Cedarville shoots down Mount Vernon Nazarene

Cedarville, OH (02-15-2010): Senior forward Ricardo Alliman continued his rebounding assault last night when he nabbed 16 more rebounds to push his season total to 1, 022 while adding 11 points and five blocks in Cedarville University's 92-79 win over Mount Vernon Nazarene University.

The story of the game, however, was the long range shooting of both teams, as they combined for 24 three-pointers. Cedarville connected on 9-of-17 attempts in the first half to take a 52-38 halftime lead then buried 5-of-9 in the second half to help keep Mount Vernon Nazarene at bay.

The victory was the ninth in a row in the American Mideast Conference for the winners who are now 11-2 in the AMC and 19-8 overall.

Tulsa falls at home to Memphis

Tulsa, OK (02-15-2010): University of Memphis, the last team to beat University of Tulsa at home over a year ago, repeated the feat again last night as they snapped Tulsa's 23-game home winning streak with a 93-86 victory in a Conference USA clash.

Center Jerome Jordan went 6-of-12 from the field and 7-of-9 from the free throw line for 19 points as Tulsa fell to 8-2 in conference play and 19-5 overall. Jordan also added six rebounds and five blocked shots.

The game was dubbed "HOOPS FOR HAITI" night and first 5,000 fans received a White Tulsa Basketball T-shirt while cash donations were collected to benefit the Haiti Relief Fund.

Rutgers shocks No. 8 Georgetown 71-68

Piscataway, NJ (02-15-2010): Rutgers University somehow managed orchestrate a 71-68 upset victory over No. 8 Georgetown University on Sunday afternoon in a Big East contest. Georgetown was the second-highest-ranked opponent ever defeated by Rutgers after a 74-64 win over then No. 6-ranked West Virginia in February 1982.

National player Mike Coburn provided effective point guard play finishing the game with three points and three assists, and no turnovers. Rutgers, on the other hand, established an 18-8 advantage in points-off-turnovers as they won for the fourth time in five games.



Contributed by Leonard Whyte - Jamaica Basketball Development Inc.