Men's Basketball News
Slow Start for Argos Leads to Second Straight Conference Loss
January 5 - The NDNU men's basketball team could not overcome a slow start, dropping their second straight conference game to BYU Hawaii, 85-65. The Argos hit just one of their first eleven shots and found themselves down 17-2 with just under 12 minutes to play in the first. NDNU got their touch back, hitting five of their next ten shots, before a 9-0 Seasider run pushed the difference to 22 points. The half ended with BYU leading by 17 points, out shooting the Argos 53% to 29%. The Argos came out firing in the second, connecting on 61% of their field goals and whittling the Seasider lead to 11. BYU quickly built their margin back up to 21 points and ended the game with a 20 point victory. The Seasiders' shot 56% for the game and hit ten 3-pointers.
Ryan Cooper poured in a team season high 25 points and added five assists. Cooper made 8-13 shots from the field including two from behind the arc. Chris Clock tacked on 12 points while Chris Edwards finished with nine points and six boards off the bench. BYU Hawaii was led by four players in double figures, including 12 from Paul Peterson. Trenson Akana made all three of his 3-point attempts on his was to an 11 point performance. The Argos are off to Hawaii-Pacific for the final game of their first Hawaii trip of the season. BOX SCORE
NDNU Drops Conference
Opener in Hawaii
January 4 - The NDNU men's basketball team could not hold off BYU Hawaii in the Pacific West Conference opener, falling 71-62. The Argos started a little sluggish trailing 14-4 early in the contest, but quick 8-2 run over a three minute stretch cut the Seasiders' lead to four. BYU rebounded quickly, watching their lead swell to as many as twelve before NDNU rattled off six straight points. Eric Boyce and Chris Clock matched threes in the final minute and a free throw by the Seasiders pushed the margin to seven at the break. The Argos out rebounded BYU Hawaii by three in the half, but shot just 34% from the field. After the teams traded buckets to start the second, NDNU scored seven straight to cut the deficit back down to two. That would be as close as the Argos would get as BYU Hawaii kept their lead throughout the game to take the nine point victory. NDNU shot 46% in the second and committed only five turnovers, but were outscored 17-7 from the free throw line.
Chris Clock poured in a game high 18 points and hit four 3-pointers while Eric Bossom scored 11 of his 12 points in the second half. Ryan Cooper added seven points and a season high seven assists from the point guard position. Dan Bergeron once again put together a solid all-around game, finishing with six points, six boards, four assists, three steals and two blocks. The Seasiders were led by Lucas Alves's 14 points and six rebounds and Eric Boyce's 12 points. The two teams will square off again tomorrow night in Laie, Hawaii. BOX SCORE
Menlo Takes Nail Biter Over Argos
December 30 - The Notre Dame de Namur men’s basketball team could not hold off a late second half charge from Menlo College who prevailed 67-65 in tonight’s non-conference tilt. The Argos found themselves down early, trailing the Oaks 14-13 with 11 minutes remaining in the first half. They would finish the half strong, scoring the final six points and taking an eight point lead into the break. NDNU shot 43% from the field in the first half and knocked down three triples but where out rebounded 15-11 by Menlo. The Oaks whittled the lead down to two in the second before an 18-8 Argos run pushed the margin up to 12 with just over eight minutes to play. Four straight baskets by Menlo, including a three from Israel Torres sparked a 9-0 run and cut the NDNU lead to three. The Argos would respond and push their lead back up to seven before back-to-back Menlo threes made it a one point game with less than two minutes to play. With the Argos still clinging to a one point lead in the final seconds, Menlo guard Brandon Rogers drove right and knocked in the go-ahead lay-up with just 20 seconds left in the contest. NDNU got one final look at the basket with five seconds remaining but could not connect on the jumper. Menlo improved to 4-5 on the season, while the Argos dropped their third straight game to move to 5-4.
Eric Bossom led the Argos attack, pouring in a season high 18 points and adding six boards and four assists. Ryan Cooper knocked down four 3-pointers on his way to 14 points while Dan Bergeron tacked on 10 points and five assists. NDNU hit 8-18 from behind the arc, including 5-9 in the second half. The Oaks got a game high 26 points from Aaron Gentry who connected on 11 of 16 shot and grabbed seven rebounds. Bryon Wesley added 14 points, seven rebounds and four assists in 36 minutes. Menlo shot a blistering 59% from the field in the second half, including 6-10 from 3-point range. The Argos will start Pac West play next week as they travel to Hawaii for a pair of games against BYU Hawaii and one against Hawaii Pacific. BOX SCORE