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Feb. 9, 2004
Washington D.C. - Tee Trotter scored a game-high 26 points, including the game-winning basket with 4 seconds remaining to lift Maryland Eastern Shore to a 56-55 win over Howard University in a Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference men's game at Burr Gymnasium. After Mac Wilkinson (10 points, 8 rebounds) scored on a tip-in with 15 seconds remaining to give Howard (5-15 overall, 3-8 in the MEAC) a 55-54 lead, Trotter brought the right side of the court, made a crossover to the middle of the lane and flipped the ball over the outstretched hands of two Bison players. Louis Ford took the inbounds pass and pushed the ball up the floor, but failed to get off a shot before the buzzer sounded. "I started to call a time-out after they (Howard) scored," explained UMES Head Coach Thomas Trotter. "But the play was going to be designed to go to Tee anyway, so I decided to just let it flow. We have confidence he can make those plays." The Bison led 30-26 at intermission and opened their biggest lead of the game at 35-28 before the Hawks (5-15 overall, 4-8 in the MEAC) put together a run to take a 55-48 advantage. But Seye Aluko (18 points, 6 rebounds) scored 8 of the Bison's 10 points before Wilkinson's basket gave Howard the brief lead. The Hawks again got outstanding play from their frontline as Tim Parham recorded nine points, all in the second half, Javes Wiggins grabbed nine boards to go along with three points, and Didier Socka, who had five rebounds and four points. Two of which came on a high-flying dunk from just inside the foul line.
NEXT GAMES: UMES will host Savannah State in a rare non-conference game at 7:30 p.m. while Howard will try to get untracked when it travels to Baltimore, MD on Saturday, February 14 to take on the Bears of Morgan State
Portions of this story taken from www.bisonmainia.com |
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