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.