UC Clermont Cougars Runners Up in USCAA National Tournament

The UC Clermont College men’s basketball team finished as the runner-up in the 2011 United States Collegiate Athletic Association (USCAA) National Championship Tournament held this past weekend on the campus of Penn State Fayette in Uniontown, Penn.

The men made their sixth consecutive appearance in the tournament and went in as the #2 seed.

The Cougars suffered a tough loss against the Cardinals of Andrews University in the championship match of the USCAA National Tournament. The final score was 54 - 69. During the first half, the Cardinals had a rough start and fouled quite a bit. The Cougars were unable to capitalize on this as they were 7 of 19 from the line. The Cardinals led the entire game, with the closest second half deficit at 3 points.

“We were certainly disappointed to loose in finals, but we are very satisfied with the overall season. We were league champs, league tournament champs and ended with a 22 and 10 record and as the USCAA national runner-up,” said Head Coach John Hurley. 

Recap of the games:

The Cougars played well in their opening game against the Southern Maine Seahawks. The Cougars led the entire game with a 15-point lead at half-time and a final score of 109 - 76. There were 5 Cougars in double figures: Adrion Graves (32), Tyler Knabb (19), Ian Gordon (15), Travis Donald (14), Nick Baynes (11).

At the Semifinals match of the Cougars vs. New Hampshire Technical Institute (NHTI) Lynx (#6 seed) – though the Cougars were up 48-42 at the half, the Lynx tied up the game at 52. After a few lead changes, the men pulled out a win 90 - 86 to advance us to the Finals of the USCAA National Tournament. All scoring was led by Adrion Graves (28), other double figure scorers were Ian Gordon (18), Maurice McGee (16), and Travis Donald (12).

Adrion Graves from Hughes High School and Travis Donald from Taft High School were named to the USCAA All-Tournament Division II Men's Team.

Congratulations to:

Devin Bartlett

Greg Folino

Darwin Tolliver

Peter Jackson

Chaz Lawson

Taylor Little

Dylan Phillips

Tyler Knabb

Maurice McGee

Ian Gordon

Travis Donald

Adrion Graves

Nick Baynes

For more information about the UC Clermont basketball teams, visit:

http://www.ucclermont.edu/Athletics/default.html