Season Ends for Men's Basketball at Austin College Saturday
(Photo Courtesy of Joe Fausco, d3photography.com)
SHERMAN, Texas – The University of Dallas men's basketball team (10-15, 4-10 SCAC) fell at Austin College (14-10, 4-10 SCAC) on Saturday. The Crusaders poured 54 points in the second half, but could not erase a 10-point deficit at intermission.
In a 6-6 knotted game early through the first five minutes, the 'Roos swung a 15-6 point scoring run on the board to capture a nine-point edge (21-12) with just under halfway to go through the opening stanza. The advantage grew to as many as 14 for the home team, but Dallas had four points on field goals by junior Lorenzo Gonzalez (San Antonio, Texas) and sophomore Rory MacCallum (Golden, Colo.) to close the final 1:28 minutes.
A split at the free throw line by freshman Darrius Colven (Waco, Texas) cut the Crusaders' deficit to four points (43-39), as the guests went on a 15-9 run over the first six minutes of the second half.
Austin College got six points out of the next eight points to get the lead back to eight on a couple occasions, before reaching back towards a double-digit gap as Jeremy Swisher made a jumper. A few timely baskets, including treys by Alan Sullivan and Josh Dickerman kept the margin around the same for most of the half.
With 4:30 minutes in the game, UD gave one final effort to get the contest within four points (74-70) in the next two minutes. With 3:31 to go, senior Sean Bambace completed an old fashioned three-point play to cut things to 70-65. Gonzalez would tally the next five points and cut the Dallas deficit to the narrowest it would get with the second old fashioned three-point play in that span.
The Maroon and Gold withstood the run and kept Dallas from maintaining the momentum with four unanswered from Sullivan, which also was capped by a layup and free throw on a three-point play for the home side.
A jumper from Gonzalez ended a minute drought and kept UD within six. The margin could not be snipped under six the rest of the way. The native of San Antonio, Texas, scored the final 13 points for the Crusaders in the remaining 2:56 minutes. His trey with 12 seconds ended the scoring with 12 seconds. Sophomore Solomon Berezin (League City, Texas) swiped a steal with seven seconds but missed a three-pointer that would have made it a one possession contests.
INSIDE THE BOXSCORE
- Junior Tom Kaiser (Nashville, Tenn.) was a point shy of a career-best with 21, and did set a personal mark with 10 made field goals. Gonzalez utilized a 14-point second to accumulate 17. The point guard added to his career-season of 107 assists with seven to finish second in the SCAC regular season.
- Junior Michael Sarrat (Colleyville, Texas) and MacCallum rounded out the quartet with 13 and 10 points, respectively. Colvin and Gonzalez each grabbed seven rebounds and Sarrat added six.
- Both teams were nearly identical shooting from the floor. Dallas hit 45.8 percent compared to 44.8 percent for the 'Roos. Both team's struggled from downtown, hitting only two apiece. The Crusaders matched a season-low with their season-opener at Hendrix College.
- Dallas did enjoy a 44-30 edge from points in the paint and 18-11 edge in comparison on assists. Each squad turned the ball over 16 times.
- Sullivan had a game-high 23 points and 10 boards of a double-double to pace the Maroon and Gold. Stephen Igbinosa nearly missed one of his own with 13 points and nine boards. He also swatted eight of AC's 11 blocks.
- Rounding out the quintet of double figure performances included: Brian Baehl with 13, Josh Dickerman with 12, and Cedric Hudson with 10. Hudson was 8-for-13 at the free throw line and AC was 31-for-43 as a whole.
UP NEXT
Dallas has wrapped up the 2016 season.