World Vision Challenge: day 1 wrap up

Pepperdine was led by Dane Suttle Jr's 5 threes and career high 22 points along with star guard Keion Bell's 18,6 and 5. Hampton again failed to win a game down the stretch, but was led by Darriem Pullem's 16.
In the nightcap, it was an affair of two teams devastated by missing key players. Wyoming was missing star forward Adam Muojoke (20.8 ppg), and Monmouth was missing starting center Dutch Gaitley and 6th man/2nd leading scorer Will Campbell (12.3 ppg) due to the flu. Also, forward Mike Myers-Keitt went down in the second half to an ankle injury and did not return. Wyoming was led by 22 points by Desmar Jackson. Monmouth relied mostly on 6 players, with Travis Taylor going for a double double (10/10), Ed Waite offerring up 11 points and 8 boards in his first career start, MMK hit for 11 before leaving with the ankle injury, James Hett had a solid floor game (3 pts, 6 rbs, 6 assts), Justin Sofman poured in 16 including 5 threes and 5th year senior guard Whitney Coleman broke out of his early season slump for 24 points, including the game winning jumper with 3.6 seconds left. MU looks to continue this momentum tomorrow against Pepperdine, and Wyoming looks to get back on track for their home fans as they host Hampton in Day 2 of the World Vision Challenge.
I couldn't be happier for Whitney Coleman. A great leader and a class act. As a team the Hawks showed some mettle and I love to see mental toughness and a will to win despite being short handed.