| |
1st |
2nd |
Final |
| Princeton (2-3) |
29 |
41 |
70 |
| Chaminade (2-2) |
34 |
40 |
74 |
|
|
| |
|
EA Sports Maui Invitational – Seventh Place Game
Lahaina Civic Center – Lahaina, HI |
Boxscore |
|
| |
| Keys to the Game |
| Key sequence |
Trailing by nine with under seven minutes to play, Lincoln Gunn responded with a three of his own. Following a turnover at the other end, Gunn fed Zach Finley for a layup. A Hayden Heiber jumpshot pushed the margin back to six, but Gunn got inside for a bucket, and after Finley blocked Rodrick Johnson’s layup attempt, the Tiger sophomore scored inside to make it 58-56. However, Princeton left Johnson wide open underneath for a dunk, and following a missed jumper by Gunn, Kussler scored on a post move to put the Tigers in a six-point deficit. When Finley couldn’t get his shot to fall, Johnson’s layup make it 64-56 with 2:12 remaining.
|
| Key sign it was over |
A Noah Savage three-pointer cut the Chaminade lead to three-points, but Heiber hit both free throws. Savage couldn’t find the range on another three, but Gunn grabbed the offensive board and stuck a three-pointer with 12 seconds left to make it a one-possession game. Again, Heiber was perfect at the line, so Finley’s layup only brought the Tigers within two with three ticks left. LaMarr Hunt was fouled with one second on the clock, and hit both free throws to ice the game.
|
| Key performance |
Four Chaminade starters scored 15 or more points, but Kolaric was particularly damaging to Princeton. The seven-footer tallied 15 points, 11 rebounds (all defensive), four assists, three blocks, and a steal, while playing 39 minutes of turnover-free basketball and fouling only once.
|
| Key statistic |
The Tigers attempted just two free throws for the game, getting just one point at the line. The Silverswords, by contrast, were 14 of 18 from the stripe.
|
|
| |
| |
| Notes
– Chaminade scored the first points of the contest 1:54 into the game, and led the rest of the way.
– Savage led all scorers with 20 points on 6-for-11 three-point shooting. Finley added 16, to go with a tournament single-game record seven blocks.
– The Tigers were on fire from the outside, draining 15 of 29 three-point attempts (51.7 percent). However, Princeton was just 12 of 28 (42.9 percent) inside the arc and was outscored 36-22 in the paint.
– The game was extremely well played, with 31 combined assists and just 11 total turnovers.
– Princeton returns to the mainland and will play host to Seton Hall on Wednesday, November 28, at 7:30 pm ET.
|
|
