Richland defeats Mass Bay in Men's DIII tourney
March 13, 2009
Game 3 - 6 p.m.
Richland College, Texas 67
Mass Bay Community College, Mass. 47
BOX SCORE
Gameline: Coming in deep with players off the bench, the Richland Thunderducks came out on top, defeating the Mass Bay Buccaneers 67-47 in the third game of the NJCAA Men's Division III Basketball tournament. Richland's defense kept Mass Bay scoreless for 10 minutes in the second half as they outscored Mass Bay by 17 points for the victory.
The action started off with an alley-oop from Richland's guard Antwan Mullins to Tony Bishop. Fueling off the energy from the starting play, the Thunderducks jumped out to a 14-7 lead with 15 minutes left in the half. With just under eight minutes left in the half, Thunderducks forward Bruce Kennedy converted a lay-up that pushed their lead to nine points. As the half came to a close, the Buccaneers pulled within three points after consecutive three-point shots, two from Tyrell Mosley and one from Jordan Moors. The half concluded with a Richland leading Mass Bay 37-34.
Opening the half with three free-throw shots, Richland managed to be the only team to score for the first six minutes. Richland's Tony Bishop broke the scoring drought when he scored a lay-up that put the Thunderducks up 42-34. Richland then began to pick up the pace and added 11 points to their lead pushing it to 19 with just under seven minutes left to play. Mass Bay continued to fight back with two back-to-back three-pointers by Jakeen Cobb and Tyrell Mosley. After turning the ball over and surrendering many offensive rebounds and second chance points to Richland, the Buccaneers found themselves down 20 points with less than a minute to play.
Richland College was led by Tony Bishop with 10 points and 7 rebounds. Mass Bay Community College was led by Jamal Swanson who scored 14 points and grabbed 7 rebounds.
Richland College, Texas (67)
Bruce Kennedy 3-4 1-2 7; Thedford Simmons 1-1 0-0 2; Deionta Mitchell 1-4 1-2 3; Antwan Mullins 3-9 1-2 7; C.J. Thompson 2-5 3-3 7; Chibuzo Elonu 4-5 1-2 9; Keith Wright 3-7 1-2 9; Tony Bishop 5-12 0-3 10; Duane Durley 2-3 0-0 4; Travis Turner 1-5 1-2 3; Giordan Cole 2-4 2-2 6. Total 27-59 11-22 67.
Mass Bay Community College, Mass. (47)
Paul Rose 1-1 0-1 2; Brendan Morais 1-2 0-2 2; Jakeen Cobb 1-4 0-2 3; Jordan Moors 3-6 0-0 9; Deshawn Gibbons 0-11 2-6 2; Mike Young 2-5 2-2 6; Tyrell Mosley 3-7 0-0 9; Jamal Swanson 5-14 3-6 14. Total 16-50 7-19 47.
2009 NJCAA Division III
Men's Basketball Championship
SUNY Delhi
Delhi, New York 13753
March 12, 13, 14, 2009
Floyd L. Maines Arena
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