Patriots restart streak with win
December 24, 2011 · 3 Comments
by Cody Norman
Mason 81, Manhattan 61
It’s been a tale of two te
ams for the Patriots thus far this season. One night they play poorly and the next they come out firing on all cylinders.
After a tough loss to Duquesne ended their home winning streak, Mason took the floor against a press-heavy Manhattan team and matched their intensity for all 40 minutes, toppling their inferior opponent by a final score of 81-61.
Ryan Pearson picked up an early technical foul, sending him to the bench with two fouls early in the first half, but responded to lead the Patriots with 25 points and 10 rebounds.
“That was a silly foul when I got the technical,” Pearson said. “I knew the game was going to be physical and I lost my composure a little bit. But I’ve got great teammates to help me through it.”
Postgame Press Conference – Paul Hewitt
Postgame Press Conference – Ryan Pearson & Vertrail Vaughns
Gallery – Mason 81, Manhattan 61
Pearson’s frontcourt counterpart Mike Morrison added a double-double of his own to the books, posting 16 points and pulling down 11 rebounds. He and freshman Erik Copes made their presence felt in the interior on defense, swatting four shots apiece on the night.
“We focused on defense, we focused on rebounding,” Paul Hewitt said. “When you’re not playing well, you’ve got to have the maturity to defend.”
Responding from a prolonged shooting slump, Vertrail Vaughns picked up steam in the second half and finished 5-for-10 from the floor with 13 points.
“He’s been shooting the ball a lot better,” Hewitt said. “Our trainer was telling me that his body was more stressed out than the rest of the guys and I found out that he was sneaking in and getting up a bunch of shots late at night. So we’ve limited his shots and I think he’s starting to find his stroke again.”
In a game that saw more than 40 combined turnovers and another 40 combined fouls, the Patriots allowed Manhattan to stay in the game with poor free throw shooting. Despite getting to the line 37 times, Mason barely topped the 50 percent mark, shooting 20-for-37 on the night.
“We’ve got to do a better job on the line,” Hewitt said. “We knew it was going to be one of those games with a lot of fouls, a lot of free throws.”
They’ll attempt to use their second half momentum, building off outscoring Manhattan 54-36 in the final 20 minutes, and take that same effort into South Carolina on Dec. 30 where they’ll take on the in their final game of 2011.
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