” Kina steering Navy’s ship The list of the top 50 scorers in the country reads like a list of future NBA stars: North Carolina forward Tyler Hansbrough, Wake Forest guard Jeff Teague, Davidson’s Stephen Curry and . Navy’s aluminum heat sink Kaleo Kina? The 6-foot4, 210-pounder is ranked 33rd nationally by averaging 19. ”Darryl is just exceptional,” UMBC coach Randy Monroe said. ”I have to help lead this team. ”But we have to have other people step up and help in these situations. ”It starts with me as a senior,” Kina told reporters.” Junior having big problems for Tigers Junior Hairston’s problem isn’t taking good shots –it’s making them.7 seconds left so they could reset their offense. ”We go into every CAA game with a shot to win and could never have said that in years past. Guard Eric Maynor (22 ppg, 5. on CN8.8 apg) leads the Rams, who are 14-1 all time against Towson, with a 59-57 loss in 2006 their lone defeat.Darryl Proctor’s biggest play in a 61-59 win over Maine at RAC Arena this past weekend won’t show up on a stat sheet. Proctor (19.m.6 points per game, and while he trails Curry (29.” dcarey@baltimoreexaminer.com. if we don’t have that, it will make for a long season.9 rpg) and the Retrievers (7-7, 1-1) play at New Hampshire (5-8, 1-1) on Wednesday at 7 p.” But for Hairston, it got even worse: He failed to score a point on nine shots in 34 minutes during a 68-53 loss at Colonial Athletic Association-leading Northeastern.
The win over the Bison kept Navy perfect at Alumni Hall (8-0) and win its conference opener for the first time in eight years. ”You’d like a few more ”W’s,” but we have learned a lot and come along,” Towson coach Pat Kennedy said. His consistent scoring, which included a 25-point outburst in a Patriot League-opening 71-67 win aluminum extrusion over Bucknell this past weekend, has powered the Midshipmen (12-4)..4), his play has been crucial to Navy.
The Tigers (7-10, 2-3) are playing like a team picked to finish near the bottom of the CAA, as they’ve lost five of their past seven games entering Wednesday night’s game at 7 against Virginia Commonwealth (11-5, 4-1). ”I was very pleased with my shots,” he said following a 71-59 loss to George Mason.6 ppg, 8.. Navy plays at Lehigh (10-5, 0-1) on Wednesday night at 7. But it didn’t work, as Proctor forced Maine to miss its final shot, securing the defending America East champions’ first league win of the season. ”Most of the shots I had were open, I just have to knock them down.
The senior forward scored a team-high 26 points to go with eight rebounds played and such tight defense the Black Bears had to call a timeout with just 2. In consecutive losses to Northeastern and George Mason, the senior forward made just 3-of-19 attempts, which made the Tigers’ leading scorer largely irrelveant.