MBA Continues Tear, NCAA Recap

Matthew Bryan-Amaning was dominant in Washington’s win on Tuesday night despite forgetting his game jersey and having to wear the unnamed no. 55 jersey. Go Huskies reports:

Matthew Bryan-Amaning is the only Husky who doesn’t wear his game jersey under his warm-up jacket in the pregame layup line. That allowed him to buy some time Tuesday night.

He had a staffer call back to campus and ask a UW manager there to race downtown to KeyArena and deliver his No. 11 jersey he had mistakenly left behind.

“I can’t tell Coach. If I can get it here without him knowing, that’d be cool,” Bryan-Amaning later recalls thinking as tipoff at Seattle University approached.

But the manager got stuck in traffic and didn’t get to the arena before lineup names and numbers became official. That’s how Washington coach Lorenzo Romar and the rest of his team found out their big man forgot his jersey.

The senior did not forget his game.

The Huskies’ new “no-name” guy wearing a No. 55 pulled from the equipment trunk scored 24 points, including four on two dunks that shook KeyArena like Shawn Kemp and the 1990s Sonics were still in here, and had 13 rebounds as the Dawgs rebounded from their deflating loss at Arizona by pounding Seattle University and former UW assistant Cameron Dollar, 95-74.

Bryan-Amaning went an ultra-efficient 9/11 from the field and 6/9 at the line in his 31 minutes. He is on a tear of late, averaging 23.3 points, 11 rebounds and 3.6 blocks over his last three games.

Elsewhere…
Maine snapped a six-game losing streak with a 70-53 victory over New Hampshire. Alasdair Fraser had 8 points, 3 rebounds and 1 block in 18 minutes, going 3/6 from the field and 2/2 at the line.

Houston Baptist held off Middle Tennessee 70-68. Ben Daniels had 1 point and 2 rebounds in 3 minutes, going 0/1 from the floor and 1/2 at the line.

No. 5 Texas rebounded from its first loss in a month with a 76-53 rout of Iowa State on Tuesday night. Jamie Vanderbeken registered a DNP as he is still out nursing an ankle injury.

Monday 21st February
Andrew Lawrence’s College of Charleston got a 75-49 rout of Samford on Monday night, meaning the Cougars (22-7, 14-2 Southern Conference) clinched the league’s regular-season title and an automatic bid into the NIT Tournament. It was Charleston’s first regular-season conference title since 1999. Lawrence had a tough game in his 17 minutes, going 0/5 from the floor to remain scoreless whilst adding 1 steal.

South Carolina State over Norfolk State 64-62. Joe Ikhinmwin had 5 points and 5 rebounds in just 10 minutes, going 2/3 from the floor and 1/2 at the line.

Sunday 20th February
Richmond defeated St. Bonaventure 82-65 on Sunday. Ogo Adegboye played 38 minutes, going 3/11 from the floor and 2/2 at the line for 9 points, 3 rebounds, 3 assists,1 steal and 1 block.