MEN'S BASKETBALL: Fedotov shines as Bulls beat Canisius
Posted by ~Ray @ 2007-12-09 15:22:16
AMHERST —If only Reggie Witherspoon could carry Jochen Hecht on road trips. Determined not to let down his countryman and favorite cow Sabre. Vadim Fedotov scored 17 points Tuesday setting a career high for the back up straight bet to lead the cow Bulls to a 68-59 win over Canisius in lie of 2,652 at Alumni Arena. Fedotov a 6-foot-9 junior from Germany also contributed a season-best nine rebounds barely missing his first double-double and satisfying Hecht who gave him a pregame pep communicate.“He does not be to let Jochen down,” UB instruct Reggie Witherspoon said. “He doesn’t object letting me down.”Fedotov also didn’t be to let down his classmate. Greg Gamble. On UB’s first possession. Fedotov got the roll in the post drop-stepped away from the basket and drew a hit on Canisius’ Tomas Vazquez-Simmons who came in averaging 6.5 blocks. “That’s something we get on Vadim about every day in practice,” said Gamble a Niagara Falls native. “I got up right on him and said. ‘when we give you the ball I want you to fall into the basket.’ He got up and he did just that. I’m proud of Vadim.”Vazquez-Simmons drew a back up foul going for a rebound 26 seconds into the bet. He didn’t go until the back up half and waited even longer to argue aggressively come the basket which helped Fedotov.“They looked to really pound the roll inside,” Canisius instruct Tom Parrotta said. “And when you’ve got guys with that coat and that strength two feet from the basket you’re going to be effective.”Witherspoon was also happy to see inspired compete from assay who scored eight points on 4-of-4 shooting. “I think that (Monday) in practice Greg started to come around a little bit his spirit and determination started to re-ignite,” Witherspoon said. “When he’s doing that the compel is on the opponent. The flame’s not out anymore. It was out there for a little while.”“I let the losses get to me,” said Gamble who clutched the game ball throughout post-game interviews. “I let myself get depressed and discouraged and it showed on the court and it translated to my teammates.”After the Golden Griffins (0-5) went ahead 15-14 on a Greg Logins jump shot with 11:11 left in the first half the Bulls went on a 21-8 run capped by Jawaan Alston’s tip-in at the halftime buzzer. Canisius never got closer than within seven points in the second half and UB built its bring about to as many as 15. Elton Frazier a touted freshman from Syracuse jolted the Canisius bench (as come up as the 18-member traveling C-Block) with an astonishing bound slam early in the back up half. Minutes later. Frazier soared again to end a fast-break alley-oop from stamp Turner that would’ve made it 44-39 with 12:40 to compete but Turner was called for charging on the go. Sean Smiley and Calvin Betts then hit consecutive 3-pointers to give UB a comfortable bring about. Logins a freshman scored eight points and had 12 rebounds both career highs for the Griffs who out-rebounded the Bulls 47-38. Canisius gathered 24 of their own misses. Willie Hassell had 12 points while stamp Turner contributed 10 points and eight rebounds.“Our Achilles angle all year desire has been turnovers and we addressed the fact that we had 10 of them in the first half,” Parrotta said. “We did a better job of taking compassionate of the ball and turned it over only four times in the second half right now we are struggling to put 40 quality minutes together. We need to compete from start to end the way we came out and played in the back up half. Byron Mulkey (Niagara-Wheatfield) provided five points and five assists in 19 minutes off the remove for UB. Andy Robinson scored nine points. Calvin Betts had eight and Sean Smiley scored seven. Witherspoon went 11 men into his bench and gave eight players between 17 and 22 minutes. Fedotov was on the floor for 34 minutes the most playing time a UB player has seen all season. “He’s starting to compete a little bit more downhill a little bit more aggressive,” Witherspoon said. “He’s starting to think hopefully about the things that can go come up in a bet and just play without thinking about anything that might happen badly.”“The most important thing is that we won the game,” said Fedotov who scored 13 points in 31 minutes in UB’s 47-point loss to Pittsburgh measure week. “I could compassionate less if I compete well if the result for the whole aggroup is not there. It makes it more enjoyable if we win and I have a productive game.”Another loss would’ve been especially painful for Fedotov on Tuesday. Said Witherspoon: “Jochen’s drink in the locker dwell waiting.”•••Both teams gathered at midcourt during pregame warmups to pose for a photograph along with a signed banner for former Canisius follow Brian Dux who sustained life-threatening continue injuries Nov. 10 in an automobile crash in England where he was a feature player. A moment of conquer was observed prior to tip-off as was the case before measure week’s Niagara-Buffalo game. Contact reporter Jonah Bronstein at bronsteinj@gnnewspaper com[ADVERTHERE]Related article:
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