.

Chris Braswell (Charlotte) - vs North Carolina Central he posted 19 pts. 12 reb.

Rodney McGruder (KState) - vs Charleston Soutern he posted 18 pts. 11 reb. 2 ast.

Thomas Robinson (Kansas) - vs Towson he posted 18 pts. 11 reb. 4 ast. 2stl.

Kris Joseph (Syracuse) - vs Fordham he posted 16 pts. 5 reb.

Javorn Farrell (UMass) - vs Elon he posted 13 pts. 3 ast.

Marcus Thorton (William & Mary) - vs Hampton he posted 13 pts. 3 ast. 2 reb.

Brandon Young ( DePaul) - vs Texas Pan American he posted 12 pts. 7 ast. 5 reb.

Jerian Grant (Notre Dame) - vs Mississippi Valley State he posted 11pts. 5 ast.

Cedrick Lindsay (Richmond) - vs American he posted 17 pts. 4 ast. 3 reb.

Rodney Glascow (VMI) - vs Citadel he posted 17 pts. 4 reb. 4 ast.

GW has two stars in Taylor and Kromah.

Lasan Kromah

All in all, "Colonials Invasion" was a terrific event that captured what it set out to do - enthusiastically kick off the 2011-2012 college basketball season in front of an eager and excited crowd. For George Washington men's basketball, this year's event has an even more significant meaning: it represents the beginning of the Mike Lonergan Era after a decade with Karl Hobbs at the helm. Lonergan inherits a stacked squad, with four of five starters returning, including preseason All-Atlantic 10 guard Tony Taylor, the Colonials leader last season in scoring, assists and steals.

But don't forget Guard Lasan Kromah is someone to keep tabs on. He returns from a foot injury that forced him to sit out last season. Kromah averaged 11.8 points, 3.4 rebounds, and 1.9 assists in 2009-2010.

Jerome Seagears wins Rutgers dunk contest.

Seagears, a 6-foot-1 guard from Silver Spring, Md., along with fellow freshmen Myles Mack and Eli Carter, bear the weight of the Rutgers backcourt after both its starters graduated.

Seagears showed glimpses of his big-play ability in the finals, converting on all three of his dunks and backing up Rice’s prediction in the process.

“It felt great when you really live up to what your coach thinks,”Seagears said. “And I’m the shortest one in the dunk contest. Did you think about that? Height doesn’t mean anything.”
Carter joined Seagears in the contest, capturing everyone in the audience’s

  attention, including Kyrie Irving, the No.1 overall pick in the 2011 NBA Draft and Carter’s close friend.

Syracuse's Joseph has worked hard over the summer.

Joseph, who was named to the preseason All Big East first team, used his summer to improve all aspects of his game. One of the biggest areas of improvement was his strength and conditioning with the goal of finishing better in traffic.

Read more: http://sujuiceonline.com/2011/10/21/kris-joseph-syracuse-basketball/

Duke shuts down injured freshman Quinn Cook

Quinn Cook a incoming freshman at Duke University has been prevented from playing with the team in their travels to China and Dubai.

Read article:

http://www.usatoday.com/sports/college/mensbasketball/acc/2011-08-09-Quinn-Cook-Duke-knee-injury_n.htm

Tywon Lawson signs with Lithuanian team Zalgiris

Tywon Lawson of the Denver has chosen to take his talents to Lithuanian due to the NBA lockout. Lawson was the starting point guard for the Nuggets this past season after Chauncey Billups was traded to the New York Knicks.

So check out this article:
http://www.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/entry/22748484/31329856

Kendall Marshall rises to the occasion for North Carolina

Marshall dished out a UNC freshman-record 16 assists in the Tar Heels' 89-69 win over the Seminoles. The win helped propel UNC back into the USA TODAY/ESPN Top 25 coaches poll, where the Tar Heels landed at No. 21 on Monday. .........

Read more: http://content.usatoday.com/communities/campusrivalry/post/2011/02/kendall-marshall-north-carolina-acc-barnes-williams/1

VA Tech's Jeff Allen has a great week within the ACC.

Virginia Tech’s forward Jeff Allen had an outstanding week. After averaged 19 points and 13 rebounds, the Hokies senior was named ACC Player of the Week.

His all-star performance came against Boston College when he had 25 points and 19 rebounds and 3 steals. Allen currently has a streak of four double-double games and has now surpassed 1,500 points at Virginia Tech.

Oliver Purnell and DePaul have found them a diamond in the rough.

Brandon Young is a 6'3 175 stellar freshman point guard. He is from Baltimore, MD, but attended Friendship Collegiate Academy in Washington DC.

Young was a special case among high school basketball players. He only had a few scholarships offers from mid major division 1 schools. Then he joined the Team Takeover AAU program in the summer of 2009. They were a Nike Elite team and attended a number of tournaments, but Young still flew under the radar. Then the premier event of the summer approached. It was the Nike Summer Peach Jam, and Young showed his true colors, performing with major division 1 talent. This tournament he did not go unnoticed. He received many offers from power conferences such as the Big Ten, ACC, and Big East.

As the summer ended Young gave a verbal to DePaul, but shortly after the coach who had recruited him was fired, he de-committed. Then a well known coach in Oliver Purnell was hired by DePaul to feel the coaching vacancy. Young soon recommitted to DePaul.

 Even that they are taking this as a rebuilding year, if has been great for Young to get his feet wet in Big East play. Young has received Big East rookie of the week honors once this season and plans to keep it going.

Young is averaging: 11.9 ppg 3.8 apg 2.8 rpg

Georgetown picks up 5th straight win in the Big East

Georgetown faced a tough team, in Louisville on Monday. Chris Wright came into this game after being held scoreless in their previous game. In the Big East matchup Wright not only showed his scoring capability, but showed his very equipped to lock down opponents on the defensive end.

He held Peyton Siva, who was last weeks Big East Player of the Week to 5 points on 1-5 shooting and 8 turnovers.

With leading scorer Austin Freeman contained and Jason Clark struggling, Wright scored 16 of his season-high 24 points in the second half to help the 13th-ranked Hoyas fend off Louisville. 62-59, and win their fifth straight Big East Conference game, extending their longest such streak in four years.

Their next game will be staurday vs Providence at 12pm on ESPN3

Chris Wright: 24 pts 5reb 3ast 1stl 2to

Austin Freeman: 13 pts 3reb 3ast 3stl 6to

Jason Clark: 2pts 5reb 1stl 1ast 3to

Erick Green sets his career high against Maryland.

Erick Green scored a career-high 24 points to lead the Virginia Tech Hokies to a 74-57 win over the Maryland Terrapins in an ACC clash at the Comcast Center.

Virginia Tech kept the pressure on in the second stanza, knocking down 14- of-25 shots from the field en route to the 17-point victory.

The Hokies were stifling on defense, limiting Maryland to just 35.7 percent shooting on the night

Erick Green is averaging 10.4 ppg 2.2 apg 2.2 rpg.

As a starter Green stats are higher, he averaging 13.3 ppg 3.0 apg 2.8 rpg

 

Read more: http://www.kansascity.com/2011/01/20/2598898/recap-maryland-vs-virginia-tech.html#ixzz1BmStJDE4

Hampton's Kwame Morgan catches fire against NC A&T

Hampton and North Carolina A&T matched up in a big time MEAC confrence game. The Pirates dominated most of the game, they led by as many as 11 points. With 56 seconds left the Aggies cut it to 3 points, but a big jumper by Kwame Morgan and 4 four clutch free throws helped seal the game.

The Pirates are now 4-1 in confrence.

Kwame Morgan had career highs of 36 points, five assists and four steals.

Morgan is averaging: 15.7 ppg  3.7 rpg  1.7 apg

 

NC A&T were led in scoring by Marc Hill with 16pts.



Marc Hill



Kris Joseph will not travel with Syracuse to Pittsburgh

The Orangemen head into Pitt tomorrow night for heavyweight battle in the Big East. They will be trying to match the schools best start with a record of 19-0.

They will have their hands full with Pittsburgh, especially considering that the Orangemen will be playing in a hostile enviroment. Pittsburgh is 50-1 at home since February of 2008.

Then Syracuse will be missing their leading scorer Kris Joseph, who is averaging 14.6 ppg. He will not travel because of a concussion he suffered Saturday night against Cincinnati. Joseph was a preseason selection for 1st team Big East all-confrence and one of 50 players selected for the John R. Wooden preseason list.

'Tough love' has A&M guard Naji Hibbert building his game

Naji Hibbert is a Baltimore product, that attended nationally ranked Dematha Catholic High School. Coming out of high school he was a top 100 player, he signed with Texas A&M and has taken on the role of being a solid role player for now. Coach Turgeon of A&M is on his case because he expects more out of him.

Read the article: http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/sports/college/texasam/7382465.html

Chris Braswell registers double-double in the 49ers first confrence win.

 The Charlotte 49ers won their first Alantic 10 game of the season Saturday, beating Fordham's Rams 71-61 at Halton Arena.

After trailing for much of the first half, Charlotte led 34-31 at halftime. The 49ers outrebounded Fordham 18-7 in the first half, getting five from Braswell (four of them defensive). The Rams' Gaston had three at halftime.


Chris Braswell had 10 points 10 rebounds.

K-States Samuels & McGruder have a big night against Texas Tech.

Rodney McGruder quietly scored 16 points and grabbed 15 rebounds against Texas Tech. He said he was happier about the high rebounding total than anything else that occurred on the court.

After the game, coach Frank Martin said McGruder strutted around the locker room, bragging about the accomplishment. He thought he deserved to.

“He has a heart the size of this building,” Martin said. “He takes an unbelievable amount of pride in doing what it is, what we ask him to do.”

Jamar Samuels overcame an injury for his 22-point, nine-rebound performance against Texas Tech. Samuels said he pulled a muscle in his chest while lifting weights, and has felt discomfort for the last few days.

“I wouldn’t wish this pain on my worst enemy,” Samuels said.
Martin said he told Samuels earlier this week that good players find ways to play through pain.

Morgan starts off confrence play 3-0

Dewayne Jackson has been the catalyst so far this season averagng 16.6 ppg. There last game he did not have his best performance against South Carolina State, but they edged out a victory. Jackson had 9 points and 10 rebounds.

This season Jackson has to be the primary scorer for the Bears to have success, he was a preseason all-conference selection. With so much pressure on his shoulders, his shooting percentages have gone down, especially from behind the 3 point line. Last year Jackson shot over 40% from behind the arc and now is shooting 26%.

Nevertheless he is expected to continue to shot the ball. Jackson stepped up big in almost all 3 of their games against Top 25 ranked opponents, averaging 20 points. 9pts vs. Syracuse, 22pts vs. Louisville, 29pts vs. Baylor.

Jackson as of now will likely be a candidate for player of the year in the MEAC conference. Their next game will be versus Delaware State in Delaware.