GRIFFINS EDGE MEN'S BASKETBALL IN OVERTIME TO WIN FIRST GAME OF YEAR
Courtesy of Greg Gornick, Chestnut Hill College SID
Blauvelt, NY (1/5/07) As the game clock
expired in overtime; freshman guard Kevin Whaley
(York, Pa.) buried a three-point field goal from
the corner to land the Griffins their first win of the season. The
men's basketball team trailed by five, 37-32, at the break and
Dominican College tied the affair with the expiration of regulation
on a tip-in from junior forward Henry Elegar
(Bronx, NY). Whaley put the nail
in the College's first Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference
(CACC) basketball triumph with his buzzer beater that placed the
Griffins past Dominican College 84-83 this evening.
A pair of free throws from freshman guard Brandon
Williams (Philadelphia, Pa.) tied the
contest 81-81 with ten seconds remaining in overtime. A Griffin
foul placed junior guard Jonathan Guzman
(Rutherford, NJ) at the line for Dominican College
(6-6, 1-1). Guzman hit both, but sophomore guard
Bryant Lennon (Philadelphia, Pa.)
took the ball the length of the court in the final eight seconds
before finding Whaley for the game-winning basket.
Carrying the Griffins through a majority of the contest,
Williams and freshman forward Trenton
Davidheiser (Pottstown, Pa.) combined for
47 points, 12 rebounds, six assists, and two steals.
Davidheiser led all scorers with a career-high 26
points on 10-of-15 (66.7%) shooting; he also led the Griffins with
eight rebounds. Williams totaled 21 points on
7-of-9 shooting, while collecting four rebounds, and five assists.
Whaley finished with 11 points in his first
collegiate start, winning the game on his lone converted
three-point attempt. Sophomore forward Larz Jeter
(Philadelphia, Pa.) put it the hustle off the
bench for Chestnut Hill College (1-9, 1-1), finishing with 11
points, seven rebounds, two blocks, and a steal.
Guzman was the top scorer for the Chargers, finishing the
contest with 20 points. Junior guard Brandon Brock
(Newburgh, NY) totaled 17 while handing out six
assists and making three steals before fouling out in overtime.
Elegar led Dominican College on the boards
collecting nine, as junior guard James Mosser
(Stanley, VA) provided 13 points off the bench.
Dominican is back in action on Tuesday when they travel to
Wilmington University in CACC men's basketball action. Game
time is 8pm.