Jan. 16, 2013
Here is a quick look around Atlantic 10 men's basketball for Wednesday, Jan. 16, including capsules on tonight's five A-10 games.
ON TAP FOR WEDNESDAY(1/16)
RICHMOND Spiders (11-6, 1-1)
at No. 13/13 BUTLER Bulldogs (14-2, 2-0)
7:00 pm | Hinkle Fieldhouse | MyIndy-TV23/CBS 6.3
Series: Richmond leads 1-0
Gamenote: Richmond win the only previous meeting between the schools on a last-second lay-up in the opening round of the 2004 Fiesta Bowl Classic in Tucson, Ariz.
DAYTON Flyers (10-6, 0-2)
at LA SALLE Explorers (11-4, 1-1)
7:00 pm | Tom Gola Arena | FOX Sports Ohio
Series: Dayton leads 24-13
Gamenote: Excluding the 2010 meeting when the Explorers were playing without three injured seniors, the last six meetings have been decided by a total of 18 points.
TEMPLE Owls (11-4, 1-1)
at GEORGE WASHINGTON Colonials (7-8, 1-1)
7:00 pm | Smith Center | CSN Mid-Atlantic/Philly
Series: Temple leads 51-16
Gamenote: GW’s last beat the Owls, 84-72, at the Smith Center in 2007 on Carl Elliott’s triple-double - the only triple-double in Colonials’ history. The win was GW’s 300th at Smith Center.
FORDHAM Rams (5-12, 1-1)
at CHARLOTTE 49ers (14-2, 2-0)
7:30 pm | Halton Arena
Series: Charlotte leads 8-1
Gamenote: The 49ers have won eight of the nine previous meetings including four straight. The 49ers are 4-0 against Fordham in Halton Arena.
XAVIER Musketeers (9-6, 2-0)
at ST. BONAVENTURE Bonnies (7-8, 0-2)
8:00 pm | Reilly Center | CBS Sports Network
Series: Xavier leads 24-16
Gamenote: Tonight’s game is a rematch of last year’s Atlantic 10 Championship Final, won by SBU, 67-56. That Bona win snapped an 11- game losing streak to Xavier that dated back to 2003.
LISTEN IN
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AUDIO ARCHIVE
ON THE TUBE
Wednesday, January 16
Duquesne at Massachusetts* | 7:00 pm | CBS Sports Network
Saint Joseph’s at VCU* | 9:00 pm | CBS Sports Network
Thursday, January 17
Duquesne at Massachusetts* | 7:00 pm | CBS Sports Network
Saint Joseph’s at VCU* | 9:00 pm | CBS Sports Network
Saturday, January 19
St. Bonaventure at Temple* | 1:00 pm | CBS Sports Network
La Salle at Xavier* | 2:00 pm | TW Cable Sports (Ohio)
Penn at Saint Joseph’s (Palestra) | 5:00 pm | ESPNU
Gonzaga at Butler | 9:00 pm | ESPN
A-10 SCOOP
>>VCU cracked the AP poll this week to give the A-10 two teams ranked in both polls. Butler is No. 13 in both the AP Poll and Coaches’ Poll. In addition, the A-10 has four other teams that have received votes in the AP and ESPN/USA TODAY Coaches Polls. Saint Joseph’s, Saint Louis, Temple, and Xavier have all gotten votes in both polls. This week Temple continues to receive votes.
>>The Atlantic 10 has five teams in Jerry Palm’s (CBSSports.com) latest Bracketology. he lists Butler, Charlotte, Saint Louis, Temple and VCU. Joe Lunardi’s latest bracketology has three A-10 teams dancing. Butler, VCU, Temple are all in and Saint Louis is among his four teams listed as “first out.”
>>La Salle is 22-4 over its last 26 home games. The Explorers have won 15 of last 16 non-conference regular season games at Tom Gola Arena, with the only loss being Central Connecticut State this season. The Explorers are off to their best start at 10-3 since the 1989-90 team started 12-1.
>>Charlotte has already won 14 games, surpassing the win total for 2009-10 (10) and 2010-11 (13). The Niners are just five wins from topping the 2008-09 season and six wins from reaching 20 for the first time since 2007-08.
SUNDAY'S (1/13) RESULTS
MASSACHUSETTS 77, FORDHAM 73
NEW YORK (AP) - Chaz Williams scored 22 points as Massachusetts held off Fordham 77-73 Sunday in Atlantic 10 Conference action.
The Minutemen (11-4, 1-1), whose 70-62 loss Thursday at Saint Louis snapped their seven-game winning streak, took a double-digit lead with 7:21 left in the first half and led by 14 in the second.
But the Rams chipped away, getting within two points with 2 minutes left and again with 1:04 remaining. Freddie Riley hit a 3-pointer from the corner with 34 seconds to go and Massachusetts hit 5 of 6 free throws in the final 26 seconds to hold on.
Terrell Vinson added 19 points for the Minutemen, Trey Davis a career-high 12 and Riley 11. Cady Lalanne had 11 rebounds.
Branden Frazier had 21 points for Fordham (5-12, 1-1) and Chris Gaston added 20 points and 13 rebounds. Ryan Canty grabbed 13 boards as the Rams dominated the glass 55 -42.
