Ospreys travel to Iowa City to face Hawkeyes

Jacksonville University’s Bryce Workman (5) hands the ball off to Robert McCray (13) during a game against Robert Morris University. The Dolphins won two games in the Urban-Bennett Classic tournament.

It was tournament time last week and the Jacksonville University men’s basketball team walked away with a hard-earned championship in the Urban-Bennett Memorial Classic at Robert Morris University near Pittsburgh.

The Dolphins beat the host team 74-65 in a game that was tied 11 times and marred by four technical fouls, one each on JU senior guard Marcus Niblack and RMU’s TJ Wainwright, and one each on the two benches. The Dolphins led 60-59 before losing on a 14-6 run. Sophomore guard Robert McCray scored seven of the points, five on free throws down the stretch.

McCray had 25 points and senior forward Bryce Workman added 18 points and seven rebounds.

JU then edged Farleigh Dickinson 91-90 in the championship game. The Dolphins trailed 84-83 with under two minutes left but McCray hit a 3-pointer with 1:27 remaining, Niblack fed junior forward DeeJuan Pruitt for a transition dunk and Workman made 3 of 4 from the foul line in the last 14 seconds.

McCray led the Dolphins with 24 points and junior guard Gyasi Powell had 17 off the bench.

Men: Robert McCray paces Dolphins in tournament games

Player of the week: JU’s McCray scored 49 points and shot 17 of 28 from the floor in the Dolphins’ two victories.

Stat line of the week: Edward Waters junior guard Goliath Mitchell had 29 points, shot 11 of 16 from the floor, 4 of 5 from beyond the 3-point line and made all three of his foul shots in the Tigers’ 81-76 victory over Central State (Ohio) to open the home schedule on Saturday.

This week’s games

Wednesday

Campbell at Jacksonville, 6 p.m.

Paine (Ga.) at Flagler, 7 p.m.

North Florida at Iowa, 9 p.m.

Thursday

Trinity Baptist at Southeastern Baptist (Miss), 7 p.m.

USC-Beaufort at Edward Waters, 7:30 p.m.

Friday

Trinity Baptist at Pensacola Christian, 8:30 p.m.

Saturday

High Point at North…

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Author : The Florida Times-Union

Publish date : 2023-11-27 10:14:46

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