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The Hoops National: February 13, 2010
February 13, 2010 9:20 am ET by The Robot


Big Games

Metro Atlantic: at Niagara 87, Siena 74
NIAG - 14-13 (7-8) [RPI: 172, State: 184] SIE - 21-5 (14-1) [RPI: 33, State: 50]
Star of the Game: Kashief Edwards 20 Pts (9-14 FG, 2-2 FT), 6 Reb, 3 Stl

Niagara Halts Siena, Nation's Longest Win Streak - NIAGARA UNIV., N.Y.-The Purple Eagles have been saying for the past few games that all they needed was one big win to get back on track. On Friday night, in front of a packed house and on national television, Niagara got that one win. And, boy, was it a big one. (via Niagara)

Ivy League: at Pennsylvania 79, Cornell 64
PENN - 4-15 (3-2) [RPI: 305, State: 288] CORN - 20-4 (6-1) [RPI: 47, State: 67]
Star of the Game: Jack Eggleston 24 Pts (8-12 FG, 4-5 FT)

Men's Basketball Upsets No. 22 Cornell 79-64 - The Quakers got a career-high 24 points from Jack Eggleston, including 15 in the second half as they took down defending Ivy Champion Cornell, 79-64 at the Palestra on Friday night. The Red and Blue shot a season-high 56 percent from the field, including 11-21 from downtown to clinch the upset over the 22nd ranked Big Red as the team virtually led from start to finish.(via Pennsylvania)
Other Games of Note

Big Sky: Montana 81, at Portland State 76
UMT - 18-7 (9-4) [RPI: 100, State: 82] POST - 10-14 (5-6) [RPI: 212, State: 194]
Star of the Game: Anthony Johnson 22 Pts (6-14 FG, 9-9 FT), 2 Stl

Griz continue winning, defeat Vikings 81-76 - Montana guards Anthony Johnson and Ryan Staudacher combined for 40 points as the Griz beat Portland St. Friday for their fifth straight win. (via Montana)

Big Sky: at Weber State 76, Northern Arizona 66
WEB - 16-8 (10-2) [RPI: 80, State: 91] NAU - 11-12 (5-7) [RPI: 187, State: 209]
Star of the Game: Damian Lillard 26 Pts (9-17 FG, 3-4 FT), 3 Stl

Wildcats "Steal" 76-66 Win Over Northern Arizona - Weber State recorded a Big Sky Conference high 16 steals, and turned them into 25 points, defeating Northern Arizona, 76-66, Friday night before 5,791 at the Dee Events Center in Ogden, Utah. The main culprit for the Wildcats was forward Franklin Session who had eight steals. That is a game-high best by an individual in the Big Sky Conference this season. Session turned two of this thefts into spectacular slam dunks which ignited both the crowd and his teammates. (via Weber State)

Atlantic Sun: at Campbell 69, Mercer 63
CAMP - 15-9 (10-5) [RPI: 198, State: 172] MERC - 12-13 (8-7) [RPI: 238, State: 222]
Star of the Game: Jonathan Rodriguez 24 Pts (9-15 FG, 6-6 FT), 7 Reb, 6 Ast, 2 Stl

Campbell defeats Mercer 69-63; moves into first place tie in A-Sun standings - Campbell closed the game on a 14-4 run and defeated Mercer 69-63 Friday night in men's basketball action at the Pope Center/Gore Arena. In a tightly-contested game where the final margin was the largest lead for either team, Jonathan Rodriguez scored 22 of his game-high 24 points in the second half for the Camels (15-9, 10-5), who moved into a tie for first place in the Atlantic Sun Conference standings with their third-straight win.(via Campbell)

Top Performances

Gold: Jonathan Rodriguez, Campbell - 24 Pts (9-15 FG, 6-6 FT), 7 Reb in 69-63 win vs. Mercer
Silver: Peter Sullivan, Brown - 23 Pts (4-5 FG, 14-16 FT), 11 Reb in 75-60 win vs. Dartmouth
Bronze: Anthony Johnson, Fairfield - 27 Pts (7-17 FG, 13-15 FT), 14 Reb in 79-75 win at Rider

Honorable mentions:
Damian Lillard, Weber State - 26 Pts (9-17 FG, 3-4 FT) in 76-66 win vs. Northern Arizona
Isiah Brown, East Tennessee State - 14 Pts (5-14 FG, 4-5 FT), 15 Reb in 66-45 win vs. Kennesaw State
Jack Eggleston, Pennsylvania - 24 Pts (8-12 FG, 4-5 FT) in 79-64 win vs. Cornell
Kashief Edwards, Niagara - 20 Pts (9-14 FG, 2-2 FT), 6 Reb in 87-74 win vs. Siena

Full Scoreboard

Atlantic Sun: MERC 63 @ CAMP 69 ... KENN 45 @ ETSU 66
Big Sky: NAU 66 @ WEB 76 ... NOCO 68 @ IDST 59 ... UMT 81 @ POST 76 ... MTST 69 @ EWU 74
Ivy League: CORN 64 @ PENN 79 ... DART 60 @ BRWN 75 ... HARV 82 @ YALE 79 (OT) ... COLU 45 @ PRIN 55
Metro Atlantic: FAIR 79 @ RID 75 (OT) ... MAR 56 @ CANI 71 ... MAN 66 @ IONA 60 ... SIE 74 @ NIAG 87

Today's State of the Other 24 (full list)

1. Northern Iowa 104.220 ... 2. Butler 101.734 ... 3. Rhode Island 96.405 ... 4. Xavier 94.703 ... 5. Temple 94.045 ... 6. Richmond 93.359 ... 7. Dayton 92.785 ... 8. Utah State 92.182 ... 9. Virginia Commonwealth 91.803 ... 10. Saint Mary's 91.230

Game! Of! The! Night!

Saint Mary's at Portland (West Coast)
Chiles Center - Portland, OR
9:00 EST



SMC - 21-4 (8-2) [RPI: 43 State: 46] SOS: 117 Last 10: 8-2 Form: WWWWL PF/PA: 80.6/66.9
PORT - 15-8 (6-3) [RPI: 91 State: 68] SOS: 130 Last 10: 7-3 Form: WWWLW PF/PA: 72.4/66.7

Players to watch:
Saint Mary's - #50 Omar Samhan Sr. C (21.6 ppg, 11.0 rpg, 1.2 apg)
Portland - #12 Robin Smeulders Sr. C (13.1 ppg, 6.7 rpg, 1.1 apg)

Gaels Visit Pilots in Pivotal WCC Contest on Saturday - The Portland Pilots host the Saint Mary's Gaels in a nationally televised West Coast Conference basketball contest on Saturday at the Chiles Center. Tip-off is scheduled for 6 p.m. on ESPN2 with Kevin Calabro and Mark Adams providing the commentary. Fan can catch the game on the radio on 95.5 The Game (KXTG-FM) or online at portlandpilots.com. Saturday's game will also feature a giveaway for a free trip for two to Las Vegas to catch the 2010 WCC Championships as well as an autograph zone with the team after the game. Saint Mary's (21-4, 8-2) is second in the WCC standings, while the Pilots (15-8, 6-3) are alone in third place. (via Portland)

Basketball State Preview/Box

#Pixelvision Picks (all times Eastern)
Xavier at Florida - 6:00 pm
West Coast: Saint Mary's at Portland - 9:00 pm

Today's Full Schedule (all times Eastern)

America East
Hartford 7-17 (5-6) at Boston University 13-12 (8-5) - 4:00 pm
Binghamton 11-15 (6-5) at Stony Brook 17-7 (9-2) - 7:00 pm
Albany 6-21 (1-11) at Maryland-Baltimore County 3-22 (2-10) - 7:00 pm

Atlantic 14
George Washington 12-10 (2-7) at Fordham 2-20 (0-10) - 1:00 pm
Richmond 19-6 (8-2) at Saint Bonaventure 10-12 (3-6) - 2:00 pm
Dayton 17-6 (6-3) at Saint Louis 15-8 (6-3) - 4:00 pm
Rhode Island 19-4 (7-3) at Temple 19-5 (7-2) - 4:00 pm

Atlantic Sun
Belmont 15-10 (10-5) at South Carolina-Upstate 5-19 (5-10) - 2:00 pm
Stetson 6-18 (4-12) at Jacksonville 14-10 (10-5) - 3:15 pm
Florida Gulf Coast 7-18 (4-12) at North Florida 11-14 (6-9) - 7:00 pm

Big Sky
Northern Colorado 20-5 (9-3) at Weber State 16-8 (10-2) - 9:00 pm
Northern Arizona 11-12 (5-7) at Idaho State 6-18 (3-9) - 9:05 pm
Montana State 12-12 (7-6) at Portland State 10-14 (5-6) - 10:05 pm

Big South
Presbyterian 4-21 (2-11) at Winthrop 13-10 (9-4) - 3:30 pm
Virginia Military Institute 9-15 (4-10) at North Carolina-Asheville 10-14 (8-6) - 4:30 pm
Charleston Southern 11-13 (6-8) at High Point 12-12 (7-6) - 6:00 pm
Liberty 12-13 (7-6) at Gardner-Webb 7-17 (4-10) - 7:00 pm
Coastal Carolina 21-5 (11-3) at Radford 14-10 (10-4) - 7:00 pm

Big West
Long Beach State 12-12 (6-5) at California-Santa Barbara 13-8 (8-3) - 7:00 pm
Cal Poly 8-15 (5-6) at California-Riverside 9-14 (3-8) - 8:00 pm
Cal State Fullerton 12-11 (6-5) at Cal State Northridge 9-15 (4-6) - 10:05 pm
California-Davis 10-13 (6-5) at California-Irvine 10-15 (3-8) - 10:05 pm

Colonial
Delaware 7-18 (3-11) at Drexel 14-12 (9-5) - 12:00 pm
George Mason 16-9 (11-3) at Old Dominion 19-7 (11-3) - 4:00 pm
Georgia State 10-16 (4-10) at Towson 6-18 (3-11) - 4:00 pm
Virginia Commonwealth 17-6 (9-5) at James Madison 10-15 (3-11) - 6:00 pm
Hofstra 13-13 (6-8) at North Carolina-Wilmington 8-17 (4-10) - 7:00 pm
Northeastern 17-8 (12-2) at William & Mary 17-7 (9-5) - 7:00 pm

Great West
Chicago State 7-19 (2-6) at North Dakota 5-17 (2-3) - 5:00 pm
Utah Valley 11-12 (4-3) at Texas-Pan American 3-23 (2-5) - 8:00 pm
New Jersey Tech 7-14 (2-2) at South Dakota 14-9 (5-1) - 9:00 pm

Horizon League
Butler 22-4 (15-0) at Cleveland State 13-12 (9-4) - 2:00 pm
Wisconsin-Milwaukee 13-12 (5-8) at Detroit 15-11 (7-7) - 3:05 pm
Wisconsin-Green Bay 17-9 (9-5) at Wright State 16-9 (9-5) - 7:00 pm
Valparaiso 13-14 (8-7) at Youngstown State 8-16 (2-12) - 7:05 pm
Illinois-Chicago 6-18 (2-12) at Loyola (Ill.) 13-11 (4-10) - 8:00 pm

Ivy League
Cornell 20-4 (6-1) at Princeton 14-5 (5-0) - 6:00 pm
Dartmouth 4-17 (0-7) at Yale 9-15 (3-4) - 7:00 pm
Harvard 16-5 (5-2) at Brown 8-16 (2-5) - 7:00 pm
Columbia 8-13 (2-5) at Pennsylvania 4-15 (3-2) - 7:00 pm

MEAC
Bethune-Cookman 14-10 (7-4) at Delaware State 12-9 (8-3) - 4:00 pm
South Carolina State 13-8 (8-3) at Coppin State 6-16 (1-10) - 4:00 pm
Florida A&M 5-18 (3-8) at Maryland-Eastern Shore 7-17 (5-6) - 4:00 pm
Winston-Salem State 8-13 (5-6) at Morgan State 18-7 (11-0) - 4:00 pm
North Carolina A&T 8-16 (4-7) at Howard 6-19 (5-6) - 4:00 pm
Norfolk State 5-17 (4-7) at Hampton 8-15 (5-6) - 6:00 pm

Mid-American
Kent State 18-7 (9-2) at Buffalo 13-9 (6-5) - 12:00 pm
Ball State 12-11 (6-5) at Northern Illinois 8-15 (4-7) - 4:00 pm

Missouri Valley
Northern Iowa 22-2 (13-1) at Bradley 12-12 (7-7) - 2:05 pm
Drake 11-15 (6-8) at Indiana State 14-11 (6-8) - 2:05 pm
Illinois State 17-8 (8-6) at Creighton 13-12 (8-6) - 3:05 pm
Evansville 7-17 (1-13) at Southern Illinois 13-11 (5-9) - 3:05 pm

Northeast
Robert Morris 17-9 (12-1) at Central Connecticut State 9-15 (6-7) - 1:00 pm
Long Island 10-14 (8-5) at Quinnipiac 17-7 (11-2) - 2:00 pm
Saint Francis (NY) 10-14 (7-6) at Sacred Heart 12-12 (5-8) - 3:30 pm
Saint Francis (PA) 8-16 (6-7) at Bryant 0-25 (0-13) - 3:30 pm
Wagner 4-22 (2-11) at Monmouth 10-15 (6-7) - 7:00 pm
Mount Saint Mary's 10-14 (7-6) at Fairleigh Dickinson 9-17 (8-5) - 7:30 pm

Ohio Valley
Murray State 23-3 (14-0) at Jacksonville State 11-13 (7-7) - 5:30 pm
Eastern Kentucky 18-8 (10-4) at Eastern Illinois 13-11 (7-7) - 7:00 pm
Austin Peay 14-11 (8-5) at Tennessee State 5-20 (2-11) - 8:30 pm
Tennessee-Martin 4-20 (1-13) at Tennessee Tech 12-13 (6-8) - 8:30 pm
Morehead State 17-8 (11-3) at Southeast Missouri 7-18 (3-11) - 8:45 pm

Patriot League
Holy Cross 7-17 (4-5) at Bucknell 10-15 (5-4) - 12:00 pm
Navy 12-12 (6-3) at Lafayette 14-10 (5-4) - 1:00 pm
American 7-17 (4-5) at Colgate 7-16 (3-6) - 2:00 pm
Army 13-10 (3-6) at Lehigh 15-9 (6-3) - 7:05 pm

Southern
Wofford 18-8 (10-3) at Samford 10-15 (4-9) - 3:00 pm
The Citadel 14-12 (7-6) at Elon 6-18 (4-9) - 6:00 pm
Georgia Southern 6-19 (3-9) at Appalachian State 15-10 (9-4) - 7:00 pm
Davidson 12-12 (7-5) at Western Carolina 18-7 (8-5) - 7:00 pm
Furman 11-13 (5-8) at Chattanooga 13-13 (5-8) - 7:30 pm

Southland
Central Arkansas 8-16 (2-8) at Northwestern State 7-15 (2-7) - 3:00 pm
Nicholls State 7-16 (3-7) at Southeastern Louisiana 13-9 (5-4) - 4:00 pm
Lamar 14-11 (5-4) at Texas State 11-13 (5-5) - 5:00 pm
McNeese State 8-15 (3-6) at Stephen F. Austin 18-6 (7-3) - 7:00 pm
Texas A&M-Corpus Christi 13-10 (7-2) at Sam Houston State 17-5 (9-0) - 8:00 pm
Texas-Arlington 13-9 (5-4) at Texas-San Antonio 13-9 (3-6) - 8:00 pm

Badlands
IUPUI 18-8 (11-2) at Oral Roberts 14-12 (9-5) - 8:05 pm
Oakland 19-8 (13-1) at Missouri-Kansas City 11-13 (5-8) - 8:05 pm
Western Illinois 10-14 (3-10) at Centenary 8-17 (3-11) - 8:30 pm
North Dakota State 9-14 (6-7) at South Dakota State 13-11 (9-4) - 8:30 pm
IUPU-Fort Wayne 11-13 (6-8) at Southern Utah 6-18 (2-11) - 9:30 pm

Sun Belt
Western Kentucky 14-12 (7-6) at Arkansas-Little Rock 7-17 (3-10) - 8:00 pm
Denver 14-10 (7-6) at North Texas 16-8 (9-5) - 8:00 pm
Florida International 7-20 (4-10) at Troy 13-11 (8-5) - 8:00 pm
Louisiana-Lafayette 11-13 (8-5) at South Alabama 14-12 (6-8) - 8:05 pm

SWAC
Arkansas-Pine Bluff 8-14 (8-3) at Southern 4-19 (2-9) - 5:00 pm
Mississippi Valley State 6-18 (5-6) at Alcorn State 0-24 (0-11) - 5:30 pm
Grambling State 6-13 (4-7) at Texas Southern 11-11 (7-3) - 5:30 pm
Alabama State 9-13 (6-5) at Alabama A&M 8-11 (5-6) - 7:00 pm
Jackson State 12-11 (10-1) at Prairie View A&M 12-9 (7-3) - 8:30 pm

West Coast
Saint Mary's 21-4 (8-2) at Portland 15-8 (6-3) - 9:00 pm
San Diego 9-17 (2-8) at Gonzaga 20-4 (8-1) - 10:00 pm
Loyola Marymount 13-12 (4-5) at San Francisco 10-15 (5-5) - 10:00 pm
Pepperdine 7-18 (3-6) at Santa Clara 10-17 (2-8) - 10:00 pm

Western Athletic
Hawaii 9-14 (2-8) at Louisiana Tech 19-5 (7-3) - 9:00 pm
Utah State 19-6 (9-2) at San Jose State 12-11 (5-6) - 10:00 pm
Idaho 10-12 (3-8) at Fresno State 13-12 (6-5) - 10:00 pm
Boise State 11-13 (2-9) at Nevada 14-9 (6-4) - 10:05 pm

Other
Pacific 15-8 (8-3) at Cal State Bakersfield 6-17 (0-0) - 3:00 pm
Sacramento State 9-16 (3-9) at Seattle 11-13 (0-0) - 4:00 pm
Xavier 16-7 (8-2) at Florida 17-7 (6-4) - 6:00 pm
Longwood 9-16 (0-0) at North Carolina Central 6-20 (0-0) - 7:00 pm
Houston Baptist 6-17 (5-2) at Middle Tennessee 15-11 (10-4) - 8:00 pm