Let's catch up on the Friday night action. Only 12 games to cover tonight.
UMass 80 (21-5, 8-4) VCU 75 (20-7, 8-4)
The Minutemen were down 67-62 with 7 minutes left. From there, the defense stiffened, holding VCU without a field goal (2 FTs) for 4 and a half minutes. During that time, UMass went on an 8-2 run to take the lead. A Trey Davis steal and layup was the ultimate game deciding basket. UMass went 6-6 at the line down the stretch. VCU had a chance to tie down 3 with 49 seconds left after a turnover, but a 3 pointer was missed.
Chaz Williams had a game high 20 for the Minutemen. Derrick Gordon had 16. Treveon Graham had 19, but on 19 field goal attempts, for VCU.
Iona 80 (18-8, 15-2) Rider 77 (13-13, 9-8)
The Gaels had a 14 point lead with 3:51 left, then saw most of it wiped out with a 13-2 run in just about 3 minutes. Anthony Myles of Rider had a chance at the tie but his shot was no good.
Florida Gulf Coast 75 (18-10, 12-3) Mercer 61 (21-7, 12-3)
The Time Shares beat the hell out of the Bears to split the season series and create a tie at the top of the Atlantic Sun. It would be nice to have a third meeting in the conference tournament. The Gaels have a 2 game conference lead with 3 games remaining.
Harvard 83 (21-4, 8-1) Penn 63 (6-16, 3-5)
Yale 82 (14-9, 8-1) Cornell 65 (2-21, 1-8)
Both of the Ivy co-leaders rolled in road action.
ATLANTIC SUN
Lipscomb 79 (13-14, 8-8) Northern Kentucky 66 (8-20, 4-12)
Kennesaw St 67 (6-22, 3-12) Stetson 63 (7-20, 5-10)
HORIZON
Wright State 65 (16-13, 8-6) Detroit 61 (13-16, 6-8)
Oakland 86 (11-18, 6-8) UIC 71 (5-23, 0-14)
IVY
Columbia 70 (16-10, 5-4) Brown 68 (13-10, 5-4)
Princeton 67 (15-7, 3-5) Dartmouth 57 (9-14, 2-7)
MAAC
Siena 67 (12-16, 8-9) Manhattan 63 (20-7, 13-5)
TOP POINTS
- 29 – Devin Cherry – Cornell
- 28 – Travis Bader – Oakland
- 23 – Alex Rosenberg – Columbia
- 21 – Meiko Lyles – Columbia
- 21 – Malcolm Smith – Lipscomb
- 20 – Sean Armand – Iona
- 20 – AJ English – Iona
- 20 – Sean Mcgonagill – Brown
- 20 – Chaz Williams – UMass
TOP REBOUNDS
- 13 – Jamail Jones – FGCU
- 12 – David Laury – Iona
- 12 – Evan Bruinsma – Detroit
- 10 – Spencer Weisz – Princeton
- 10 – Khion Sankey – Lipscomb
- 10 – Sampson Carter – UMass
TOP ASSISTS
- 10 – Siyani Chambers – Harvard
- 8 – Duke Mondy – Oakland
- 8 – Kelsey Barlow – UIC
TOP BLOCKS
- 6 – Cedric Kuakumensah – Brown