TOWSON, Md. If Goucher was planning a record-setting performance in the final game of the 2009-10 season against Catholic, the Gophers certainly would have picked a different record to break than the one they did tonight.
TOWSON, Md. Goucher's fate in tonight's Landmark Conference game against Moravian came down to two free-throw attempts by Micah Perry (Silver Spring, Md./Springbrook) with :00.2 showing on the clock. If he makes them both, the Gophers and Greyhounds are almost certainly headed for overtime tied at 51.
MADISON, N.J. Goucher made all four of its three-point field goal attempts in the first 5:52 of today's Landmark Conference game against Drew and that allowed the Gophers to jump in front, 13-2. The Gophers also held the Rangers to 12 points in the opening 20 minutes, an all-time low for points allowed in a half by a program in just its 20th year of existence.
KINGS POINT, N.Y. When Pat Bailey (Rockville, Md./Magruder) finished his layup tonight with 6:41 remaining in the first half, Goucher was down only five points to the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy.
TOWSON, Md. Goucher's gallant comeback couldn't quite make up for its wretched start in tonight's Landmark Conference game against Scranton in the Decker Sports & Recreation Center.
SELINSGROVE, Pa. Goucher would control its own destiny as far as making the Landmark Conference playoffs with a victory over Susquehanna today and the Gophers were down to the Crusaders only two points following a three-point basket by Dorian Green (Baltimore, Md./Cardinal Gibbons) with 4:09 remaining.
HUNTINGDON, Pa. One might have thought that Goucher's Tim Alexander (Hagerstown, Md./Williamsport) pounded the final nail in Juniata's coffin when he made a basket with 3:42 remaining that put the Gophers up 59-52 in tonight's Landmark Conference game against the Eagles.
PRINCETON, N.J. Goucher, which was going up against a Division I opponent for only the fourth time since men's basketball became an intercollegiate sport at the school, was held to an all-time low point total this afternoon by Princeton when the Tigers conquered head coach Leonard Trevino's Gophers, 88-35.
SCRANTON, Pa. Goucher turned to the three-point field goal a little more than usual today after spotting Scranton a 17-2 lead before today's Landmark Conference game against the Royals was even seven minutes old. While the Gophers were successful on exactly half of the 24 three-point tries they launched and were able to knock their deficit down to single digits in the second half, they still wound up taking a 75-64 hit to drop to 0-5 in the all-time series between the two schools.
BETHLEHEM, Pa. After losing twice in the Decker Sports & Recreation Center last weekend to fall below .500 in the Landmark Conference, it was important for Goucher to steal at least one win on the road this weekend. Mission accomplished: The Gophers picked off Moravian tonight, 65-45, giving them a victory over the Crusaders in Johnston Hall for the second year in a row.
TOWSON, Md. Goucher picked off the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy once on a neutral court during the 1999-2000 season and one time in Kings Point, N.Y., but entering today's Landmark Conference game in the Decker Sports & Recreation Center, the Gophers were 0-2 all-time against the Mariners at home.
TOWSON, Md. Goucher joined Catholic and Scranton in a three-way tie for second place in the Landmark Conference by turning back Juniata, 58-54, tonight in front of a crowd of 324 in the Decker Sports & Recreation Center.
TOWSON, Md. A three-point field goal by Micah Perry (Silver Spring, Md./Springbrook) with 8:24 remaining snapped a 51-51 tie and Goucher, which trailed Susquehanna by as many as nine points in the first half, went on to down the Crusaders, 70-64, tonight in the Decker Sports & Recreation Center.
ARLINGTON, Va. Goucher's five starters were outscored 58-29 by their counterparts from Rutgers-Newark in an 86-57 setback to the Scarlet Raiders in tonight's championship game of the Marymount Holiday Classic.
ARLINGTON, Va. Goucher avenged a 28-point loss to Marymount in December by downing the Saints, 59-58, tonight, earning a spot opposite Rutgers-Newark in tomorrow nights championship game of the Marymount Holiday Classic.
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. Only two points separated Goucher and Nova Southeastern following a basket by Micah Perry (Silver Spring, Md./Springbrook) of the Gophers with 1:09 left to play this afternoon. But the Sharks responded by scoring the final eight points of the contest to pull out a 68-58 victory over head coach Leonard Trevino's squad at the Cruzin Classic.
