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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE |
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February 20, 2007
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2007 Little East Conference Men’s Basketball Tournament
First Round Game |
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Providence, RI |
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1OT
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Final |
#8
Southern Maine (6-20)
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35
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30
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4
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69
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#1
Rhode Island College (22-3)
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30
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35
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7
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72
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STANKO’S OVERTIME THREE SENDS RIC TO LEC SEMIS
Anchormen to Host LEC Semifinals & Finals on Feb. 23-24 |
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Providence, RI—Top-seeded Rhode Island College
senior forward Brian Stanko (Swansea, MA) drilled a
three-pointer to snap a 69-69 tie with 1.6 seconds remaining in
overtime to lift the Anchormen past eighth-seeded Southern Maine,
72-69, in first round action of the 2007 Little East Conference
Men’s Basketball Tournament. |
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Rhode Island College will be the site for the semifinals and finals
of the LEC tourney on Friday, Feb. 23 and Saturday, Feb. 24 for the
first time in school history. Sixth-seeded UMass Boston will face
second-seeded Keene State at The Murray Center on Feb. 23 at 6 p.m.
The Anchormen will host fourth-seeded UMass Dartmouth at 8 p.m. The
finals will be played on Saturday, Feb. 24. Tip-off is TBA. |
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The Huskies put a scare into the battle-tested Anchormen, taking a
five point, 35-30, lead at halftime. Rhode Island College sophomore
guard Tirrell Hill (Bronx, NY) helped key a second-half
surge, which put the Anchormen up by 13 with 7:45 left to play in
regulation. The Huskies would not be denied as freshman forward
Greg Whitaker (Presque Isle, ME) ignited a comeback with a
three-pointer, and junior guard Josh Daniels (Everett, WA)
and junior forward Drew Coppenrath (Barnet, VT) each scored
five points, as USM stormed back to tie the game with 1:09
remaining. |
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RIC senior guard Kinsey Durgin (Greenwood, ME) and Daniels
traded a pair of free throws to force the extra session. |
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Stanko who had missed all seven of his field goal attempts in
regulation hit a jumper to put RIC up, 69-67, with 2:40 remaining in
overtime. USM sophomore guard Foster Oakley (Farmington, ME)
hit a baseline jumper to tie the game with 20 seconds remaining to
set up Stanko’s heroics. |
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