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Wednesday, December 31, 2008
Rob Lowery stole the ball for a dunk to tie the game with 2 minutes 9 seconds to play, and Chris Johnson followed with a three-pointer to put Dayton ahead for good in its 66-62 defeat of visiting George Mason last night.
The Patriots (8-3) were making their first trip to University of Dayton Arena since the 2006 NCAA tournament, when they beat Michigan State and North Carolina on the way to the Final Four. They led for most of the second half last night, pulling to a five-point advantage on a three-pointer by Dre Smith with 4:41 left to play, but Dayton (12-1) went on an 11-2 run to steal the win.
Smith led the Patriots with a season-high 22 points and Cam Long added 15. Smith also had a career-high seven rebounds, but Mason was outrebounded 42-29, including 18 offensive rebounds by the Flyers that led to 23 second-chance points.
It was the 27th consecutive nonconference home win for the Flyers, who have not allowed any team to shoot better than 45 percent this season. The Patriots shot 42.6 percent (23 for 54).
Dayton was led by Lowery and Marcus Johnson, who had 13 points each.
ยท COPPIN STATE 59, GEORGE WASHINGTON 53: Tywain McKee led all scorers with 16 points to lift the Eagles over the Colonials in the seventh-place game of the Rainbow Classic in Honolulu.
The Eagles (2-10) snapped a 10-game losing streak while the Colonials (6-5) dropped their third straight game in Hawaii.
Damian Hollis and Noel Wilmore led George Washington with 14 points apiece and Travis King added 11.
Rob Diggs, the Colonials' leading scorer and rebounder, took only one shot and finished the game with no points and two rebounds. He did not play in the second half.
The Eagles led by 19 points on Harper's putback, which capped a 19-0 run with 1:14 left in the first half. Hollis hit a three-pointer on the Colonials' next possession to end a scoring drought of nearly nine minutes.
The Colonials struggled at the free throw line against the Eagles, going 4 of 14, after shooting just 30 percent in a 73-47 loss to tournament host Hawaii late Monday night. King led GW in that game with 10 points.
