The Daily Gus: November 23rd

Saturday's game of the day took place in the unlikeliest of places: Williamsburg, Va. William and Mary took on Navy in what seemed to be a game of a pair of middling mid-majors who would not make any noise, but seemed to be an even contest. The 2,000 folks who decided to go out and watch the contest were treated to an outstanding triple overtime showdown where Navy escaped 102-99. Navy guard Chris Harris played all 55 minutes for the Midshipmen and scored 26 points on 6-18 shooting; all six field goals were treys. Harris was matched by forward Kaleo Kina who also had 26. William and Mary had two guys, Danny Sumner and David Schneider score over 30 points as both teams shot over 45%. Kina had ten points in triple overtime for the victory. Navy dropped the Tribe to 1-3 and moved to 3-1 and now have a workable schedule to possibly see some improvement from the past few years.

Quality road win for Kansas State on Saturday; they defeated Cleveland State 69-59 and placed four guys in double figures while holding the Vikings to just 36% shooting. Cleveland St has seemed extremely unimpressive in their last two outings against major schools, losing by 15 to Washington earlier this week. K-State closed the first half with a flurry to pad a lead and Cleveland State pulled to within three before bowing out quickly into the cold Ohio air. K-State is now 4-0 and has a real balanced scoring attack without Michael Beasley.

Shoot-Around
- Robert Vaden had 28 to spark a 15 point UAB victory in Norfolk against Old Dominion. The Blazers are exceeding early season expectations and can prepare for a date with Oklahoma Wednesday.

-Maybe Oklahoma was overlooking Gardner-Webb, but they almost fell victim to what happened to Kentucky a year ago. Blake Griffin had 35 and 21; the usual, to manage a Sooner victory.

-Heck of a finish by Creighton to beat Oral Roberts in a BracketBuster return game from last season in Omaha. The Jays outscored Oral 54-30 in the second half to blast what was a 2 point game at the break. Cavel Witter had 25 points in just 28 minutes to bust it open.

- Two ACC schools got tough road tests: Georgia tech escaping with an 82-76 win at a tough Mercer squad and Boston College dropped one 53-50 at Saint Louis. BC will not win if Tyrese Rice doesnt score; he had six points on 2-14 shooting.