Tourneys Begin, Brits in the NCAA Recap 04/03/10

8 brits in action last night, including some who’s conference tournament began, read on…

Ben Daniels (6′6, 190lbs, G, Freshman, Manchester) Houston Baptist Huskies
Houston Baptist kept its Great West Conference title hopes alive with a 91-81 victory over North Dakota. Ben Daniels got 1 minute, missing his only three point field goal attempt to go scoreless.

The Huskies are 10-19 (9-2 Great West).

Devan Bailey (6′2, 180lbs, G, Freshman, Helsby) Central Connecticut State Blue Devils
Defending champion Robert Morris beat Central Connecticut State 71-63 in the quarterfinals of the Northeast Conference tournament on Thursday night ending their season. Devan Bailey was relegated to the bench in this one and didn’t respond, finishing scoreless in 14 minutes of action but adding 2 assists and a blocked shot.

CCSU finished 12-18 (9-9 NEC).

Eric Boateng (6′10, 245lbs, C, Senior, London) Arizona State Sun Devils
Arizona State held on to beat USC 59-54 on Thursday night thanks to a pair of free throws with 14.6 seconds remaining. Eric Boateng finished with 5 points (2/3 from the field, 1/2 at the line), 9 rebounds and 2 blocked shots in 32 minutes.

The Sun Devils are now 21-9 (11-6 Pac-10).

Hugh Barnett (6′9, 265lbs, F/C, Senior, London) Arkansas Pine-Bluff Golden Lions
Arkansas-Pine Bluff went to the free-throw line 39 times Thursday as the Golden Lions beat Mississippi Valley State 84-68 in the final regular-season game for both teams. Hugh Barnett registered 3 minutes off the bench going scoreless on the back of 0/2 shooting and added 1 rebound.

Arkansas Pine-Bluff will enter the Southwestern Conference tournament as the No. 2 seed and face the No. 7 seed — either Mississippi Valley State or Alabama A&M (7-10) — in the first round on Wednesday. The Golden Lions finished 14-15 (14-4 SWAC).

Kene Anusionwu (6′8, 215lbs, F/C, London) Bethune-Cookman Wildcats
Florida A&M rallied to beat Bethune-Cookman 69-64 on Thursday night in the regular-season finale for both teams. More of the same for Anusionwu as he registered a DNP.

The Wildcats finished the season 16-15 (7-9 MEAC).

Larry Awosanya (6′7, 210lbs, F, Freshman, London) Campbell Fighting Camels
East Tennessee State secured a 72-64 win over Campbell on Thursday in the first round of the Atlantic Sun Conference tournament, ending Campbell’s season.Larry Awosanya registered a DNP.

Campell Fighting Camels finished 19-11 (14-6 A Sun).

Matthew Bryan-Amaning (6′9, 240lbs, F, Junior, London) Washington Huskies
Washington kept its NCAA tournament hopes alive with an 86-72 victory over Oregon last night. It was the third straight win on the road for the Huskies, who started the season 0-7 on the road. Bryan-Amaning played 22 minutes, finishing with 8 points on 4/9 shooting, adding 10 rebounds, 1 assist, 1 steal and 2 blocks.

The Huskies are now 20-9 (10-7 Pac-10).

Raheem May-Thompson (6′6, 200lbs, Freshman, F, London) Quinnipiac Bobcats
Quinnipiac defeated Monmouth (N.J.) 84-75 on Thursday night in the quarterfinals of the Northeast Conference tournament. Raheem May-Thompson got 1 minute off the bench finishing with an empty statline.

Quinnipiac will face Long Island, 63-61 winners over Fairleigh Dickinson, in the semifinals on March 7. The number 1 seeded Bobcats are 22-8 (15-3 NEC).