February 14, 2009
Washington uses big run to dent top-seed hopes
CHESTERTOWN, Md. – Andrew Chambers recorded 15 points to lead Washington (Md.) to a 74-57 victory over McDaniel in Centennial Conference (CC) men’s basketball action on Saturday.
Josh McKay (Baltimore, Md./Eastern Tech) netted 17
points to lead the Green Terror (17-6, 12-4 CC), who fell two games
behind Franklin & Marshall in the race for the top spot in the
CC and will need to win both of its remaining games and an 0-2
finish by the Diplomats to have a chance to host the conference
championship.
Sal Schittino added 13 points for the Shoremen
(11-12, 8-8 CC), who defeated McDaniel for the 16th
consecutive time in Chestertown – a stretch that dates back
to an 84-80 overtime win by the Green Terror in 1982.
With his team trailing 24-23, Alan Kines hit a
pair of free throws with 4:19 remaining in the first half to spark
a 14-5 run to the intermission.
Todd Green, who finished with 10 points, hit a
layup on a Kevin Breslin steal-and-dish 16 seconds
after the Kines free throws.
Two Tim Kohlrus charity tosses and a Chambers
3-pointers capped a 9-0 burst before McKay broke up the stretch
with a layup.
A Chad Arrington (Randallstown, Md./Randallstown)
basket-and-foul with 41 seconds left trimmed the deficit to 34-29
but Breslin hit a triple in the final 10 seconds of the half to
push the lead back to eight.
After Michael Jarboe (Monrovia, Md./Urbana) capped
a 6-0 burst that pulled the Green Terror within 43-42 at the 14:01
mark, Adam Naymick nailed a pair from the line to
stretch the lead back to three.
A McKay layup trimmed the deficit to one on the next McDaniel
possession but Schittino canned a trey with 12:57 to play, igniting
a 22-2 run over the next 6:30 to open up a 21-point advantage with
6:27 on the clock.
Schittino recorded 11 of his points during the game-clinching
stretch.
Arrington finished with 11 points for McDaniel, which will end the
season no worse than second in the CC standings - its best finish
since the inception of the conference in 1994.
The Green Terror returns to action at Johns Hopkins on Wednesday.
Game time is 8 p.m.
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