Men's Basketball: Ruoff and Nichols Contribute
July 03, 2007 10:25 AM | General
July 3, 2007
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – West Virginia University’s Alex Ruoff and Darris Nichols scored five points each in the Athletes in Action 72-67 loss to the Philippine Nationals in the opening game of the Jones Cup being played in Taipei, Taiwan.
Ruoff went 2 for 5 shooting coming off the bench while Nichols was 2 for 8 as a starting guard. AIA led 25-23 after the first quarter before trailing 39-31 at the end of the half.
“Right now we’re just learning how to play together,” said Coach Mike Jarvis. “We played against a very good team and had a chance to win. When the game came down to the final five minutes, they finished and made the plays.”
The Jones Cup is a round robin tournament with all 10 teams playing nine games in nine days. Other competing countries include: Chinese Taipei, Japan, Korea, Qatar, Iran, Jordan, Lebanon and Kazakhstan. AIA, representing the United States, and Japan are the lone two non-senior national teams competing in the tournament as preparation for next month’s Olympic qualifying tournament in Thailand.
Athletes in Action return to action today facing Kazakhstan.
