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Games of Interest - January 8

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More than one quarter of today’s games had margins of one or two points or went to OT (or both!)


Big Ten

None


Other RU opponents

Towson 86 Philadelphia 49 – pretty impressive considering the relative sizes of the cities


Other ranked teams

#19 West Virginia 68 Kansas 49 – Jayhawks 11-0 in OOC, 0-2 in B12


Also – A-10 night (and more)

Davidson 74 Fordham 62 – Fuller led 4 Wildcats in double figures with 18
George Washington 65 Duquesne 60 – Colonials overcame 8-point 1st quarter deficit
Massachusetts 62 St. Bonaventure 52 – closer than I would have guessed
Virginia Commonwealth 47 St. Joseph’s 40 – close except for 2nd quarter
Dayton 59 George Mason 55 – Wilmoth had 12 and 10 for the Flyers
St. Louis 77 La Salle 61 – Explorers not very good
Temple 61 Houston 58 – Owls have won 3 in a row, 4 of last 5
Fairleigh Dickinson 56 St. Francis (PA) 47 – Knights move to 2-1 in NEC

Here are all of the OT and close games:

Ball State 86 Bowling Green 80 OT – close until the OT
San Diego State 67 Wyoming 60 OT – both look like middling teams in Mountain West
Fresno State 84 New Mexico 81 OT – huge 4th quarter comeback by the Bulldogs to force OT
Holy Cross 57 Lafayette 56 – 1st 1-point game
UNLV 66 Boise State 65 – 2nd 1-point game
San Jose State 72 Nevada 70 OT – surprisingly close; 1st 2-point game
Colgate 76 Loyola (MD) 74 – 2nd 2-point game
Miami (OH) 66 Northern Illinois 64 – 3rd 2-point game
Central Michigan 73 Ohio 71 – 4th 2-point game
Incarnate Word 69 Northwestern State 67 OT – 5th 2-point game
Tulane 64 Tulsa 62 OT – 6th 2-point game
Oklahoma 77 Oklahoma State 75 – 7th 2-point game


B1G

Today: 0-0
Year to date: 122-33

Other RU opponents

Today: 1-0
Year to date: 72-68


There was no palindromic scores in 47 games played today. There have been 23 palindromic scores in 2,488 games so far this season. It’s been four days since the last palindromic score.
 
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Towson 86 Philadelphia 49 – pretty impressive considering the relative sizes of the cities
The school they played was Chestnut Hill College, it is Division II, I think there are only like 900 undergrads. The team names are the Griffins.
 
More than one quarter of today’s games had margins of one or two points or went to OT (or both!)


Four of those games were in the Mountain West tonight (three OT and a 1-pter, four of the five conference games played). Really something.
 
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