{"id":66195,"date":"2019-02-19T20:36:15","date_gmt":"2019-02-20T03:36:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/?p=66195"},"modified":"2019-02-19T23:49:41","modified_gmt":"2019-02-20T06:49:41","slug":"azusa-pacific-vs-chaminade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/?p=66195","title":{"rendered":"Late Rally Sinks Cougars"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Will Ferris led the Cougars with 23 points. (Photo by Duane Barker).<\/p><\/div>\n

By Tim Peterson<\/p>\n

(Glendora) – Grant Dressler hit a three point shot with eight seconds left to give Chaminade an improbable 77-75 win over Azusa Pacific Tuesday night at Felix Event Center. <\/p>\n

The Cougars had outscored Chaminade by seven in the second half to go up 60-43 with 11:43 left and all was right in Cougarville. Then the Silverswords staged a furious rally going on a 22-4 run to take a 65-64 lead. Andre Arissol hit a big three in the run and Dressler had a steal and a break away to give Chaminade the one point lead with 5:39 left.<\/p>\n

The Cougars weren’t done – not by a long shot. Ben Taufahema hit a three and APU answered with a little run of its own to go up 72-68 with 3:20 left.<\/p>\n

The Cougs still led 75-74 with 1:17 left but couldn’t find another basket. Selom Mawugbe missed a jumper on one possession and after Dressler’s three from the top of the key made it 77-75 Chaminade, APU had one last shot. But Darien McClain’s three hit the rim and caromed off the mark. The ball bounced away and a scramble ensued but the clock hit zeroes touching off a Silversword celebration.<\/p>\n

Things looked good for Azusa Pacific early. The Cougars went on a 12-2 run to open the game capped by a slam dunk by Mawugbe, however Chaminade showed it came to play answering with a 15-2 blitz to go up 17-14 with 11:49 to play.
\n\"\"<\/a>Azusa Pacific battled back to take a 35-27 lead with 2:19 left. A\u00a0 9-0 run capped by a three pointer by Taufehema gave the Cougars a 38-27 lead. Will Ferris had 10 points and Jonathan Davis added eight as APU took a 40-30 lead into the break at halftime. Mawugbe had eight and five rebounds.<\/p>\n

For Chaminade Dressler scored 18 points to lead both teams in the first half and Eric Scheive added six.<\/p>\n

A Ferris three and another Mawugbe dunk sparked a 11-5 run to open the second half as the Cougars went up 51-35.<\/p>\n

Taufahema knocked down another trey to put the Cougars up by 17 at 56-39. APU maintained that 17 point advantage at the 11:43 mark when Chaminade staged the comeback.<\/p>\n

For the victorious Silverswords, Dressler led all scorers with 29 including the dagger with eight ticks left. Tyler Cartaino had 22 but after that there was a drop off. Arissol scored nine (all three pointers) and Scheive had eight.<\/p>\n

For Azusa Pacific Ferris finished with 23, Taufahema had 12, McClain 11 and Mawugbe 10. Jake Spurgeon pulled down 11 rebounds as the Cougars outrebounded Chaminade 43-27 overall. But they were two points down in the scoring column.<\/p>\n

The win was big for Chaminade as it improved to 13-5 in the PacWest Conference – one-half game ahead of APU. The Silverswords are 19-5 overall. The Cougars fell to 16-10 and 13-6 in conference.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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