Temple’s Allen and St. Joseph’s Galloway nab weekly honors
Lavoy Allen was named Player-of-the-Week for the third time this season while Langston Galloway tied a record with his fifth Rookie-of-the-Week honor.
Allen registered a double-double as the Owls earned a 2-seed in this weekend’s conference tournament. The senior forward scored 14 points and grabbed 18 rebounds as Temple trimmed UMass in overtime 73-67. Allen followed that with a career-high 24 points and 11 boards as the Owls closed out the regular season with a win over Big 5 rival, La Salle 90-82. Allen shot 46.4 percent (13-28) for the week.
Galloway went 6-for-7 from behind the arc and scored a career-high 27 points, including the game-winner from the charity stripe, as the Hawks defeated the Charlotte 49ers to clinch a spot in the A10 tourney. Galloway averaged 18 points, 3.5 rebounds and 3 assists for the week. Galloway committed just one turnover in 71 minutes.
Weekly honor roll as compiled by Atlantic10.com.
Fordham’s Chris Gaston recorded his 16th and 17th double-double of the season as the Rams went 1-1 last week – he recorded 19 points and 14 rebounds in a win over UMass to help Fordham snap a 41-game A-10 losing streak…Richmond’s Kevin Anderson averaged 19.0 on 44.4 percent shooting as the Spiders went 2-0 and clinched the No. 3 seed in the A-10 Tournament…Tony Taylor led GW in scoring in both games of a 2-0 week – averaged 20.0 points and 4.5 assists for the Colonials…Andrew Nicholson went for 30 points on 12-of-14 shooting as the Bonnies ended the regular season with a win over Rhode Island…Aaric Murray averaged 18.5 points and 11.0 rebounds in a 1-1 week for La Salle…Tu Holloway averaged 14.5 points and 4.5 assists for Xavier who finished the regular season with two wins and the outright A-10 regular season title…Rhode Island’s Delroy James averaged 15.5 points, 8.5 rebounds, 2.0 assists, 2.0 blocks and 2.0 steals for the Rams…Mike McCall averaged a team-best 15.0 points in two games that saw Saint Louis go 1-1 last week…Duquesne’s T.J. McConnell flirted with a triple-double in a win over St. Bonaventure with 12 points, eight rebounds, nine assists and five steals…Chris Wright led Dayton in the final week of the regular season averaging 16.0 points and 7.5 rebounds.
2010-11 Atlantic 10 Conference Men’s Basketball All-Conference Teams
First Team
Lavoy Allen, Temple Sr. F
Kevin Anderson, Richmond Sr. G
Justin Harper, Richmond Sr. F
Tu Holloway, Xavier Jr. G
Andrew Nicholson, St. Bonaventure Jr. F
Second Team
Bill Clark, Duquesne Sr. F/G
Delroy James, Rhode Island Sr. F
Ramone Moore, Temple Jr. G
Damian Saunders, Duquesne Sr. F
Tony Taylor, George Washington Jr. G
Third Team
Juan Fernandez, Temple Jr. G
Anthony Gurley, Massachusetts Sr. G
Mark Lyons, Xavier So. G
Jamel McLean, Xavier Sr. F
Chris Wright, Dayton Sr. F
Honorable Mention
Kenny Frease, Xavier Jr. C
Chris Gaston, Fordham So.
Chris Johnson, Dayton Jr.
Scootie Randall, Temple Jr.
All-Defensive Team
Lavoy Allen, Temple Sr. F
Tu Holloway, Xavier Jr. G
Marquis Jones, Rhode Island Sr. G
Damian Saunders, Duquesne Sr. F
Kevin Smith, Richmond Sr. F
All-Rookie Team
Tyreek Duren, La Salle Fr. G
Dwayne Evans, Saint Louis Fr. F
Langston Galloway, Saint Joseph’s Fr. G
T.J. McConnell, Duquesne Fr. G
Juwan Staten, Dayton Fr. G
All-Academic Team Cl. Pos. Major
Brian Conklin, Saint Louis Jr. F Business Administration
Paul Eckerle, Saint Louis r-Jr. G Biology
Juan Fernandez, Temple Jr. G Broadcast Journalism
Will Martell, Rhode Island Sr. C Finance
Steve Weingarten, La Salle Sr. F History & American Studies
Player of the Year
Tu Holloway, Xavier
Rookie of the Year
T.J. McConnell, Duquesne
Defensive Player of the Year
Damian Saunders, Duquesne
Chris Daniels Most Improved Player of the Year
Scootie Randall, Temple
Sixth Man of the Year
Khalif Wyatt, Temple
Student-Athlete of the Year
Steve Weingarten, La Salle
Coach of the Year
Chris Mack, Xavier
2010 – 11 STANDINGS
| Conference | Overall | |||||
| W | L | PCT. | W | L | PCT. | |
| Xavier | 15 | 1 | .938 | 24 | 6 | .800 |
| Temple | 14 | 2 | .875 | 24 | 6 | .800 |
| Richmond | 13 | 3 | .812 | 24 | 7 | .774 |
| Duquesne | 10 | 6 | .625 | 18 | 11 | .621 |
| George Washington | 10 | 6 | .625 | 17 | 13 | .567 |
| Rhode Island | 9 | 7 | .562 | 18 | 12 | .600 |
| St. Bonaventure | 8 | 8 | .500 | 16 | 13 | .552 |
| Dayton | 7 | 9 | .438 | 19 | 12 | .613 |
| Massachusetts | 7 | 9 | .438 | 15 | 14 | .517 |
| La Salle | 6 | 10 | .375 | 14 | 17 | .452 |
| Saint Louis | 6 | 10 | .375 | 12 | 18 | .400 |
| Saint Joseph’s | 4 | 12 | .250 | 9 | 21 | .300 |
| Charlotte | 2 | 14 | .125 | 10 | 20 | .333 |
| Fordham | 1 | 15 | .062 | 7 | 21 | .250 |
Richmond 69 St. Joseph’s 54
Richmond’s Kevin Anderson scored 22 and dished 6 dimes to lead the Spiders. Justin Harper chipped in 16 points and 9 boards. Dan Geriot added 14 with Darien Brothers getting 10.
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Temple 73 UMass 67 OT
Lavoy Allen posted his fourth straight double-double and ninth of the season scoring 14 with 18 glass cleaners. Juan Fernandez led the Owls with 19.
UMass senior, Anthony Gurley led all scorers with 25,
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Richmond 68 Duquesne 56
Justin Harper notched a double-double with 16 and 12. Kevin Anderson also had 16 for UR.
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Temple 90 La Salle 82
Lavoy Allen dropped a career-high 24 pesos, and the Owls won for the 22nd consecutive time at the Liacouras Center.
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On Tap
2011 Atlantic 10 Men’s Basketball Championship
Tuesday, March 8
First Round – Campus Sites
#10 La Salle at #7 St. Bonaventure – 5:00 p.m. (CBS College Sports Network)
#12 Saint Joseph’s at #5 George Washington – 7:00 p.m. (CBS College Sports Network)
#11 Saint Louis at #6 Rhode Island – 7:00 p.m.
#9 Dayton at #8 Massachusetts – 9:00 p.m. (CBS College Sports Network)
Friday, March 11
Quarterfinals – Boardwalk Hall – Atlantic City, N.J.
Game 5 – #1 Xavier vs. #8/#9 winner – 12:00 p.m. (CBSC Syndication)*
Game 6 – #4 Duquesne vs. #5/#12 winner – 2:30 p.m. (CBSC Syndication)*
Game 7 – #2 Temple vs. #7/#10 winner – 6:30 p.m. (CBSC Syndication)*
Game 8 – #3 Richmond vs. #6/#11 winner – 9:00 p.m. (CBSC Syndication)*
Saturday, March 12
Semifinals – Boardwalk Hall – Atlantic City, N.J.
Game 9 – Game 5 winner vs. Game 6 winner – 1:00 p.m. (CBS College Sports Network)
Game 10 – Game 7 winner vs. Game 8 winner – 3:30 p.m. (CBS College Sports Network)
Sunday, March 14
Finals – Boardwalk Hall – Atlantic City, N.J.
Game 11 – Winner of Game 9 vs. Winner of Game 10 – 1:00 p.m. (CBS)
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What’s your thought on tonight’s 1st round matchup between Bona’s and LaSalle? Winner will have a tough game against Temple.
Chris – thanks for chiming in.
The Bonnies beat the Explorers 82-61 a month ago. The game wasn’t even that close. BUT, as we all know, single elimination can do strange things to players and teams. The Bonnies do have the experience of last year’s first round win over Duquesne. Nicholson had an other-worldly performance on Saturday. Don’t be surprised if he has a letdown this evening. BUT the Bonnies have shown that other guys can take over a game. Conger was a non-factor for much of the win over Rhode Island (Saturday).
Unfortunately, the student are on Spring break. The Reilly Center might not be as loud tonight.
Still waiting to see La Salle’s Aaric Murray put together a complete game.
As for Temple, we’ll leave that until later. 🙂
Do we have a pick for tonight?
Ah boy….tough to separate heart from head on this one. 🙂
Something tells me that while T.J. McConnell is rookie of the year this year – we are going to see his name under A-10 player of the year in the next 3 years. That good of a point guard and when you can influence a game like he does with his 3:1 assist to turnover ratio – he will be in the conversation soon.
No doubt it is going to be enjoyable watching McConnell watching over the next three years. But the A10 freshman class in general is more than worth watching.