By Paul Casey Gotham Harper and Galloway earn weekly honors Justin Harper led the Richmond Spiders to a pair of conference triumphs and earned himself conference Player-of-the-Week honors. The senior averaged 21 points and 9 rebounds as the Spiders opened with a 69-65 victory over George Washington and finished the week beating St. Louis 64-52. Harper scored 22 against … [Read more...] about Atlantic 10 weekly bounce
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Xavier flexes muscles in victory over St. Bonaventure
By Paul Casey Gotham St. BONAVENTURE, N.Y. -- For twenty minutes, the St. Bonaventure faithful had reason to believe. But hope can prove itself to be a fleeting object. Tu Holloway tallied 22 second-half points as the Atlantic 10-leading Xavier Musketeers rallied for a convincing 79-65 victory over the St. Bonaventure Bonnies at the Reilly Center, Wednesday … [Read more...] about Xavier flexes muscles in victory over St. Bonaventure
11 hours of driving, 40:00 of hoops – Merry Christmas
It’s about 6:15 a.m. Saturday and my co-pilot, my brother-in-law, Roger, and I are about fifteen minutes south of Syracuse on Rte. 81. The Liacouras Center, home of the Temple Owls and our destination, looms four hours away. We have watched the temperature gauge on the dashboard drop from a, what seems now, balmy 21 degrees to 5. We continue on through the snow belt of Central … [Read more...] about 11 hours of driving, 40:00 of hoops – Merry Christmas