VIRGINIA BEACH, VA. - All-Tournament selection Jason Arrington
scored a game-high 20 points while Fred Spratley added 16 points
and nine rebounds as the Apprentice School defeated Rutgers-Newark
66-61 for third place in the Cox Communications Blue Marlin Tipoff
at the Batten Center on Saturday night.
The Builders jumped out to a 29-24 halftime lead on the strength
of a strong defense that held the opponents from Newark to 29.6%
shooting from the field. In the second half, Arrington had 11
of his 20 points to lead the Builders to the victory after last
night's tough 74-70 loss to sixth-ranked Virginia Wesleyan College.
Eric Ruffin added 13 points for the Builders who will now travel
to Francis Marion University for a 7 pm matchup on Monday night in
Florence, S.C.
APPRENTICE SCHOOL 66, RUTGERS-NEWARK(N.J.) 61
APPRENTICE SCHOOL (1-1): Jason Arrington 7-14 4-8 20; Fred
Spratley 5-12 6-8 16; Eric Ruffin 5-13 2-3 13; Eric Joe 3-4 3-4 9;
Antione Paige 1-3 2-2 4; Nolan Thompson 1-2 0-0 2; Stanford Johnson
1-2 0-0 2; Ryan Davis 0-2 0-0 0; Thomas Scott 0-2 0-0 0; Warren
Cherry 0-2 0-0 0; Norman Washington 0-3 0-0 0. Totals 23-59 17-25
66.
RUTGERS-NEWARK(N.J.) (0-2): Chadd Barnes 7-19 0-0 19; James
Johnson 4-9 0-0 10; David Cherry 3-7 2-2 8; Deshawn Singleton 3-4
1-1 7; Angel Collado 2-8 0-3 5; Afolabi Ajumobi 1-1 1-2 3; Ryan
Gillens 1-3 1-2 3; Greg Boose 1-4 0-1 2; Derrick Truesdale 0-2 2-2
2; Derryck Alexander 1-1 0-0 2; Phil Valdez 0-0 0-0 0; Phil Barnes
0-2 0-0 0. Totals 23-60 7-13 61.
Halftime: Apprentice 29-24. 3-point goals--Apprentice
School 3-9 (Jason Arrington 2-5; Eric Ruffin 1-2; Thomas Scott 0-1;
Fred Spratley 0-1), Rutgers-Newark(N.J.) 8-17 (Chadd Barnes 5-10;
James Johnson 2-2; Angel Collado 1-2; Greg Boose 0-2; David Cherry
0-1). Fouled out--Apprentice School-None,
Rutgers-Newark(N.J.)-Derryck Alexander. Rebounds--Apprentice School
42 (Fred Spratley 9), Rutgers-Newark(N.J.) 40 (Deshawn Singleton
10). Assists--Apprentice School 7 (Antione Paige 3),
Rutgers-Newark(N.J.) 12 (Angel Collado 4). Total fouls--Apprentice
School 14, Rutgers-Newark(N.J.) 18. Technical fouls--Apprentice
School-None, Rutgers-Newark(N.J.)-None. A-215
