Brown Falls To American 70-61

Brown Falls To American 70-61

American University senior Charles Hinkle scored 16 of his game-high 25 points in the first half Monday to lead the Eagles to a 70-61 win over Brown at the Pizzitola Sports Center.

Hinkle was the Eagles’ leading scorer coming into the game and he helped his team get off to a quick start scoring 8 of American’s first 10 points.{image-1}

The Eagles led Brown 35-26 at halftime and increased their lead to as many as 21 points in the second half before the Bears came storming back.

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Fueled by the high energy of football players Telf Lundevall and Patrick Donnelly along with Josh Biber and Jean Harris, Brown cut the deficit to 4 points with less than 2 minutes to play. Unfortunately for the Bears, they ran out of gas in the end.

Junior forward Andrew McCarthy continued his solid play of late leading with 16 points and 8 rebounds. Harris scored 14 coming off the bench while junior Stephen Albrecht poured in all 13 of his points in the second half.

The loss dropped Brown’s record to (5-10) on the year. The Bears are off for 9 days before returning to action at home against Longwood on January 11th.