Box Score LAHAINA, HI – The Swords took on the hot-shooting Hoyas of Georgetown and fell 88-61 in the second round of the 2011 EA Sports Maui Invitational.
Chaminade junior
Bennie Murray (Fairfield, CA/ Will C. Wood) who was held to five points in the opening contest, surpassed that total within five minutes of action knocking down two three's, the second trifecta tying the score at 11-11. Fellow junior,
Waly Coulibaly (Bamako, Mali/Patterson Prep) again led the way for CUH with thirteen first-half points, knocking down three three's in the opening twenty minutes.
Georgetown had some impressive shooting of their own, connecting on 7-12 three point attempts in the opening half, with Jason Clark going 4-4 in the first twenty minutes. The Hoyas led 45-33 at the break.
The Swords and Hoyas traded baskets early in the second half, with Georgetown leading by 18 (71-53) with 8:05 left after a three by junior
Dominique Cooks (Wollongong, AUS/ Holy Spirit College). Georgetown went on a 13-1 run to finish CUH off, leading 84-54 with 3:21 remaining.
Senior
Rickey Clayborn (Chicago, IL/ E. Chicago finished with 7 points and 3 rebounds in 20 minutes of action, while point guard
Lee Bailey (Detroit, MI/Detroit Country Day) had another solid performance with 7 points, 7 assists and 2 steals.
The Swords lost the battle of the glass 38-19. CUH shot better from the arc in today's contest, going 8-23 for the game (35%). The Swords shot 43% from the floor on the game while Georgetown shot 58%.
Coach Bovaird commented on the overall experience of the 2011 EA Sports Maui Invitational: “This is incredible. You know, our ultimate goal, we want to get into our national tournament. And we want to, we want to advance into that and we want to win a national championship some day at the division two level. This is an incredible opportunity to see where we have weaknesses. We really haven't been tested truly yet. We played Tahiti and Western Oregon and Saint Martin's and had 15, 20 point victories and so forth. So when we get back, we'll take a day off and we'll gather and we will evaluate all three games where we made mistakes. So this is -- this is an awesome opportunity. I think every division two team wished they had the opportunity to do this. And we're going to learn a lot. We're going to learn a lot. We're going to analyze the teams really closely, and it's going to make us a lot better team.”
Jason Clark led Georgetown with 28 points, going 6-7 from three.
Chaminade's next opponent is Tennessee. The Swords will play the Volunteers at 9:30 AM HT at the Lahaina Civic Center. The game will be televised live on ESPNU.
The Swords fall to 2-2 with the loss, while Georgetown improves to 3-1.
