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By JOSH VERLIN Philahoops Staff Twitter: @jmverlin The Temple Owls clinched a share of the Atlantic 10 regular season title in their final home game of the year, letting the Massachusetts Minutemen storm back in the final minutes of regulation before mounting their own comeback, winning 90-88 in overtime. UMass (19-10, 8-7 A-10) scored the [...]
By AARON BRACY Philahoops Staff Twitter: @Aaron_Bracy Andrew Nicholson scored 32 points, including five in the second overtime, to lead St. Bonaventure to a 98-93 victory over Saint Joseph’s in a game that had more twists and turns than Lombard Street. The Hawks (19-12, 9-7 Atlantic 10) looked like they were going to secure a [...]
By JOE FEDOROWICZ Philahoops Staff Twitter: @joefedorowicz John Giannini finally got his 19th win. Coming off of two tough losses, La Salle traveled to Washington D.C. to face George Washington (13-15, 5-10 A-10). In their previous matchup this season, the Explorers shot 58 percent and made eight three pointers to coast to a 73-58 victory. [...]
By JOSH VERLIN Philahoops Staff Twitter: @jmverlin With just three days before the start of the Colonial Athletic Association tournament, the Drexel Dragons took a big hit when they found out that junior G/F Derrick Thomas would be unavailable for the whole event, placed on interim suspension by the school. According to the Philadelphia Inquirer, Thomas [...]
By JOSH VERLIN Philahoops Staff Twitter: @jmverlin It’s been nearly six years since Fran Dunphy was named the head coach at Temple, six full seasons that the former Penn coach has had to make his mark on one of the winningest programs in college basketball history. Still, it can take quite a few years for [...]
By JOSH VERLIN Philahoops Staff Twitter: @jmverlin Okay, so Drexel hasn’t always had the greatest time at the Colonial Athletic Association tournament held annually in Richmond, Va. The Dragons have just four wins there in their first 10 years in the league–two of which came back in 2003, Drexel’s only conference final appearance (a 70-62 [...]
By TIM MORGAN Philahoops Staff Twitter: @zcaptain36 Saint Joseph’s is currently on the outside looking in for a first-round bye in the Atlantic 10 tournament in Atlantic City. Luckily for the Hawks, the team right ahead of them is the same team they are playing on Wednesday, Saint Bonnaventure. “It’s an important game because we [...]
No, the Drexel Dragons aren’t playing in Friday’s first round, but there are four games going on with a number of talented young teams, so here’s a quick look at the action in Richmond:
