NEWPORT NEWS, VA. - Senior Fred Spratley scored a career-high 33 points to lead five players in double figures for the Apprentice School as they cruised to a 92-55 win over U.S. Collegiate Athletic Association rival Columbia Union College Monday night on Senior Night for the Builders.
The visiting Pioneers opened the game scoring nine of the first 11 points as an Ade Adetosoye layup with 17:16 left gave Columbia Union a 9-2 lead. Apprentice School then scored the next 12 points to take a 14-9 advantage on a Spratley layup with 12:34 remaining.
After trading buckets for a couple minutes, the Builders proceeded to begin the rout with a 21-2 run over a 7:39 span. The Builders ended the run scoring 13 straight points to take a 37-17 lead on an Arbry Butler dunk with 3:17 remaining.
In the second half the lead stayed in the 15-23 point range for the first eight minutes before the Builders expanded it on the strength of a 16-2 run over a 4:18 span with a Spratley tipin putting the lead at 69-37 with 8:13 left.
Seniors Eric Ruffin (13 points, eight assists), Jason Arrington (12 points) joined the double figure club, while Butler had 11 points, 11 rebounds and tied the single season blocked shot record with his three swats putting him at 52 on the year. Junior Eric Joe came off the bench for 11 points and seven rebounds. Spratley, a Nansemond River High School graduate, was 15-of-20 from the floor for his career-best 33 points.
The Builders shot 39-of-72 from the floor for a 54.2% clip, while hitting 8-of-19 from 3-point land (42.1%). The Pioneers, a NCAA Division II team, were 20-of-65 from the floor (30.8%) while only hitting 4-of-19 from 3-point land (21.1%).
Next up for the Builders will be the Great Ships Postseason Tournament as they'll host Ohio State-Marion on Friday night at 8:30 pm.
APPRENTICE SCHOOL 92, COLUMBIA UNION 55
COLUMBIA UNION (1-25): Clark, Dana 5-15 2-2 14; McNair, Shaheem 4-16 2-2 12; ADETOSOYE,Ade 3-16 5-8 11; Linton, Anthony 3-6 0-0 6; Johnson Jr., Marcus 2-3 1-1 5; Hardy, Andre 2-4 0-0 4; Sampson, Jamarr 1-5 1-2 3. Totals 20-65 11-15 55.
APPRENTICE SCHOOL (12-14): Fred Spratley 15-20 1-3 33; Eric Ruffin 6-11 0-2 13; Jason Arrington 4-11 1-2 12; Eric Joe 4-8 3-4 11; Arbry Butler 5-9 1-3 11; Stanford Johnson 3-5 0-0 6; Adrian Brewer 2-5 0-0 6; Joseph Lyons 0-3 0-0 0. Totals 39-72 6-14 92.
Halftime-Apprentice School 41-23. 3-point goals--Columbia Union 4-19 (Clark, Dana 2-8; McNair, Shaheem 2-7; Linton, Anthony 0-1; ADETOSOYE,Ade 0-3), Apprentice School 8-19 (Jason Arrington 3-5; Adrian Brewer 2-5; Fred Spratley 2-3; Eric Ruffin 1-3; Joseph Lyons 0-3). Fouled out--Columbia Union-None, Apprentice School-None. Rebounds--Columbia Union 38 (ADETOSOYE,Ade 8), Apprentice School 46 (Arbry Butler 11). Assists--Columbia Union 15 (McNair, Shaheem 6), Apprentice School 26 (Eric Ruffin 8). Total fouls--Columbia Union 12, Apprentice School 9. Technical fouls--Columbia Union-None, Apprentice School-TEAM.