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David Kool scored 16 points while Donald Lawson added 10 points and 10 rebounds lifting Western Michigan to a 66-63 win over College of Charleston in the fifth place game at the 2009 Hawaiian Airlines Diamond Head Classic before 5,402 at Stan Sheriff Center on Friday. Charleston, which plays host to S.C. State at 4 p.m. on Jan. 2, fell to 6-6. Western Michigan improved to 6-5. The game was tied seven times and there were 12 lead changes.
Kool's 3-pointer with 3:24 left gave the Broncos a 61-58 lead and proved to be the game-winner. Andrew Goudelock's (Lilburn, Ga.) driving layup cut the margin to 61-60 with 2:49 left. Martelle McLemore answered with another 3-pointer with 2:37 left to give WMU a 64-60 lead. Charleston's Donavan Monroe (Waxhaw, N.C.) cut the deficit to 64-63 with a 3-pointer from the left baseline with 2:23 remaining. Casaan Breeden (Clio, S.C.) rebounded a 3-point miss by Kool with 50 seconds left giving Charleston one last chance. But, Kool stripped Goudelock of the ball with 19 seconds left, and hit a pair of free throws with 15 seconds left to give WMU a 66-63 lead. Monroe's baseline 3-point attempt with three seconds came up short for Charleston. The teams traded baskets in the first seven minutes of the second half as Charleston led, 40-39. The Broncos ended the trade with a 12-2 run over the next 4:05 to take a 51-42 lead on a McLemore 3-pointer with 8:56 to g
The Cougars went on an 11-2 run to tie the at 53-all with 5:11 left on the clock. After McLemore followed with a three, Charleston scored five straight to take a 58-56 lead with 3:58 to go. On the next possession, Lawson's putback tied the game at 58-all. Goudelock, who finished with 17 points, hit a 3-pointer that helped Charleston to an 18-7 lead with 11:32 left in the first half. The Broncos answered with a 10-0 run and eventually grabbed a two-point lead before Charleston's Rashad Wright (Agawam, Mass.) tied the game at 29-all at intermission with a dunk with four seconds left. Jeremy Simmons (Lithonia, Ga.) added 17 points and a team-high seven rebounds for the Cougars. Tony White, Jr. (Knoxville, Tenn.) had 16 points, while Goudelock dished out a game-high five assists and Wright had three blocks. McLemore finished with 15 points for the Broncos, including 5-of-7 from behind the arc. Charleston shot 41.7 percent from the floor hitting 25-of-60 attempts. The Broncos shot just 38.7 percent (24-62), but held a 43-26 rebounding edge
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Official Basketball Box Score
Western Michigan vs College of Charleston
12/25/09 11:30 a.m. at Stan Sheriff Center (Honolulu, O`ahu)
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VISITORS: Western Michigan 6-5
TOT-FG 3-PT REBOUNDS
## Player Name FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF TP A TO BLK S MIN
03 McLEMORE, Martelle.. f 5-11 5-7 0-0 0 3 3 2 15 0 2 0 1 35
33 WHITFIELD, Flenard.. f 3-7 0-1 0-0 1 2 3 3 6 1 1 0 0 14
24 LAWSON, Donald...... c 4-7 0-0 2-2 3 7 10 2 10 0 1 0 0 31
05 DOUGLAS, Mike....... g 0-5 0-2 0-0 0 1 1 2 0 1 2 0 0 17
23 KOOL, David......... g 5-16 1-5 5-6 2 0 2 2 16 2 3 0 2 35
01 WARD, Demetrius..... 2-2 1-1 0-0 3 3 6 2 5 3 4 0 1 19
11 HUTCHESON, Nate..... 2-4 1-1 0-0 2 1 3 1 5 0 1 0 0 9
15 WOLF, Alex.......... 2-4 2-4 1-2 0 3 3 0 7 1 0 0 0 21
25 BROWN, David........ 1-4 0-3 0-0 0 2 2 2 2 1 0 0 0 13
32 CONTEH, Muhammed.... 0-2 0-0 0-1 2 1 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 6
TEAM................ 6 1 7 1
Totals.............. 24-62 10-24 8-11 19 24 43 17 66 9 16 0 4 200
TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 10-31 32.3% 2nd Half: 14-31 45.2% Game: 38.7% DEADB
3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 5-12 41.7% 2nd Half: 5-12 41.7% Game: 41.7% REBS
F Throw % 1st Half: 4-7 57.1% 2nd Half: 4-4 100 % Game: 72.7% 1,3
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HOME TEAM: College of Charleston 6-6
TOT-FG 3-PT REBOUNDS
## Player Name FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF TP A TO BLK S MIN
21 SIMMONS, Jeremy..... f 8-12 0-0 1-1 4 3 7 3 17 1 3 2 0 31
42 BREEDEN, Casaan..... f 0-7 0-5 2-2 0 4 4 3 2 1 3 0 1 23
01 MONROE, Donavan..... g 1-9 1-5 0-0 0 4 4 1 3 0 2 0 0 32
03 GOUDELOCK, Andrew... g 7-15 2-5 1-2 1 2 3 2 17 5 3 0 0 38
32 WHITE JR, Tony...... g 5-9 4-7 2-3 0 3 3 0 16 2 1 0 1 31
02 SUNDBERG, Matt...... 2-3 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 1 4 1 0 0 0 10
04 LAWRENCE, Andrew.... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8
05 WRIGHT, Rashad...... 1-1 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 2 2 0 1 3 1 9
12 PUGH, Quasim........ 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
53 HALL, Willis........ 1-3 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 13
Team................ 2 1 3
Totals.............. 25-60 7-24 6-8 7 19 26 14 63 11 13 5 3 200
TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 11-31 35.5% 2nd Half: 14-29 48.3% Game: 41.7% DEADB
3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 3-13 23.1% 2nd Half: 4-11 36.4% Game: 29.2% REBS
F Throw % 1st Half: 4-5 80.0% 2nd Half: 2-3 66.7% Game: 75.0% 3,2
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Officials: Michael Eggers, Bobby Vetkoetter, Bill Kennedy
Technical fouls: Western Michigan-None. College of Charleston-None.
Attendance: 5402
Score by Periods 1st 2nd Total
Western Michigan.............. 29 37 - 66
College of Charleston......... 29 34 - 63
2009 Hawaiian Airlines Diamond Head Classic
Points in the paint-WMU 20,COFC 28. Points off turnovers-WMU 15,COFC 20.
2nd chance points-WMU 13,COFC 10. Fast break points-WMU 0,COFC 0.
Bench points-WMU 19,COFC 8. Score tied-7 times. Lead changed-12 times.
Last FG-WMU 2nd-02:37, COFC 2nd-02:23.
Largest lead-WMU by 9 2nd-08:59, COFC by 11 1st-11:32.
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Alex Wolf, Western Michigan, Guard
Junior, Parchment, Mich. (Parchment)
Junior walk-on point guard Alex Wolf sparked Western Michigan to back-to-back victories in the Hawaiian Airlines Diamond Head Classic. After scoring only 11 career points in 19 games, Wolf exploded for a career-high 15 points, career-high five rebounds, one assist and one steal in the Broncos' victory over Colonial Athletic Association preseason favorite Northeastern. Wolf hadn't made a three-pointer in three career attempts and hadn't attempted a shot this season before going 4-for-4 behind the arc against the Huskies. Wolf came back in the next game to hit each of his first two three-pointers against Southern Conference preseason favorite College of Charleston. He also added three rebounds, one assist and no turnovers in 21 minutes. In two games, Wolf averaged 11.0 points, 4.0 rebounds and one assist per game, while making 6-of-8 three-pointers and 4-of-6 free throws. Wolf also directed the offense with just one turnover in 45 minutes of action.
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KALAMAZOO — For many of the Mid-American Conference’s better players, a divisional player of the week award is barely a footnote to the rest of their season. But when your dream was simply to be acknowledged as a legitimate Division I basketball player at your hometown university, a MAC West Co-Player of the Week honor is something to celebrate. As Alex Wolf put it after being named as such on Monday, “It’s just unreal.” It’s been that kind of week for the 5-foot-11 Parchment grad, who walked on at WMU more than three years ago wanting nothing more than a place on the roster and the best seat in the house on game days.
Wolf averaged 11 points and four rebounds in two games for Western Michigan University (6-5) last week — that’s as many points as he’d combined to score in 19 previous career games. After not playing at all in WMU’s loss to USC, Wolf played a significant role in wins over Northeastern and College of Charleston at the Diamond Head Classic in Honolulu. The junior point guard’s breakout game came against Northeastern on Wednesday, when he hit all four of his 3-point attempts, scored 15 points and grabbed five rebounds.
Wolf followed it with seven points (including two triples), three rebounds, an assist and no turnovers against Charleston, playing 21 minutes, including the stretch run of the 66-63 victory. Wolf shares the award with Ball State's Jarrod Jones, a far more heralded player. “Geez, they’re starting to pile up,” Wolf joked about accolades. “To even think that I’d be considered shows how well our team is playing,” he continued, “to have the seventh or eighth guy able to get this award.”
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