Western Kentucky Hilltoppers @ South Alabama Jaguars

71–73Final · Feb 8, 2007

WKU 71 USA 73 Final

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WKU17-9	25	38	8	71
USA18-7	35	28	10	73

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The scoring timeline.

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Jeremy Evans made Two Point Dunk Shot. Assisted by Tyrone Brazelton.
2–0
Jeremy Evans made Two Point Jumper.
4–0
Brandon Davis made Two Point Jumper.
4–2
Brandon Davis made Two Point Dunk Shot.
4–4
Daon Merritt made Two Point Layup.
4–6
Daon Merritt made Two Point Dunk Shot. Assisted by Demetric Bennett.
4–8
Stephen Cowherd made Two Point Jumper.
4–10
Stephen Cowherd made Free Throw.
4–11
Courtney Lee made Two Point Jumper.
6–11
Brandon Davis made Two Point Tip Shot.
6–13
Tyrone Brazelton made Two Point Jumper.
8–13
Demetric Bennett made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Carlos Smith.
8–16
Ty Rogers made Two Point Jumper.
10–16
Brandon Davis made Two Point Dunk Shot. Assisted by Demetric Bennett.
10–18
Ty Rogers made Three Point Jumper.
13–18
Carlos Smith made Three Point Jumper.
13–21
Tyrone Brazelton made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Orlando Mendez-Valdez.
16–21
Carlos Smith made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Daon Merritt.
16–24
Daon Merritt made Two Point Layup.
16–26
Orlando Mendez-Valdez made Three Point Jumper.
19–26
Demetric Bennett made Free Throw.
19–27
Tyrone Brazelton made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Ty Rogers.
22–27
Demetric Bennett made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Carlos Smith.
22–30
Ty Rogers made Free Throw.
23–30
Daon Merritt made Two Point Layup.
23–32
Demetric Bennett made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Daon Merritt.
23–35
Daniel Emerson made Two Point Tip Shot.
25–35
Leandro Buboltz made Free Throw.
25–36
Leandro Buboltz made Free Throw.
25–37
Courtney Lee made Free Throw.
26–37
Courtney Lee made Free Throw.
27–37
Ernest Little made Two Point Layup. Assisted by Leandro Buboltz.
27–39
Courtney Lee made Two Point Layup. Assisted by Daniel Emerson.
29–39
Courtney Lee made Two Point Dunk Shot. Assisted by Tyrone Brazelton.
31–39
Daon Merritt made Free Throw.
31–40
Daon Merritt made Free Throw.
31–41
Tyrone Brazelton made Two Point Layup.
33–41
Carlos Smith made Free Throw.
33–42
Ty Rogers made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Daniel Emerson.
36–42
Brandon Davis made Two Point Layup.
36–44
Ernest Little made Two Point Dunk Shot. Assisted by Carlos Smith.
36–46
Tyrone Brazelton made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Daniel Emerson.
39–46
Daon Merritt made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Stephen Cowherd.
39–49
Jeremy Evans made Two Point Dunk Shot.
41–49
Trajinski Grigsby made Two Point Layup. Assisted by Stephen Cowherd.
41–51
Tyrone Brazelton made Free Throw.
42–51
Ernest Little made Free Throw.
42–52
Ernest Little made Free Throw.
42–53
Courtney Lee made Two Point Jumper. Assisted by Tyrone Brazelton.
44–53
Ernest Little made Two Point Dunk Shot. Assisted by Daon Merritt.
44–55
Courtney Lee made Two Point Jumper.
46–55
Daon Merritt made Free Throw.
46–56
Daon Merritt made Free Throw.
46–57
Daon Merritt made Free Throw.
46–58
Matt Maresca made Two Point Tip Shot.
48–58
Demetric Bennett made Two Point Jumper.
48–60
Courtney Lee made Three Point Jumper.
51–60
Jeremy Evans made Free Throw.
52–60
A.J. Slaughter made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Tyrone Brazelton.
55–60
A.J. Slaughter made Free Throw.
56–60
Courtney Lee made Free Throw.
57–60
Courtney Lee made Free Throw.
58–60
A.J. Slaughter made Two Point Layup.
60–60
Courtney Lee made Two Point Jumper.
62–60
Tyrone Brazelton made Free Throw.
63–60
Daon Merritt made Three Point Jumper.
63–63
Daon Merritt made Free Throw.
63–64
Courtney Lee made Two Point Layup.
65–64
Leandro Buboltz made Three Point Jumper.
65–67
Demetric Bennett made Two Point Layup.
65–69
Jeremy Evans made Two Point Layup.
67–69
Jeremy Evans made Free Throw.
68–69
Jeremy Evans made Free Throw.
69–69
Daon Merritt made Free Throw.
69–70
Daon Merritt made Free Throw.
69–71
A.J. Slaughter made Two Point Jumper.
71–71
Daon Merritt made Two Point Layup.
71–73

Play-by-play

P1 Ernest Little missed Two Point Jumper.
P1 Tyrone Brazelton Defensive Rebound.
P1 Ty Rogers missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 Leandro Buboltz Defensive Rebound.
P1 Daniel Emerson Steal.
P1 Jeremy Evans made Two Point Dunk Shot. Assisted by Tyrone Brazelton. 2–0
P1 Carlos Smith missed Two Point Layup.
P1 Daniel Emerson Defensive Rebound.
P1 Foul on Ernest Little
P1 Jeremy Evans made Two Point Jumper. 4–0
P1 Foul on Daniel Emerson
P1 Brandon Davis made Two Point Jumper. 4–2
P1 Brandon Davis made Two Point Dunk Shot. 4–4
P1 Tyrone Brazelton missed Two Point Jumper.
P1 Brandon Davis Defensive Rebound.
P1 Daon Merritt missed Two Point Jumper.
P1 Daniel Emerson Defensive Rebound.
P1 Foul on Carlos Smith
P1 Ty Rogers missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 Demetric Bennett Defensive Rebound.
P1 Demetric Bennett missed Two Point Layup.
P1 Jeremy Evans Defensive Rebound.
P1 Courtney Lee missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 Brandon Davis Defensive Rebound.
P1 Brandon Davis missed Two Point Layup.
P1 Jeremy Evans Defensive Rebound.
P1 Stephen Cowherd Steal.
P1 Leandro Buboltz missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 Ty Rogers Defensive Rebound.
P1 Daniel Emerson missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 Brandon Davis Defensive Rebound.
P1 Brandon Davis missed Two Point Jumper.
P1 Jeremy Evans Defensive Rebound.
P1 Official TV Timeout.
P1 Matt Maresca missed Two Point Jumper.
P1 Carlos Smith Defensive Rebound.
P1 Foul on Matt Maresca
P1 Demetric Bennett missed Two Point Jumper.
P1 Matt Maresca Defensive Rebound.
P1 Jeremy Evans missed Two Point Jumper.
P1 Ernest Little Defensive Rebound.
P1 Trajinski Grigsby missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 Jeremy Evans Defensive Rebound.
P1 Courtney Lee missed Two Point Jumper.
P1 Trajinski Grigsby Defensive Rebound.
P1 Carlos Smith missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 Orlando Mendez-Valdez Defensive Rebound.
P1 Foul on Ernest Little
P1 Courtney Lee missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 Brandon Davis Defensive Rebound.
P1 Foul on A.J. Slaughter
P1 Daon Merritt made Two Point Layup. 4–6
P1 Demetric Bennett Steal.
P1 Daon Merritt made Two Point Dunk Shot. Assisted by Demetric Bennett. 4–8
P1 Orlando Mendez-Valdez missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 Daon Merritt Defensive Rebound.
P1 Stephen Cowherd made Two Point Jumper. 4–10
P1 Foul on Orlando Mendez-Valdez
P1 Official TV Timeout.
P1 Stephen Cowherd made Free Throw. 4–11
P1 Courtney Lee made Two Point Jumper. 6–11
P1 Daon Merritt missed Two Point Layup.
P1 Demetric Bennett Offensive Rebound.
P1 Brandon Davis made Two Point Tip Shot. 6–13
P1 Foul on Daniel Emerson
P1 Carlos Smith missed Two Point Layup.
P1 Ty Rogers Defensive Rebound.
P1 Foul on Stephen Cowherd
P1 Tyrone Brazelton made Two Point Jumper. 8–13
P1 Demetric Bennett made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Carlos Smith. 8–16
P1 Ty Rogers made Two Point Jumper. 10–16
P1 Foul on Butch Jointer
P1 Brandon Davis made Two Point Dunk Shot. Assisted by Demetric Bennett. 10–18
P1 Foul on Brandon Davis
P1 Tyrone Brazelton missed Two Point Jumper.
P1 Brandon Davis Defensive Rebound.
P1 Ty Rogers Steal.
P1 Official TV Timeout.
P1 Jeremy Evans missed Two Point Layup.
P1 Jeremy Evans Offensive Rebound.
P1 Ty Rogers made Three Point Jumper. 13–18
P1 Carlos Smith made Three Point Jumper. 13–21
P1 Tyrone Brazelton made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Orlando Mendez-Valdez. 16–21
P1 Carlos Smith made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Daon Merritt. 16–24
P1 Ty Rogers missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 Carlos Smith Defensive Rebound.
P1 Demetric Bennett missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 Tyrone Brazelton Defensive Rebound.
P1 Daon Merritt made Two Point Layup. 16–26
P1 Western Kentucky 20 Second Timeout.
P1 Carlos Smith missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 Tyrone Brazelton Defensive Rebound.
P1 Orlando Mendez-Valdez made Three Point Jumper. 19–26
P1 Carlos Smith missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 Western Kentucky Defensive Rebou.
P1 Foul on Stephen Cowherd
P1 Daon Merritt Steal.
P1 Foul on Jeremy Evans
P1 Official TV Timeout.
P1 Demetric Bennett missed Free Throw.
P1 Demetric Bennett made Free Throw. 19–27
P1 Tyrone Brazelton made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Ty Rogers. 22–27
P1 Carlos Smith missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 A.J. Slaughter Defensive Rebound.
P1 Courtney Lee missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 Demetric Bennett Defensive Rebound.
P1 Demetric Bennett missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 Western Kentucky Defensive Rebou.
P1 Carlos Smith Steal.
P1 Demetric Bennett made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Carlos Smith. 22–30
P1 Courtney Lee missed Two Point Layup.
P1 Carlos Smith Defensive Rebound.
P1 Brandon Davis missed Two Point Jumper.
P1 Ty Rogers Defensive Rebound.
P1 Foul on Brandon Davis
P1 Ty Rogers made Free Throw. 23–30
P1 Ty Rogers missed Free Throw.
P1 Demetric Bennett Defensive Rebound.
P1 Daon Merritt made Two Point Layup. 23–32
P1 Daon Merritt Steal.
P1 Demetric Bennett made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Daon Merritt. 23–35
P1 Courtney Lee missed Two Point Layup.
P1 Daniel Emerson Offensive Rebound.
P1 Daniel Emerson made Two Point Tip Shot. 25–35
P1 Foul on Tyrone Brazelton
P1 Daon Merritt missed Free Throw.
P1 Courtney Lee Defensive Rebound.
P2 Ernest Little missed Two Point Jumper.
P2 Courtney Lee Defensive Rebound.
P2 Foul on Jeremy Evans
P2 Leandro Buboltz made Free Throw. 25–36
P2 Leandro Buboltz made Free Throw. 25–37
P2 Foul on Ernest Little
P2 Courtney Lee made Free Throw. 26–37
P2 Courtney Lee made Free Throw. 27–37
P2 Ernest Little made Two Point Layup. Assisted by Leandro Buboltz. 27–39
P2 Courtney Lee made Two Point Layup. Assisted by Daniel Emerson. 29–39
P2 Leandro Buboltz missed Three Point Jumper.
P2 Courtney Lee Defensive Rebound.
P2 Courtney Lee made Two Point Dunk Shot. Assisted by Tyrone Brazelton. 31–39
P2 Foul on Tyrone Brazelton
P2 Daon Merritt made Free Throw. 31–40
P2 Daon Merritt made Free Throw. 31–41
P2 Tyrone Brazelton made Two Point Layup. 33–41
P2 Foul on Ty Rogers
P2 Foul on Courtney Lee
P2 Carlos Smith missed Free Throw.
P2 Carlos Smith made Free Throw. 33–42
P2 Ty Rogers made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Daniel Emerson. 36–42
P2 Brandon Davis made Two Point Layup. 36–44
P2 Official TV Timeout.
P2 Carlos Smith Steal.
P2 Carlos Smith missed Two Point Jumper.
P2 Courtney Lee Defensive Rebound.
P2 Foul on Leandro Buboltz
P2 Daniel Emerson missed Two Point Jumper.
P2 Leandro Buboltz Defensive Rebound.
P2 Ernest Little made Two Point Dunk Shot. Assisted by Carlos Smith. 36–46
P2 Tyrone Brazelton made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Daniel Emerson. 39–46
P2 Foul on Jeremy Evans
P2 Daon Merritt made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Stephen Cowherd. 39–49
P2 Courtney Lee missed Two Point Layup.
P2 Jeremy Evans Offensive Rebound.
P2 Jeremy Evans made Two Point Dunk Shot. 41–49
P2 Foul on Stephen Cowherd
P2 Orlando Mendez-Valdez missed Three Point Jumper.
P2 Stephen Cowherd Defensive Rebound.
P2 Trajinski Grigsby made Two Point Layup. Assisted by Stephen Cowherd. 41–51
P2 Foul on Trajinski Grigsby
P2 Official TV Timeout.
P2 Tyrone Brazelton missed Free Throw.
P2 Tyrone Brazelton made Free Throw. 42–51
P2 Foul on Boris Siakam
P2 South Alabama 20 Second Timeout.
P2 Foul on Orlando Mendez-Valdez
P2 Ernest Little made Free Throw. 42–52
P2 Ernest Little made Free Throw. 42–53
P2 Courtney Lee made Two Point Jumper. Assisted by Tyrone Brazelton. 44–53
P2 Ernest Little made Two Point Dunk Shot. Assisted by Daon Merritt. 44–55
P2 Courtney Lee missed Two Point Jumper.
P2 Ernest Little Defensive Rebound.
P2 Ernest Little missed Two Point Jumper.
P2 Western Kentucky Defensive Rebou.
P2 Stephen Cowherd Steal.
P2 Foul on Tyrone Brazelton
P2 Stephen Cowherd missed Free Throw.
P2 Courtney Lee Defensive Rebound.
P2 Courtney Lee made Two Point Jumper. 46–55
P2 Foul on Orlando Mendez-Valdez
P2 Daon Merritt missed Free Throw.
P2 Daon Merritt made Free Throw. 46–56
P2 Courtney Lee missed Two Point Jumper.
P2 Daniel Emerson Offensive Rebound.
P2 Ty Rogers missed Three Point Jumper.
P2 Daniel Emerson Offensive Rebound.
P2 Daniel Emerson missed Two Point Jumper.
P2 Western Kentucky Offensive Rebou.
P2 Carlos Smith Steal.
P2 Daniel Emerson Steal.
P2 Courtney Lee missed Three Point Jumper.
P2 South Alabama Defensive Rebound.
P2 Official TV Timeout.
P2 Leandro Buboltz missed Two Point Layup.
P2 Orlando Mendez-Valdez Defensive Rebound.
P2 Orlando Mendez-Valdez missed Two Point Jumper.
P2 Western Kentucky Offensive Rebou.
P2 Foul on Brandon Davis
P2 Courtney Lee missed Free Throw.
P2 Courtney Lee missed Free Throw.
P2 Ernest Little Defensive Rebound.
P2 Foul on Tyrone Brazelton
P2 Daon Merritt made Free Throw. 46–57
P2 Daon Merritt made Free Throw. 46–58
P2 Foul on Carlos Smith
P2 Tyrone Brazelton missed Three Point Jumper.
P2 Matt Maresca Offensive Rebound.
P2 Matt Maresca made Two Point Tip Shot. 48–58
P2 Carlos Smith missed Three Point Jumper.
P2 Western Kentucky Defensive Rebou.
P2 Ty Rogers missed Three Point Jumper.
P2 Ernest Little Defensive Rebound.
P2 Demetric Bennett made Two Point Jumper. 48–60
P2 Courtney Lee made Three Point Jumper. 51–60
P2 Ernest Little missed Two Point Layup.
P2 Tyrone Brazelton Defensive Rebound.
P2 Foul on Brandon Davis
P2 Official TV Timeout.
P2 Tyrone Brazelton missed Free Throw.
P2 Jeremy Evans Offensive Rebound.
P2 Foul on Carlos Smith
P2 Jeremy Evans made Free Throw. 52–60
P2 Jeremy Evans missed Free Throw.
P2 Ernest Little Defensive Rebound.
P2 South Alabama 20 Second Timeout.
P2 Demetric Bennett missed Two Point Jumper.
P2 Tyrone Brazelton Defensive Rebound.
P2 A.J. Slaughter made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Tyrone Brazelton. 55–60
P2 Foul on Daon Merritt
P2 A.J. Slaughter made Free Throw. 56–60
P2 Tyrone Brazelton Steal.
P2 Foul on Daon Merritt
P2 Courtney Lee made Free Throw. 57–60
P2 Courtney Lee made Free Throw. 58–60
P2 A.J. Slaughter Steal.
P2 A.J. Slaughter made Two Point Layup. 60–60
P2 South Alabama 20 Second Timeout.
P2 Stephen Cowherd missed Three Point Jumper.
P2 Courtney Lee Defensive Rebound.
P2 Western Kentucky 20 Second Timeout.
P2 Western Kentucky 20 Second Timeout.
P2 Courtney Lee made Two Point Jumper. 62–60
P2 Demetric Bennett missed Two Point Jumper.
P2 Jeremy Evans Defensive Rebound.
P2 Foul on Demetric Bennett
P2 Tyrone Brazelton made Free Throw. 63–60
P2 Tyrone Brazelton missed Free Throw.
P2 Demetric Bennett Defensive Rebound.
P2 Daon Merritt made Three Point Jumper. 63–63
P2 South Alabama Full Timeout.
P3 Courtney Lee missed Two Point Jumper.
P3 South Alabama Defensive Rebound.
P3 Foul on Jeremy Evans
P3 Daon Merritt missed Free Throw.
P3 Daon Merritt made Free Throw. 63–64
P3 Courtney Lee missed Two Point Jumper.
P3 Ernest Little Defensive Rebound.
P3 Demetric Bennett missed Two Point Layup.
P3 Tyrone Brazelton Defensive Rebound.
P3 Courtney Lee missed Three Point Jumper.
P3 Ernest Little Defensive Rebound.
P3 Foul on Ernest Little
P3 Western Kentucky Full Timeout.
P3 Jeremy Evans missed Two Point Layup.
P3 Courtney Lee Offensive Rebound.
P3 Courtney Lee made Two Point Layup. 65–64
P3 Leandro Buboltz made Three Point Jumper. 65–67
P3 Tyrone Brazelton missed Two Point Jumper.
P3 Stephen Cowherd Defensive Rebound.
P3 Demetric Bennett made Two Point Layup. 65–69
P3 Western Kentucky Full Timeout.
P3 Ty Rogers missed Three Point Jumper.
P3 Jeremy Evans Offensive Rebound.
P3 Jeremy Evans made Two Point Layup. 67–69
P3 Leandro Buboltz missed Three Point Jumper.
P3 Ernest Little Offensive Rebound.
P3 Jeremy Evans Steal.
P3 Foul on Leandro Buboltz
P3 Jeremy Evans made Free Throw. 68–69
P3 Jeremy Evans made Free Throw. 69–69
P3 Foul on Tyrone Brazelton
P3 Daon Merritt made Free Throw. 69–70
P3 Daon Merritt made Free Throw. 69–71
P3 A.J. Slaughter made Two Point Jumper. 71–71
P3 South Alabama 20 Second Timeout.
P3 Daon Merritt made Two Point Layup. 71–73
P3 Western Kentucky Full Timeout.
P3 Courtney Lee missed Three Point Jumper.
P3 End Game

Box score

WKU

Player	MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF
Jeremy EvansF	40	11	4-7	0-0	3-4	9	0	2	1	4	4	5	4
Daniel EmersonF	19	2	1-4	0-1	0-0	5	3	1	2	0	3	2	2
Tyrone BrazeltonG	40	15	5-9	3-4	2-5	6	6	5	1	0	0	6	5
Courtney LeeG	44	21	8-22	1-7	4-6	7	0	2	0	0	1	6	1
Ty RogersG	43	9	3-9	2-8	1-2	3	2	1	1	0	0	3	1
Matt MarescaF	8	2	1-2	0-0	0-0	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	1
Boris SiakamF	3	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
Butch JointerG-F	1	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
A.J. SlaughterG	10	8	3-3	1-1	1-1	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	1
Orlando Mendez-ValdezG	17	3	1-4	1-3	0-0	2	1	2	0	0	0	2	3
Raed MostafaF
Mike WalkerF
Desire GabouG
Adam HowardG
Benson CallierG

USA

Player	MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF
Leandro BuboltzF	31	5	1-5	1-4	2-2	2	1	0	0	0	0	2	2
Ernest LittleF	25	8	3-7	0-0	2-2	8	0	2	0	3	1	7	4
Carlos SmithG	36	7	2-10	2-7	1-2	3	3	1	3	0	0	3	3
Demetric BennettG	40	14	5-12	3-5	1-2	5	3	2	1	0	1	4	1
Daon MerrittG	31	24	7-9	2-2	8-11	1	5	3	2	0	0	1	2
Trajinski GrigsbyF	5	2	1-2	0-1	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
Brandon DavisF	24	10	5-8	0-0	0-0	5	0	1	0	2	0	5	4
Charles TabetC	5	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Stephen CowherdG	28	3	1-2	0-1	1-2	2	2	1	2	0	0	2	3
Kenny HooksF
Philip TabetC
Darren CloudG
Brooks TaylorG

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