Hawks fall to Houston
MU story for Sunday..from combination of MU web site, Houston web site, Assoc. Press, and talking to Dave:
Plagued by 27 turnovers and a critical late dry spell the Monmouth University men's basketball team fell to Houston Saturday, 89-80, in a non-conference game before 3,615 fans at the Hofheinz Pavilion.
The Hawks (1-3) wasted the first career double double of senior Dejan Delic who scored a career high 33 points, and a double double of 15 points and 10 rebounds by senior Marques Alston.
After Monmouth sophomore guard Michael Shipman (nine points, six assists, eight turnovers), made two free throws to bring the Hawks within 79-77 with 5:29 remaining, Monmouth failed to score on its next five possessions with three turnovers and two missed layups.
Senior Oliver Lafayette of Houston (2-0), who scored 29 points, made it 81-77 with two foul shots with 2:17 left to play.
Delic drained his sixth three-pointer to make it 83-80 with 1:18 left, before Houston's Jahmar Thorpe threw down a fast break dunk and Monmouth did not score again.
"We got five stops (when it was 79-77) and couldn't take advantage,'' said Dave Calloway, Monmouth coach. ""You're not going to win many basketball games with 27 turnovers .
""They didn't force 27 turnovers. It comes down to toughness and we weren't tough enough.''
Houston scored 28 points off the Monmouth turnovers, a problem that has hurt the Hawks this season. Monmouth had 25 turnovers last weekend in a loss to Clemson.
Calloway took little solace from his team's highest point total of the season. ""Right now we're 1-3 so it's kind of hard to look at the positives,'' Calloway said.
Monmouth rookie Jhamar Youngblood added 12 points, while 7-2 center John Bunch added seven points, a career-best tying 11 rebounds, and four blocks.
Monmouth trailed by as many as 13 points in the first half and 12 in the second half, but tied the contest at 64-64 with 11:03 left, as Youngblood dropped in a layup.
Delic kept the Hawks close, scoring nine straight points as Monmouth trailed 74-73 with 7:01 remaining.
Monmouth visits Texas A&M-Corpus Christi (1-0) 8 p.m. Monday.
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Plagued by 27 turnovers and a critical late dry spell the Monmouth University men's basketball team fell to Houston Saturday, 89-80, in a non-conference game before 3,615 fans at the Hofheinz Pavilion.
The Hawks (1-3) wasted the first career double double of senior Dejan Delic who scored a career high 33 points, and a double double of 15 points and 10 rebounds by senior Marques Alston.
After Monmouth sophomore guard Michael Shipman (nine points, six assists, eight turnovers), made two free throws to bring the Hawks within 79-77 with 5:29 remaining, Monmouth failed to score on its next five possessions with three turnovers and two missed layups.
Senior Oliver Lafayette of Houston (2-0), who scored 29 points, made it 81-77 with two foul shots with 2:17 left to play.
Delic drained his sixth three-pointer to make it 83-80 with 1:18 left, before Houston's Jahmar Thorpe threw down a fast break dunk and Monmouth did not score again.
"We got five stops (when it was 79-77) and couldn't take advantage,'' said Dave Calloway, Monmouth coach. ""You're not going to win many basketball games with 27 turnovers .
""They didn't force 27 turnovers. It comes down to toughness and we weren't tough enough.''
Houston scored 28 points off the Monmouth turnovers, a problem that has hurt the Hawks this season. Monmouth had 25 turnovers last weekend in a loss to Clemson.
Calloway took little solace from his team's highest point total of the season. ""Right now we're 1-3 so it's kind of hard to look at the positives,'' Calloway said.
Monmouth rookie Jhamar Youngblood added 12 points, while 7-2 center John Bunch added seven points, a career-best tying 11 rebounds, and four blocks.
Monmouth trailed by as many as 13 points in the first half and 12 in the second half, but tied the contest at 64-64 with 11:03 left, as Youngblood dropped in a layup.
Delic kept the Hawks close, scoring nine straight points as Monmouth trailed 74-73 with 7:01 remaining.
Monmouth visits Texas A&M-Corpus Christi (1-0) 8 p.m. Monday.
e-mail tonygsports@aol.com
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