 Sunday, February 18, 2007
Hofstra 65- Holy Cross 64
We file into the court at Hofstra and the game is sold out! My dad almost had to scalp a ticket, but we were able to get him one. Holy Cross has been on a roll, they won 13 out of their last 14 and were the favorites. I was there with my cousins, a whole family of Hofstra alumni, my cousin Bob is the time keeper at Hofstra, so we are rooting hard for the home team.
Antoine Agudio scored 19 points for Hofstra, who had the lead most of the game and lead by 5 at the half. The game was pretty much controlled by Hofstra and Arminas Urbutis hit a 10-foot jumper to give Hofstra a 56-48 advantage with 8:50 to go. At this point it looked locked up. The last part of the game was controlled mostly by Holy Cross, but Holy Cross had poor shot clock management, letting the 35 second shot clock wind down too many times, sacrificeing 35 seconds for no points. Holy Cross then went on an 11-3 run to tie it 59-59 with 3:39 left.
Alex Vander Baan's tip-in with 1:35 remaining had given the Holy Cross a 64-63 lead. The natives were getting restless. My cousin says that Holy Cross never had the lead, and a Holy Cross alum in front of us reminds us that they did in the 1st half. (I think when it was like 5-4.) After Eric Meister missed two foul shots with 18 seconds on the clock, Carlos Rivera was fouled with 1.7 seconds on the clock. My cousin Bob’s son Brian and I were speculating that we may have some help with the clock if needed. Brian also told me that Carlos Rivera has an over 80% free throw percentage. Good news for Hofstra since he made them both, giving Hofstra a 65-64 lead! The crowd went wild as the Holy Cross jump shot at mid-court was short and Hofstra wins! What an exciting game.
Posted LIVE! by Steve from Long Island.
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