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Brookville, NY- The Philadelphia University
Rams (25-6, 14-2) saw their March madness come to an end with a
73-51 loss at the #2 nationally-ranked C.W. Post Pioneers (28-0,
18-0 ECC) in the first round of the NCAA East regional, at C.W.
Post University on Saturday night. The loss halted PhilaU's
nine-game win streak that spanned back to February
10th. Junior guard Russell
Frederick (Baltimore, MD/ Calvert Hall) led PhilaU with 14
points and three assists, while CWP's Jonathan Schmidt had a
game-high 25 points.
The Pioneers started off the match-up on an 11-0 run in the
first six minutes, until PhilaU junior forward Malcolm
Ingram (Philadelphia, PA/ Solebury Prep) scored four of
the Ram's six unanswered points to make it 11-6 at 12:02.
Ingram grabbed 10 points and 11 rebounds in the loss.
PhilaU senior guard Mike Dunn (Harrisburg, PA/
Central Dauphin) nailed a trey at 4:24 to make it 20-11, the first
good three-ball of the game. Junior forward Mike
Yocum (Dresher, PA/ Episcopal Academy) knocked down two at
the charity stripe to cut the Pioneer lead to 20-13. Dunn had
11 points (3-7 from beyond the arc) and Yocum finished with 10
points, four boards and two blocks on the night.
The Rams went into the half trailing 26-13. PhilaU shot
just 22% from the floor in the half, and 35% in the game.
The second half opened with Frederick dropping in his first
points of the night with a trey at the 19:00 mark, but the Pioneers
rallied 7-0 run to pull ahead 37-16. Frederick finished with
14 points and two boards.
The Rams cut the deficit to 14 on a Yocum jumper and Frederick
elevated to nail a trey in Schmidt's face at 8:19 to make it 50-38,
but that would be as close as PhilaU got.
CWP closed out the contest on a 23-13 run to seal the 73-51 NCAA
first round win and live another day. A bright spot for the
Ram's was senior guard Carroll Mitchell
(Baltimore, MD/ Towson Catholic), who finished out his four years
with a career-high six points in eight minutes.
