Sanford's 20 Point Performance Helps Toledo Win at Cleveland State
Saturday’s Scoreboard
Toledo 77, Cleveland State 62
Princeton 64, Akron 62
Stories Courtesy of the Associated Press
Toledo 77, Cleveland State 62
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CLEVELAND -- Jaelan Sanford hit four 3-pointers and scored 20 points and Toledo pulled away in the second half to defeat Cleveland State 77-62 on Saturday.
There were seven ties and 15 lead changes, the last coming with 10:47 when Nate Navigato made two free throws to start an 11-2 run for the Rockets. Navigato's 3-pointer made it 56-48 with 7:08 to play.
After the last lead change, Toledo (7-5) made 15 of 20 baskets and Cleveland State (3-9) was 3 of 12 before scoring twice in the closing minute.
Navigato had 13 points and Luke Knapke and Willie Jackson added 12 each for the Rockets, who made 7 of 11 3-pointers and shot 71 percent (17 of 24) in the second half. Knapke hit all five of his shots and Navigato was 3 of 4 from 3-point range after halftime.
Tyree Appleby had 15 points, Stefan Kenic 13 and Dontel Highsmith 12 for the Vikings.
Princeton 64, Akron 62
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HONOLULU -- Myles Stephens kissed a shot off the glass as time ran out and Princeton scrapped past Akron 64-62 on Saturday in a game that was tied nine times with eight lead changes at the Diamond Head Classic.
Amir Bell scored 16 points, Stephens added another 15, Sebastian Much 12 and all three figured in the final seconds for Princeton (6-7). The Tigers were ahead 57-53 with under three minutes to play, but Akron roared back with a pair of Malcolm Duvivier 3-pointers to tie at 59.
Much canned a big 3 on the other end with less than a minute to go, but Duvivier hit his third straight 3-poiner to tie again with 10 seconds left. Bell advanced the ball off the inbounds and called time with six seconds left as Princeton set up the final shot. Much drove hard to the hoop and flicked to ball to Stephens who hit the winner in a crowd.
Much, a freshman, finished in double figures for the fourth straight game.
Duvivier finished with 18 points to lead Akron (6-4) making six 3-pointers. Eric Parrish added 16 points, going 3-for-3 from distance.
