Dec. 9, 2011
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Game Notes
PRINCESS ANNE, Md. -- The University of Maryland Eastern Shore Men's Basketball team will host Mercy College Saturday, Dec. 10 at 2 PM in its last home game of the 2011 season. The Hawks will play Air Force (Dec. 17) and the University of Virginia (Dec. 27) before opening the new year at Lehigh (Jan. 3).
In its recent Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference opener, UMES fell to its 13-North rival Delaware State 78-68. The Hawks led at halftime before later falling to the Hornets. Senior Hillary Haleyposted his first double-double of the season with 22 points and 12 rebounds. Haley has scored an average of 8.4 points per game this season, almost half of what he tallied during the 2010-11 season.
Newcomer Percy Woods, a junior, leads the Hawks with an average of 10.3 points per game, and carries himself as a leader on the floor. Woods scored a personal best 18 points against Wyoming and dished seven assists versus American. Against American Woods played the entire regulation game (40-minutes) plus the overtime period (5:00).
Teammate Louis Bellhas maintained the team's three-point average hitting 40.3 percent of his attempts this season, while the team average is just under 30 percent. Bell scored a season-high 21 points against American. Since that time he has scored in double figures five times this season, and second in points per game with an average of 11.0.
The Hawks are scoring an average of 55.6 points per game, and will face a team that has allowed 75.6 points per game to its opponents. Mercy College is 1-7 entering Saturday's game, and has just one player that scores an average of double figures.
Colin Senior averages 12.4 points in 29.6 minutes per game. Senior is third on the team with an average of 5.3 rebounds per game. LeBrandon Smith and Kirk Bailey grab 5.8 and 5.5 rebounds respectively.
Following the Hawks game with Mercy the team will travel to Air Force on December 17 before taking a break for the holiday season. The team will return to the floor December 27 against the University of Virginia.
