Eastern Michigan Athletics
Friday, December 8
Berkeley, Calif.
5 p.m.
Eastern Michigan University
76
vs
78
San Diego #
Eagles Fall in Final Seconds
12/8/2006 10:17:37 PM | Men's Basketball
Box score.
BERKELEY, Calif. – Two free-throws with :06 seconds on the clock was the difference as the Eastern Michigan University men’s basketball team fell 78-76 to the University of San Diego, Friday evening in the opening round of action of the Golden Bear Classic here at the Haas Pavilion. EMU will be in action again tomorrow, Dec. 9, at 8 p.m. EST and will face Chicago State University, who lost to host University of California Berkeley, 75-51, in the nightcap.
BERKELEY, Calif. – Two free-throws with :06 seconds on the clock was the difference as the Eastern Michigan University men’s basketball team fell 78-76 to the University of San Diego, Friday evening in the opening round of action of the Golden Bear Classic here at the Haas Pavilion. EMU will be in action again tomorrow, Dec. 9, at 8 p.m. EST and will face Chicago State University, who lost to host University of California Berkeley, 75-51, in the nightcap.
With the loss EMU falls to 1-6, while the Toreros improve to 5-4 and have won three straight.
The Eagles trailed by three, 75-72 with 1:36 left. The Toreros missed two free-throws before sophomore Carlos Medlock connected on a three-pointer to knot the game at 75-75 with :13 second left. However, an EMU foul with :06 seconds remaining led to two USD points. Medlock raced the length of the court for a last second shot that didn’t fall.
Freshman Brandon Bowdry scored a career-high 19 points, with Medlock adding 12. Freshman Devon Dumes scored all 10 of his points in the second half to help EMU erase a 19 point deficit. USD’s Ross DeRogatis led all-scores with 28 points, including seven three-pointers.
The teams traded baskets to open the game to deadlock the score 6-6 with 18:03 in the half. The Toreros pulled away on an 18-2 run, which included three three-pointers by DeRogatis, putting the Eagles down 24-8 with 12:04 on the clock. EMU responded with an 11-4 run cutting the lead to 28-19 with 7:38 to play. USD used sharp three-point shooting to expand its lead to 19, 42-23 at the 3:29 mark. However, the Eagles used a 13-2 run to close the half and shrink the lead to nine, 44-35 at the break.
USD shot 60.7 percent (17-of-28) from the field and hit seven first half threes, including four by DeRogatis to lead all scores with 14. The Eagles knocked down 7-of-7 free-throw attempts with five from Bowdry, who led EMU with 11 first-half points.
The Eagles continued their run into the second half, tying the game at 50-50 with 12:59 to go. USD would not relinquish the lead as they ran off the next seven points, but Eastern would not quit as it tied the game 75-75 with :13 seconds left but never led in the second half.
Today’s game marked the return of EMU second-year head coach Charles E. Ramsey to Cal, where Ramsey served as an assistant coach from 1996-2001, under EMU Hall-of-Famer and current Golden Bear head coach Ben Braun.
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