Rio Grande News
Fri, Jan 20, 2012 - [Men's Basketball]
Rio Grande Sports Information
GEORGETOWN, Ky. - Jordan De Mercy scored a game-high 20 points to pace five players in double figures and lead No. 7 Georgetown College to an 88-57 win over the University of Rio Grande, Thursday night, in Mid-South Conference men's basketball action at Davis-Reid Alumni Gym. DeMercy, a transfer from Florida State, added a game-high 12 rebounds for the Tigers, who improved to 16-3 overall and 7-1 in league play.
Allan Thomas and Johonne Hamilton added 17 and 13 points, respectively, for Georgetown, while Maurice Pearson finished with 11 points and 10 rebounds in the winning effort. Garel Craig also had 10 points for the Tigers.
Rio Grande (10-9, 2-5) enjoyed a 6-4 lead just under five minutes into the game, but a three-pointer and dunk by DeMercy on consecutive Georgetown possessions kickstarted a 27-7 that produced a 31-13 lead for the Tigers with 4:42 remaining in the first half.
The RedStorm sliced the deficit to 12 late in the first half and drew to within 11, 44-33, following a layup by freshman guard Tykeim Moss (Columbus, OH) - who was making his season debut for head coach Ken French's team - with 15:04 left in the game, but the Tigers responded with a 14-5 run which pushed the lead to 20 points with just under 12 minutes remaining.
Rio Grande got no closer than 15 points - on three occasions - the rest of the way. Georgetown's biggest lead of the night was the game's final margin, which was the result of a game-ending 12-0 run by the Tigers over the final 3:22.
Junior center Dominick Haynes (Cleveland, OH) and sophomore guard Jermaine Warmack (Orange, NJ) had 11 points each to lead Rio Grande, while senior forward Shaun Gunnell (Columbus, OH) had a team-best eight rebounds.
Rio Grande shot just 34.4 percent from the field for the game (21-for-61) and was just 8-for-32 (25%) in the opening half. The RedStorm also committed 20 turnovers.
Georgetown survived 22 turnovers of its own by going 31-for-59 from the field (52.5%) and enjoying a 53-33 edge in rebounding.
Rio Grande returns to action on Saturday afternoon, traveling to Portsmouth to face arch-rival Shawnee State in another MSC contest. Tipoff is set for 4 p.m.
GEORGETOWN, Ky. - Jordan De Mercy scored a game-high 20 points to pace five players in double figures and lead No. 7 Georgetown College to an 88-57 win over the University of Rio Grande, Thursday night, in Mid-South Conference men's basketball action at Davis-Reid Alumni Gym. DeMercy, a transfer from Florida State, added a game-high 12 rebounds for the Tigers, who improved to 16-3 overall and 7-1 in league play.
Allan Thomas and Johonne Hamilton added 17 and 13 points, respectively, for Georgetown, while Maurice Pearson finished with 11 points and 10 rebounds in the winning effort. Garel Craig also had 10 points for the Tigers.
Rio Grande (10-9, 2-5) enjoyed a 6-4 lead just under five minutes into the game, but a three-pointer and dunk by DeMercy on consecutive Georgetown possessions kickstarted a 27-7 that produced a 31-13 lead for the Tigers with 4:42 remaining in the first half.
The RedStorm sliced the deficit to 12 late in the first half and drew to within 11, 44-33, following a layup by freshman guard Tykeim Moss (Columbus, OH) - who was making his season debut for head coach Ken French's team - with 15:04 left in the game, but the Tigers responded with a 14-5 run which pushed the lead to 20 points with just under 12 minutes remaining.
Rio Grande got no closer than 15 points - on three occasions - the rest of the way. Georgetown's biggest lead of the night was the game's final margin, which was the result of a game-ending 12-0 run by the Tigers over the final 3:22.
Junior center Dominick Haynes (Cleveland, OH) and sophomore guard Jermaine Warmack (Orange, NJ) had 11 points each to lead Rio Grande, while senior forward Shaun Gunnell (Columbus, OH) had a team-best eight rebounds.
Rio Grande shot just 34.4 percent from the field for the game (21-for-61) and was just 8-for-32 (25%) in the opening half. The RedStorm also committed 20 turnovers.
Georgetown survived 22 turnovers of its own by going 31-for-59 from the field (52.5%) and enjoying a 53-33 edge in rebounding.
Rio Grande returns to action on Saturday afternoon, traveling to Portsmouth to face arch-rival Shawnee State in another MSC contest. Tipoff is set for 4 p.m.
