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Deyton Albury.
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- By The Nassau Guardian
Bahamian collegiate athletes were in action over the weekend as they ended the calendar year for their respective schools with mixed results.
Deyton Albury put on an offensive show for the unranked Queens University of Charlotte Royals (6-9), but they fell to the number 16 nationally ranked Duke University Blue Devils (9-3), 106-69, on the road at Cameron Indoor Stadium in Durham, North Carolina, on Saturday
The Royals finished their non-conference play with a second consecutive against a top-25 team.
Duke never trailed in the game as the Royals’ got overpowered with Duke making a blistering 58 percent of their shots. Duke’s offense and transition game punished the Royals as they scored 33 points off of the Royals’ 19 turnovers.
The only tie in the game came when Albury notched the score at 2-2 just a minute and a half into the game. The Bahamian tried to keep his team in the game as they trailed 6-4 early on after an Albury jump shot with 17:09 left in the first half.
That two-point lead quickly turned to a 15-point lead. Albury got the lead down back to single digits when he stole the ball and made a jump shot on a fast break at the 10:16 mark in the first half. Duke led 25-18 at that point. It was all Duke the rest of the way in the first half as they led 46-33 at the break. Duke outscored the Royals, 60-36, in the second half to run away with the win.
Albury and the Royals return to action on Saturday with a game against Kennesaw State University (9-5) at 5 p.m. at the KSU Convocation in Kennesaw, Georgia.
Franco Miller Jr. helped the Florida Gulf Coast Eagles (6-9) take care of Florida Atlantic University Owls (10-3), 72-68, for their third consecutive win, on Saturday.
Miller scored 10 points and had five rebounds in 23 minutes on the floor on their home court at Alico Arena in Fort Myers, Florida. He went 4-for-11 from the field including a made shot from three-point territory.
The Eagles shot the ball well as they shot at a 48.3 percent clip from the field and held the Owls to 41.4 percent shooting.https://b7931602969c44941dbe4b597331c6b6.safeframe.googlesyndication.com/safeframe/1-0-40/html/container.html
Miller’s first points came from a three-pointer, putting his team up 14-10 at the 13:18 mark of the first half. They went into the intermission up 39-30. The Owls played them tougher in the second half, tying the score at 68 points with 1:27 left in the game. The Eagles broke the tie with a shot from deep with 1:12 left in the game to go up 71-68. Miller split a pair of free throws with 16 seconds left to seal the victory.
The Eagles will stay at home and welcome the Jacksonville University Dolphins (9-5) on Thursday for their first game of the calendar year. That game gets underway at 7 p.m.
On the coaching side, Yolet McPhee-McCuin was in action with the Ole Miss Rebels (10-3) women’s basketball team hosting the Alcorn State University Braves (2-9) at the Sandy and John Black Pavilion in Oxford, Mississippi. They won easily, 76-37. Playing for McPhee-McCuin in this game was Bahamian Rhema Collins. Collins had three points and four rebounds in six minutes.
The Rebels shot the ball at a 51.1 percent clip and held the Braves to 30.4 percent shooting from the field.
After opening the game with a 20-9 advantage in the first quarter, the Rebels did not take their foot off the gas as they went up 39-21 at the intermission.The Rebels had a dominant second half, outscoring the Braves, 37-16.
The Rebels return to action on Thursday when they kick-off conference play against the University of Alabama Crimson Tide (12-2) on the road at the Coleman Coliseum in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. Tip-off is at 7:30 p.m.