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Articles by Joe Sherburne
Placer's Late Trey Caps 18-Point Second Half "Senior Day" Comeback: UMBC Edges UNH, 56-53
BALTIMORE – Freshman guard Jose Placér (Orlando, Fla.) knocked down a 3-pointer with 2.4 seconds remaining, capping an 18-point second half comeback as UMBC edged New Hampshire, 56-53, in the Retrievers' final game of the regular season. UMBC heads to the post-season at 19-12 overall and 11-5 in America East play. UNH (4-24, 2-13) AE, coming off a win at UAlbany on Wednesday, has one game left versus Maine on Tuesday.
UMBC Wins for Ninth Time in Ten Games; Outlast Vermont, 65-56 to Move Within a Game of the America East Lead
BALTIMORE- Junior guard K.J. Jackson (Houston, Texas) scored a game-high 18 points and the Retriever defense held first-place Vermont 19 points below its season scoring average as UMBC prevailed, 65-56, before 2,411 at the UMBC Event Center. UMBC has now won nine of ten and improved to 18-10 overall and 10-3 in America East play. The Retrievers tied Stony Brook for second place in the league and moved to within a game of Vermont after a season sweep.
UMBC Defense Throttles Vermont; Sherburne Nets 20 as Retrievers Hand Catamounts First AE Loss, 74-61
Jan 23, 2019 Burlington, Vt. – Graduate student forward Joe Sherburne (Whitefish Bay, Wisc.) scored 20 points as visiting UMBC handed Vermont its first America East setback of the season, stifling the Catamounts, 74-61. UMBC has won three straight and improved to 12-9 overall and 4-2 in league play, while Vermont saw its six-game winning streak halted and fell to 15-5, 5-1.
Retrievers to Take on Kansas State in Second Round of NCAA Championships in Prime Time on Sunday
CHARLOTTE – Fresh off one of the greatest upsets in NCAA Championships history, the 16th –seeded UMBC Retrievers (25-10) take on ninth-seeded Kansas State Wildcats (23-11) in the tournament's South Region Second Round game. The Retrievers and Wildcats are the nightcap at the Spectrum Center and tip-off time is slated for approximately 7:45 p.m. The game will be broadcast on TruTV with Jim Nantz, Grant Hill, Bill Raftery and Tracy Wolfson on the call.
Whitefish Bay's Joe Sherburne makes March Madness history with UMBC's win over top-seeded Virginia
CHARLOTTE, N.C. – A Wisconsin native has just helped pulled off what many are calling the most surprising upset in college basketball history at the start of March Madness.Last night, the University of Maryland-Baltimore County stunned the sports world by trouncing Virginia 74-54 -- to become the first No. 16 seed ever to beat a No. 1 seed in the men's NCAA Tournament.In the middle of the madness, was Whitefish Bay native Joe Sherburne.
Lyles "Shot Seen 'Round The Nation" Gives Retrievers America East Crown, NCAA Tournament Automatic Berth
Burlington, Vt. – UMBC graduate student guard Jairus Lyles (Silver Spring, Md./DeMatha) drained a 23-footer from the top of the key with 0.6 seconds left to give the Retrievers a dramatic, come-from-behind 65-62 victory over top-seeded and host Vermont in the America East Championship game. UMBC (24-9) celebrated their second America East title nearly 10 years after their first crown and NCAA Tournament bid.
Joe Sherburne Selected to Academic All-District 2 First Team
Greenwood, Ind. - UMBC sophomore forward Joe Sherburne (Whitefish Bay, Wis.) has been selected to the Academic All-District 2 Men's Basketball First Team, it was announced today by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA). First Team Academic All-District® honorees advance to the CoSIDA Academic All-America® Team ballot, where first, second- and third-team All-America® honorees will be selected later this month.
Sconnies of March: Area hoopsters playing at Division 1 college level
Mehryn Kraker, sr., UW-Green Bay (West Allis Central). Kraker is the Horizon League Player of the Year. Though Green Bay had some uncharacteristic struggles down the stretch, including three league losses, the Phoenix still received the No. 1 seed in the Horizon League tournament and will begin play March 4. Kraker has been the team’s steady hand all season, averaging 18 points per game, 3.2 rebounds and 54 percent shooting. She has a team-best 107 assists, as well.
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Who's making waves at the next level, and who might go dancing when the NCAA Tournament field gets announced? Check out the full story on all Wisconsin players participating in Division 1 hoops as the tourney gets closer, and see a photo gallery of ex-state high schoolers in action. Diamond Stone (Dominican), Maryland. After a late-season lull, Maryland still reached the Sweet 16 before falling to top-seeded Kansas in the NCAA Tournament, 79-63.
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