Three Stars of the Day: Godzinksi, Larry, Price

Shawn Siegel — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 10:17:00 -0800

Three Stars of The Day

We handpick the best performances of the day, whether it be stat lines that make you drool, or clutch performances. Either way, its our way of showing the love:

Chris Godzinski - Wofford

Scored a team & season-high 15 points, and had the game-winning dunk with 2 seconds left as Wofford upended Charleston

Reggie Larry - Boise State

Scored the game winner against Fresno (6 seconds left), and also set season highs with 27 points and 16 big rebounds

AJ Price - UCONN

Who needs Dyson? Price scored 20 to lead UCONN to a home win over Louisville

Other Top Performers

Antoine Agudio - Hofstra - Another big scoring night for the senior, 28 points against lowly Longwood

Kenny George - UNCA - With 15 points, 7 rebounds, and 6 blocks off the bench, the big men helped UNCA move to 6-0 in the Big South

Paul Stoll - UTPA - Did it all for the Broncs, leading the way with 28 point, 11 assists, 6 boards, and 3 steals

Previous Stars of the Day

January 27th - DeMarcus Nelson, Duke

January 26th - Hackett/Lewis/Mayo, USC

January 24th - Jerryd Bayless, Arizona

January 22nd - Patrick Patterson, Kentucky

January 21st - DJ Augustin, Texas

January 20th - Dezmon Harris, Weber State

January 19th - James Gist, Maryland

January 18th - Abbott/Harden, Arizona State

January 17th - Dionte Christmas, Temple

January 14th - Roy Hibbert, Georgetown

January 11th - Lester Hudson, Tennessee-Martin

January 9th - DJ White, Indiana

January 8th - Lester Hudson, Tennessee-Martin

January 7th - Wayne Ellington, UNC

January 6th - Shan Foster, Vanderbilt

January 5th - Damon Huffman, Brown

January 4th - Luke Harangody, Notre Dame

January 3rd - Damon Huffman, Brown

January 2nd - Martin Zeno, Texas Tech

November/December Star of the Day Archive

Georgia Southern 83 - Wofford 78

Press Release — Tue, 09 Jan 2007 08:12:24 -0800

STATESBORO, Ga. --- Senior Donte Gennie scored a career high 28 points to help Georgia Southern defeat Wofford 83-78 Monday night at Hanner Fieldhouse.

GSU evens its Southern Conference record at 2-2 after an 0-2 start and is now 9-6 overall. Wofford falls to 5-11 and 0-5.

“You do what you have to do to win,” said GSU head coach Jeff Price. “I’ve never had another team force me to play five guards and they literally forced me to do that. They spread us out and were driving on our post players and we were fouling - they’re just a great shooting team. We got stops when we had to - our defense isn’t where it needs to be - but our effort was good.”

GSU placed five players in double-figures: Gennie, junior Dwayne Foreman had 14, junior Louis Graham and senior Jimmy Tobias each had 11 and senior Diogo Salazar recorded a career-high 10 off the bench.

The Terriers were led by Eric Marshall who had a career-best 33 points, shooting 11-for-14 from the field (3-for-3 from 3-point land) and 8-for-8 from the foul line. Shane Nichols poured in 21 and Drew Gibson had 13.

Georgia Southern was slow out of the gate, missing its first three shots
with two turnovers which helped enable the Terriers to jump out to a 6-0 lead.

It was the Marshall and Nichols show early on for Wofford as the combo started 7-for-7 from the floor, including 3-for-3 from behind the arc.

The Eagles led for the first time, 18-16, at the 12:51 mark, but not for long. Nichols reclaimed the lead with a trifecta and held the advantage for another six minutes.

The game went back-and-forth until GSU took control with a 9-0 run, capped off with a trey from Gennie, to go up 41-34 with 2:22 to go in the half.

Gennie came through again with a fall-down triple from the left corner at the buzzer and Georgia Southern went into halftime with the momentum and a 49-40 lead.

Gennie had 19 of his 28 points in the first 20 minutes, the most by a GSU player in a half this season.

The opening moments of the second period belonged to Wofford thanks to an 8-0 rally, but the Terriers were unable to grab a hold of the contest. Wofford pulled even (58-58) at the 12:10 mark and kept Georgia Southern in reach.

A Marshall jumper cut the deficit to 70-69 with 6:08 left, but seven straight points gave GSU the cushion it needed. Wofford would get to within three with just over a minute left, but no closer.

Georgia Southern dominated the glass, outrebounding the Terriers 47-28, led by Graham’s 12. He notched his seventh double-double of the season.

“Our rebounding was really good,” said Price. “We’ve rebounded well in the last two games, averaging 15 offensive rebounds and I’ve been really pleased with that.”