Chris Bourne, Swarthmore
Centennial Conference
Men's Basketball Player of the Week
Bourne averaged 24.5 points on 65.4 percent shooting from the floor (17-of-26) in a 2-0 week for the Garnet. He posted a career high 24 points with seven rebounds in the 75-63 win vs. Ursinus and topped that four days later with a 25-point outing in a 73-60 triumph vs. Cairn. Bourne also shot 88.2 percent (15-of-17) from the charity stripe.
Around the Conference
Gettysburg sophomore G Pete Christ (Pittstown, N.J.) scored a career high 22 points as the Bullets knocked off No. 7 Dickinson, 67-61, last Tuesday. It is the Orange and Blue's first win over a top-10 team since topping No. 8 Franklin & Marshall 79-69 on Jan. 12, 2002. Classmate Tanner Kirkpatrick (Carlisle, Pa.), playing in his hometown, added 15 points and seven rebounds.
Haverford senior G Gibby Graves (Chappaqua, N.Y.) posted the first triple-double in school history in the Fords' 80-77 victory against Muhlenberg. Graves registered 12 points, 14 rebounds and 11 assists for the first triple-double in the Conference since Ursinus' Remy Cousart on February 21, 2009.
Johns Hopkins could add two new members to its 1,000-point club this week as seniors George Bugarinovic (Overland Park, Kan.) and Jimmy Hammer (Collegeville, Pa.) need 15 and 27 points, respectively.
Franklin & Marshall head coach Glenn Robinson tied legendary Kentucky coach Adolph Rupp for seventh place on the all-time wins list as the Diplomats topped Elizabethtown, 87-65. Robinson now has 876 career coaching victories and is three away from North Carolina's Dean Smith (879) for the No. 6 spot. Senior Morgan Lee (Brooklyn, N.Y.) led the way for F&M with 24 points.
NCAA All-Time Coaching Wins (all divisions)
Name | Yrs | W | L |
T1-Mike Kryzezewski * | 39 | 987 | 306 |
T1-Herb Magee * | 48 | 986 | 392 |
3-Jim Boeheim * | 41 | 952 | 319 |
4-Don Meyer | 37 | 923 | 324 |
5-Bob Knight | 42 | 902 | 371 |
6-Dean Smith | 36 | 879 | 254 |
T7-Glenn Robinson | 44 | 876 | 321 |
T7-Adolph Rupp | 41 | 876 | 190 |
records as of 11/30/14
Washington College junior Dave Knox (Warrington, Pa.) posted his second career double-double with 10 points and 10 rebounds in a 56-44 loss at McDaniel.
Swarthmore sophomore F Chris Bourne (Monmouth Junction, N.J.) posted back-to-back career scoring nights in Garnet wins ove Ursinus and Cairn. He recorded 24 points in a 75-63 win over Ursinus, knocking down 8-of-12 from the field and 8-of-10 from the line. Bourne was 9-of-14 from the floor and made all seven free throw attempts for 25 markers vs. the Highlanders.
Ursinus sophomore G Matt Knowles (Waverly, Pa.) scored a career best 16 markers in a loss at Widener. He leads the Bears with a 12.6 ppg. average.
D-III Active Career Scoring Leaders
1-Malique Killing, Muhlenberg |
1,606 |
2-Jack Taylor, Grinnell |
1,499 |
3-Duncan Lunsford, Keystone |
1,476 |
4-Ross Danzig, Scranton |
1,451 |
5-Gerry Wixted, Dickinson |
1,449 |
as of Nov. 29, 2014