Box Score
The American University men's basketball
team registered a 71-46 victory over Mary Washington in an
exhibition on Wednesday night as five players scored in
double-digits and Tony
Wroblicky picked up his first double-double of the
year.
Stephen
Lumpkins led all scorers with 12 points while
Wroblicky picked up 18 boards with 11 points. Jesse
Reed also added 11 in his first outing in an Eagles
uniform, hitting 3-of-3 shots from beyond the arc. Daniel
Munoz posted 10 points on 4-of-6 shooting with seven
assists and two steals. John
Schoof notched 10 points, going 2-of-3 from
three-point range with four helpers.
"Getting in a dress rehearsal like this
was really good for us," said Head Coach Jeff Jones. "The speed of the game
you'll always want to try to duplicate in practice, but there's
something a little bit different when you step out there and I
thought at times we rushed."
American took an early nine-point lead on
Reed's first trey of the game before Mary Washington answered with
one of their own at the 13:20 mark in the first half, 16-10. Mary
Washington cut it to three with a pull-up jumper from Taylor
Jensen. The Eagles opened up an 11-1 run with a dunk from Lumpkins,
taking a 31-18 lead with 5:10 to play. Five consecutive points from
Reed gave American the 38-20 advantage and Marko
Vasic laid it in to close out the half as the Eagles
went into the break up 40-22.
American continued to roll after the
intermission, going up 58-27 on a three-point play by Munoz.
Mike
Bersch gave the Eagles their largest lead of the game,
61-29, on a three-pointer with 11:46 remaining. Mary Washington
posted back-to-back points but American maintained the 30-point
gap, taking a 70-40 lead on a Austin
Carroll three-pointer at the 5:30 mark. Mary
Washington closed out the game with five straight points as
American posted the 71-46 victory to open the year.
Jamie Richardson registered a team-best
nine points for the Eagles while Lamont Fields and Taylor Johnson
each tallied seven apiece, with Fields adding a team-high five
rebounds.
American shot 50.0 from the field and
44.4 percent from three-point range, holding Mary Washington to
31.3 percent shooting from the floor as they went 3-for-15 from
beyond the arc.
The Eagles head to Minnesota to open the
year, with tipoff set for 8 p.m. The game will be broadcast locally
on Federal News Radio 1050 AM.