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Riley scores 23 points to spark Georgetown

Tuesday, March 04, 2003

From wire and local dispatches

Gerald Riley scored 23 points as Georgetown beat West Virginia, 69-67, last night in Morgantown, W.Va., to clinch a spot in the Big East tournament.

Mike Sweetney added 18 points and 16 rebounds for the Hoyas (14-12, 6-9 Big East), who squandered a 14-point lead in the second half but won it at the foul line, making 6 of 8 foul shots in the final minute.

West Virginia trailed by two points with 2.6 seconds remaining but had a chance to win it at the buzzer. But Drew Schifino, trying to draw contact, flopped to the ground after shooting an off-balance 3-pointer that missed as time expired.

Schifino scored 21 points to lead the Mountaineers (13-14, 4-11), who have lost a season-worst five in a row and 11 of their past 14 Big East games.

West Virginia, which trailed, 48-34, with just under 17 minutes remaining, gradually chipped away at the Hoyas' lead and tied it, 63-63, on a Kevin Pittsnogle dunk with 1:20 left.

Tony Bethel and Sweetney each made two free throws in the final minute for Georgetown.

Brandon Bowman finished with 11 points for the Hoyas.

Jo Herber scored 12 points and Patrick Beilein added 10 for West Virginia, which is in danger of missing the Big East tournament for the second consecutive year.

District

CCBC 101, CCAC-Allegheny 69: Lamar Castile amassed 33 points and 20 rebounds as the Community College of Beaver County defeated visiting Allegheny to win the National Junior College Athletic Association Region 20 championship. It was the 30th consecutive win for CCBC (28-0), a streak dating to last season. Orlando Ryan scored 18 points to lead Allegheny (21-10).

Penn State McKeesport 80, Penn State Beaver 75: Ed Drummond scored 16 points to help McKeesport defeat visiting Beaver in the West Division semifinals of the Penn State Commonwealth Campus Athletic Conference tournament. John Mazzoni scored 17 for Beaver.

District women

Fairleigh Dickinson 82, Robert Morris 75: Candace John scored 26 points but the Colonials (1-26, 1-17 Northeast Conference) couldn't hold off the Knights (7-20, 6-12) and lost their season finale at the Rothman Center in Hackensack, N.J. Meghan Jent added 12 points and eight rebounds in the loss. Jennifer Kozlowski scored 26 points for Fairleigh Dickinson, which went to the foul line 27 times to 14 times for Robert Morris.

West Liberty 91, Alderson Broaddus 56: Dana Levendoski scored 22 points and the host Hilltoppers (22-6) routed Alderson Broaddus (3-24) in the first round of the West Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference tournament.