2007-2008 Cougar Basketball Recaps
March
13, vs. Oregon Institute of Technology
The Mount Vernon Nazarene University men's
basketball team staged a furious comeback in
the final four minutes of the unseeded
Cougars' first-round game in the NAIA
Division II National Tournament, but No. 11
seed Oregon Tech Institute of Technology was
able to hold on for a 77-74 victory in
Keeter Gymnasium on the
campus of the College
of the Ozarks on Thursday night.
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March
1, at Malone College
Despite getting a season-high 41 points from
junior guard Ben Falkenberg, the Mount
Vernon Nazarene University men's basketball
team fell on the road in overtime in the
semifinals of the American
Mideast Conference
Tournament for the second straight year as
the Cougars dropped a hard-fought 101-98
decision at Malone College on Saturday
night.
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February
28, NOTRE DAME COLLEGE
The Mount Vernon Nazarene University men's
basketball team began what it hopes will be
a long postseason run on Thursday night as
the No. 4 seeded Cougars eliminated No. 5
seeded Notre Dame College 94-84 in the first
round of the American Mideast Conference
Tournament.
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February
23, at Ohio Dominican University
The Mount Vernon Nazarene University men's
basketball team's postseason status became a
little less clear on Saturday as the Cougars
shot just 38.0 percent from the field in an
82-69 American Mideast Conference South
Division loss at Ohio Dominican University
to close out the regular season.
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February
19, UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE
The Mount Vernon Nazarene University men's
basketball team used balanced scoring and
57.1 percent shooting from the field as the
Cougars downed the University of Rio Grande
94-78 in American Mideast Conference South
Division action on Tuesday night in the
Physical Education Center and clinched a
berth in the upcoming AMC Tournament in the
process.
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February
16, at Urbana University
The Mount Vernon Nazarene University men's
basketball team extended its winning streak
to four straight games as the Cougars shot
56.1 percent from the field and nailed 13
three-pointers to down Urbana University
87-69 in American Mideast Conference South
Division action on Saturday afternoon.
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February
14, WALSH UNIVERSITY
After nearly rallying from an 18-point
deficit in the first meeting of the year
between the two teams before falling 75-70
on the road, the Mount Vernon Nazarene
University men's basketball team completed a
comeback from 17 points down in the second
half as the Cougars knocked off No. 2 Walsh
University 78-72 in American Mideast
Conference South Division action in front of
an excited crowd in the Physical Education
Center on Thursday night.
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February
9, at Shawnee State University
The Mount Vernon Nazarene University men's
basketball team put together one of its best
performances of the season including a 41-19
second half and in the process moved back
into second place in the American Mideast
Conference South Division standings as the
Cougars cruised to an 87-48 victory at
Shawnee State University on Saturday
afternoon.
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February
7, HOUGHTON (N.Y.) COLLEGE
The Mount Vernon Nazarene University men's
basketball team shot 56.9 percent from the
field and nailed 11 three-pointers as the
Cougars cruised to a 94-54 non-conference
victory over Houghton (N.Y.) College on
Thursday night.
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February
5, at Cedarville University
The Mount Vernon Nazarene University men's
basketball team dropped an American Mideast
Conference South Division road game on
Tuesday night as the Cougars fell 86-74 at
Cedarville University.
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February 2,
at Wilberforce University
The Mount Vernon Nazarene University men's
basketball team used unselfish team play and
balanced scoring to post an 84-66 American
Mideast Conference South Division road
victory at Wilberforce University on
Saturday night.
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January 29, OHIO DOMINICAN UNIVERSITY
For the first time since the start of last
season, the Mount Vernon Nazarene University
men's basketball team lost at home as the
Cougars fell 80-72 to Ohio Dominican
University in American Mideast Conference
South Division action on Tuesday night in
the Physical Education Center to snap the
team's school-record 22-game winning streak.
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January 26, URBANA UNIVERSITY
After trailing by as much as eight points in
the first half, the Mount Vernon Nazarene
University men's basketball team got 19
points out of its bench in the second half
as the Cougars out-scored Urbana University
52-30 after halftime on the way to an 82-64
American Mideast Conference South Division
victory in the Physical Education Center on
Saturday night.
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January 22, at University of Rio Grande
When glancing through the all-time series
records for the Mount Vernon Nazarene
University men's basketball team against
American Mideast Conference South Division
opponents, the one team that the Cougars
have had the least success with over the
years is the University of Rio Grande.
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January 19, SHAWNEE STATE UNIVERSITY
The Mount Vernon Nazarene University men's
basketball team rallied from an eight-point
second-half deficit to defeat Shawnee State
University 78-68 in conference play on
Saturday night in the Physical Education
Center and take over second place in the
American Mideast Conference South Division
standings.
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January 15, at Walsh University
In a battle between two of the top-ranked
teams in NAIA Division II and two of the
defending tri-conference champions from a
year ago, the Mount Vernon Nazarene
University men's basketball team came up
just short in its comeback bid as the No. 6
Cougars fell 75-70 at No. 4 Walsh University
on Tuesday night in American Mideast
Conference South Division action in Alumni
Arena.
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January 12, WILBERFORCE UNIVERSITY
Despite having its second-worst shooting
night of the season from the field, the
Mount Vernon Nazarene University men's
basketball team was still able to pull out
an 80-72 American Mideast Conference South
Division victory over scrappy Wilberforce
University on Saturday night in the Physical
Education Center.
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January 8, CEDARVILLE UNIVERSITY
The Mount Vernon Nazarene University men's
basketball team hit 13 of its 14 field goal
attempts as the Cougars jumped out to an
early lead and never looked back on the way
to a convincing 83-54 victory in the
American Mideast Conference South Division
opener between the two nationally-ranked
teams in the Physical Education Center on
Tuesday night.
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January 5, at Houghton (N.Y.)
College
One day after a
buzzer-beater victory, the Mount Vernon
Nazarene University men's basketball team
used a big first half to cruise to a 73-49
non-conference victory at Houghton (N.Y.)
College on Saturday afternoon.
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January 4, at Roberts Wesleyan (N.Y.) College
In an exciting game
that featured three ties and 13 lead changes
in the second half, the Mount Vernon
Nazarene University men's basketball team
pulled out a 76-74 non-conference victory at
Roberts Wesleyan (N.Y.) College on Friday
night on junior guard Ben Falkenberg's
three-pointer with 0.1 second left.
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December 29, at Hope (Mich.) College
The Mount Vernon Nazarene University men's
basketball team suffered its first loss of
the season as the Cougars fell 96-77 at Hope
(Mich.) College in the championship game of
the Hope Holiday Classic on Saturday
afternoon in front of 3,035 fans in the
DeVos Fieldhouse in a battle between two
nationally-ranked teams.
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December 28, vs. Purdue University-North
Central (Ind.)
The Mount Vernon Nazarene University men's
basketball team shook off the rust of a
20-day layoff and rallied from a 15-point
second-half deficit to defeat Purdue
University-North Central (Ind.) 82-74 in the
first round of the Hope (Mich.) College
Holiday Classic on Friday evening.
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December 8, at Kenyon College
Junior guard Ben Falkenberg scored a
season-high 30 points and the Mount Vernon
Nazarene University men's basketball team
shot 70.4 percent from the field in the
first half as the NAIA Division II No. 8
Cougars built a comfortable
lead and then held on for an 80-68 victory
at Kenyon College in the championship game
of the Food for the Hungry Holiday
Invitational on Saturday evening in Tomsich
Arena.
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December 7, UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN-DEARBORN
The 14th annual Food for the Hungry Holiday
Invitational got under way on Friday night
in the Physical Education Center and the
Mount Vernon Nazarene University men's
basketball team clearly got the message
about sharing with others as the Cougars
registered 30 assists on 39 field goals on
the way to a 103-69 victory over the
University of
Michigan-Dearborn.
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December 4, at Malone College
With first semester final exams looming in
the classroom next week, the Mount Vernon Nazarene University men's
basketball team passed its first real road
test in fine fashion with a 91-69
non-conference victory at Malone College on
Tuesday night.
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December 1, DAEMEN (N.Y.) COLLEGE
The Mount Vernon Nazarene University men's
basketball team remained unbeaten on the season, extended
the team's home winning streak to 17
straight, and handed head coach Scott
Flemming his 400th career win as the Cougars
downed Daemen (N.Y.) College 80-63 in
non-conference action on Saturday night in
the Physical Education Center.
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November 27, UNIVERSITY OF NORTHWESTERN OHIO
The Mount Vernon Nazarene University men's
basketball team showed
no ill effects of a 10-day holiday layoff as
the Cougars cruised past the University of
Northwestern Ohio 81-64 in non-conference
action in the Physical Education Center on
Tuesday night.
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November 17, ASHLAND UNIVERSITY
The Mount Vernon Nazarene University men's
basketball team extended its home winning
streak to 15 straight games dating back to
last season as the Cougars defeated NCAA
Division II Ashland University for the first
time in nine tries with a 90-82
non-conference victory in the friendly
confines of the Physical Education Center on
Saturday night.
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November 13, at Ohio Christian University
The Mount Vernon Nazarene University men's
basketball team came away
with an 87-59
non-conference victory at Ohio Christian
University on Tuesday night in the Cougars'
first road game of the season.
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November 10, SPRING ARBOR (Mich.) UNIVERSITY
The Mount Vernon Nazarene University men's
basketball team used a
strong second half to rally from a 10-point
deficit for a 73-61 victory over Spring
Arbor (Mich.) University on Saturday
afternoon in the Physical Education Center
in a battle of two previously unbeaten teams.
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November 9, CINCINNATI CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY
The Mount Vernon Nazarene University men's
basketball team used a
balanced offensive attack and a large
rebounding margin to cruise past Cincinnati
Christian University 103-69 in the Cougars'
2007-2008 season opener as part of the
annual MVNU Homecoming festivities on Friday
night in the Physical Education Center.
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