College Roundup: Moran excels as St. Joe’s splits

By John Manley

Susan Moran was a focal point of St. Joseph’s, Pa., two women’s basketball games last week. Moran scored 24 points and put the clamps on five rebounds in the Hawks’ 70-33 blowout of Rhode Island.

George Washington proved a tougher nut for Moran and her mates, and turned out to be one they couldn’t crack. The Colonials prevailed, 70-67, in a hard-fought contest. Down by eight points with three minutes left on the game clock, St. Joe’s whittled the deficit to one, climaxed by a three-point play by Moran. GW then went up by three, but Moran had a chance to bite into that when she grabbed an offensive rebound with under a minute to play. As she lunged toward the hoop for the shot, she was whistled for an offensive foul, which sent the Colonials to the line for two more freebies, both of which were converted. The sophomore from Tullamore, Co. Offaly, finished with 15 points. St. Joe’s is now 18-4 overall and 9-2 against Atlantic 10 rivals.

Niamh Joyce kept the elbows sharp and made her presence known around the boards in Stevens Tech’s 76-56 victory over St. Elizabeth. The 5-9 junior grabbed six rebounds as the Ducks improved to 14-5. She didn’t score but dished out three assists. In Stevens’ 65-55 win over Yeshiva, Joyce put two points on the board and managed three caroms.

Men’s hoops

Mick Richardson was high points man for the night as Teikyo Post disposed of Bloomfield College, 80-67. Six of Richardson’s output were released from along the banks of the River Liffey in his hometown of Dublin. He is a junior. Dublin soph Peder Madsen hit double figures with 12 points, five of which were free throw conversions. Madsen also had the range to hit one three-pointer. Teikyo Post is 6-14 with the win.

Azusa Pacific’s offense doesn’t revolve around its 6-foot-9 center, Gary Dredge, but his absence makes it that much harder for the Cougars to stop the opposition down low. A case in point was fourth-ranked Biola’s 79-73 victory over the fifth-ranked Cougars in a key NAIA match. Dredge, a sophomore from Clondalkin, Co. Dublin, scored nine points on 3-for-5 shooting from the floor, and 3-for-4 from the line. He also had six rebounds. However, he was whistled off the floor with four minutes on the game clock, having committed his fifth personal foul. That opened the lane for Biola’s 6-11 center Andrew Carlson, who scored some key points in the waning minutes. Carlson shot only

4-for-12 in the game, his shot selection largely hampered by Dredge’s constant attendance.

In other action last week, Dredge scored six points in Azusa’s 87-78 win over Vanguard. He clicked on his only two field goal attempts and went 2-for-4 from the line. He also had five rebounds, but was limited to 16 minutes of action, as he was plagued by foul trouble. Later in the week, he kept the bruising to a minimum as Azusa recovered from the Biola loss to defeat Point Loma Nazarene, 86-69. Dredge didn’t attempt a field goal, but hit two free throws. He also had five rebounds and two blocks. Azusa improved to 20-4 with the win.