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UCA 69 A&M 59 FINAL

Bears now 1-1

Sims and Nevels score 13
Bowie 12
Pillow 9
Marks 8
Brewer 6

Nevels had 20 rebounds......UCA wins rebounds 54/37

Bears had 25 turnovers...ugh....

Shooting....UCA/A&M

FG: 38%/35%
3s: 40%/44%
FT: 77%/53%

Rueter injured in last minute.....status not known

Good road trip to Rupp......

GoBears!!

Hope Rueter's injury is not too bad. Nice win for the Bears against a DI opponent. Good to see the FG% increase and 20 Rebounds by Nevels..is that a career high? Got to work on those turnovers.
Overall great job Bears!

Was just looking at the box score and realized that we were down 1 at the half (27-26), but went on to score 43 points in the 2nd half!! That is pretty impressive to me.

yeah we held the lead much of the first half, but a late scoring run by AAM gave them the 1 point lead.

We obviously played much better, shot much better, and particularly int he first half it sounded as if our D was outstanding.

The team is sticking around for at least the first half of the UK-GW game before flying out sometime tomorrow morning, so now they can relax and enjoy bball at a historic place and enjoy their win tonight!

http://www.ucasports.com/sport.asp?action=news&sportid=6&article=2182

BEARS REBOUND AGAINST BULLDOGS
MEN'S BASKETBALL • Nov 7, 2007

LEXINGTON, Ky _ The University of Central Arkansas Bears rebounded, literally, Wednesday night and grabbed a 69-59 victory over Alabama A&M in the consolation game of the 2K Sports College Hoops Classic at Rupp Arena.

The Bears (1-1) came back from Tuesday's loss to No. 20 Kentucky with a vengeance, dominating the boards against the Bulldogs. UCA held a whopping 54-30 rebounding advantage, with senior Durrell Nevels turning in the best performance in 30 years...

http://www.kentucky.com/278/story/224704.html

CENT. ARKANSAS 69, ALABAMA A&M 59
Bears take control in opener
By Jerry Tipton
JTIPTON@HERALD-LEADER.COM
Led by forward Durrell Nevels, Central Arkansas beat Alabama A&M 69-59 in Rupp Arena last night to win the consolation game of the 2K Sports College Hoops Classic Lexington regional. Nevels, who became his school's career leader in blocked shots by rejecting three Kentucky shots on Tuesday night, scored 13 points and grabbed 20 rebounds. He got 14 of those rebounds in the second half, a feat all the more remarkable because Central Arkansas found its shooting eye after halftime. The Bears made only 20 percent of their shots against UK, and were only slightly better in the first half against Alabama A&M (29.6 percent)...

http://www.thecabin.net/stories/110807/spo_1108070024.shtml

Bears' rebounding takes bite out of Dawgs

By DAVID MCCOLLUM
LOG CABIN STAFF WRITER

LEXINGTON, Ky. The University of Central Arkansas Bears benefitted as much Wednesday night from what went out than what went in.

With 6-foot-6 forward Durrell Nevels leading the way with a career-high 20 rebounds (the highest by a UCA player since 1977), the Bears held a whopping 54-30 edge on the boards on the way to their first victory of the season, 69-59 over Alabama A&M in the consolation game of the 2K Sports College Hoops Classic at Rupp Arena.

UCA's 37-22 advantage on the defensive board took away the Bulldogs' most effective weapon...

http://www.thecabin.net/stories/110807/spo_1108070025.shtml

Nevels makes history with 20 rebounds

By DAVID MCCOLLUM
Log CABIN STAFF WRITER

LEXINGTON, Ky. The 20 rebounds by the University of Central Arkansas' Durrell Nevels set a 2K Sports College Hoops Classic record, breaking the previous mark of 19 by Quintin Butler of Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne (IPFW) against Savannah State in 2004.

BLOCKER: Alabama A&M forward Mickell Gladness set an all-time tournament record for blocks in a game with nine against UCA, eclipsing eight set by Syracuse's Darryl Watkins in 2005. The 6-foot-11 senior forward led the NCAA in blocked shots last year at 6.3 blocks per game. Two games deep into the season, he has 15 blocks...

http://www.thecabin.net/stories/110807/spo_1108070026.shtml

Two Bears combine for a memorable night at Rupp
LEXINGTON, Ky.

In very blue Rupp Arena, the University of Central Arkansas hitched something old and something new for its first basketball victory of the season Wednesday night.

Transfer guard York Sims, a former star at Clarksville High who is the all-time scoring and steals leader at Northern Oklahoma-Enid, put forth his first blossoms at a UCA player in the 69-59 victory over Alabama A&M in the 2K Sports College Hoops Classic. Senior Durrell Nevels had a scrapbook rebounding game in the icon sports venue: 20 rebounds, 13 points...

http://nwanews.com/adg/Sports/207061/

Game 2 better for Central Arkansas
BY NICK WALKER
Posted on Thursday, November 8, 2007

LEXINGTON, Ky. — In the land of horses, the Central Arkansas Bears found a group of colts they could run with.

One night after getting blown out by 20 th-ranked Kentucky, the Bears pulled out a 69-59 victory over Alabama A&M in the consolation game of the 2 K Sports College Hoops Classic at Rupp Arena on Wednesday.

That’s not to say it was easy for the Bears (1-1 )...