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Sunday, February 1, 2009
Wright glad to see Johnson OK
Chris Wright thought Marcus Johnson’s knee injury was serious at first. The two collided near halfcourt at the end of the St. Joe’s game Sunday, and Johnson dropped in a heap, clutching his leg.
But the junior guard was diagnosed with just a bruised knee and is expected to play Wednesday at La Salle.
“Marcus is a tough kid, but I knew it hurt,” Wright said. “When you bang knees like that, what people don’t understand is it’s bone on bone. It really does hurt. I was a little nervous. He banged my knee and I felt the impact. I was just talking to him, telling him we were going to pull it out.”
The 69-58 win over St. Joe’s was just what the Flyers needed for their confidence after squeaking by Saint Louis by a point in their previous outing.
“That’s an NCAA tournament-caliber team, a team that’s capable of winning our league and a player (Ahmad Nivins) that’s pushing for player of the year in our league. He was working down there. He’s a great player,” Wright said.
“Their whole team is really good. Every time we threw something at them, they came right back with something.”
Little heats up: After going scoreless against St. Bonaventure on Jan. 25, UD’s Charles Little has scored 27 points in his last two games.
“I’m just trying to be aggressive, get to the foul line and get some easy points,” he said.
Foul shots were no easy proposition for Little for much of his career, but he’s made 12-of-13 free throws in his last two outings, raising his percentage from 57.9 to 67.3.
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Chris Wright had 14 points and Charles Little and Marcus Johnson added 13 apiece to lead Dayton to its sixth straight victory, a 69-58 win over visiting Saint Joseph’s on Sunday.
Ahmad Nivins, who was averaging 20.2 points and 11.7 rebounds, finished with 12 points and 13 rebounds for St. Joe’s (12-8, 5-1), which had its seven-game winning streak snapped.
The Flyers’ victory looked as if it may have been costly when Johnson injured his right knee with 2:18 to go. He was writhing on the floor while receiving medical attention. It turns out, though, he suffered only a bruised knee when he collided with teammate Chris Wright and is expected to be OK when UD visits La Salle on Wednesday.
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