2013 Paradise Jam Tournament

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2013 Paradise Jam Tournament
Teams8
Finals siteSports and Fitness Center
Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands
ChampionsNew Mexico (men's)
Connecticut (women's Island)
South Carolina (women's Reef)
MVPDez Wells, Maryland (men's)
Tricia Liston, Duke (women's Island)
Brianna Butler, Syracuse (women's Reef)
Paradise Jam Tournament

The 2013 Paradise Jam was an early-season men's and women's college basketball tournament. The tournament, which began in 2000, was part of the 2013-14 NCAA Division I men's basketball season and 2013-14 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The tournament was played at the Sports and Fitness Center in Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands, Maryland won the men's tournament, in the women's tournament Duke won the women's Island Division and Syracuse won the women's Reef Division.

Men's Tournament[]

Bracket[]

* – Denotes overtime period

  5th Place Game
November 25 		Consolation 2nd Round
November 24 		First Round
November 22 		Semifinals
November 24 		Championship
November 25
                                               
     Northern Iowa   90   
     Loyola Marymount   81   
   Loyola Marymount   76         Northern Iowa   66   
   Marist   70       Maryland   80   
      Marist   43    
     Maryland   68   
   Loyola Marymount   68        Maryland   56 
   Vanderbilt   77         Providence   52 
      Providence   67      
     Vanderbilt   60   
 Vanderbilt   75          Providence   71 
  7th Place Game      Morgan State   66       La Salle   63      3rd Place Game
   Marist   67      Morgan State   59      Northern Iowa   65 
   Morgan State   74*       La Salle   78       La Salle   50 
        


Women's Tournament[]

The women's tournament consists of 8 teams split into two 4-team, round-robin divisions: Island and Reef.[1]

Island Division[]

In the opening round of the Island Division on November 29, Duke beat Xavier 81–54. Kansas followed with a 68—63 victory over Central Michigan.

The following day, Duke struggled early against Central Michigan; down 24–21 in the first half. The Blue Devils then went on an 18–2 run to take a large lead, and cruised to a 97–64 victory.[2] In the other Island Division match-up, Xavier was down 26–20 with a minute to go in the first half, but tied the game at halftime. Kansas again pulled into the lead in the second half, on an 11–2 run to start the half, but Xavier came back to win 64–59.[3]

On the final day of the tournament, Central Michigan beat Xavier 88—62 in the Island Division. In the other match-up, Duke held only a nine-point lead at halftime, but pulled away to win by 33 points, 73–40. With an undefeated record, Duke won the Island Division.[4]

Reef Division[]

In the Reef Division first round Texas A&M defeated Memphis 69–59 and Syracuse defeated Texas 75–65.[5]

In the Reef Division, unranked Texas upset previously unbeaten and 12th-ranked Texas A&M 68–59. The Longhorns pulled out to a twelve-point lead at halftime, and the two teams played roughly even in the second half. Texas's Nneka Enemkpali scored 20 points, hitting seven of her eight field goal attempts and six of her eight free throw attempts.[6] In the other Reef Division game, Syracuse pulled out to a 15-point halftime lead against Memphis, and extended the lead in the second half to remain undefeated with a 77–58 win.[7]

In the Reef Division, Texas easily beat Memphis, 65–36 to go 2–1 in the tournament. Syracuse played 12th ranked Texas A&M in the other game. The Aggies led by six early in the game, but Syracuse took over and led by nine at halftime. They pulled out to a large lead in the second half. Texas A&M cut the lead back to single digits, but were unable to re-take the lead. Syracuse won the game 78–63 and won the Reef Division title.[8]

References[]

  1. ^ "Tournament History & Statistics". Basketball Travelers, Inc. Archived from the original on 2013-01-25. Retrieved 23 Dec 2012.
  2. ^ "No. 2 Duke rips Central Michigan in Paradise Jam". ESPN. November 29, 2013. Retrieved 1 Dec 2013.
  3. ^ "Complete Play-By-Play". ESPN. November 29, 2013. Retrieved 1 Dec 2013.
  4. ^ Gardner, James (November 30, 2013). "Duke Women Win Paradise Jam 'Island Division'". St. Thomas Source. Retrieved 1 Dec 2013.
  5. ^ "Bracket results". Basketball Travelers, Inc. 28–30 November 2013. Archived from the original on 4 November 2013. Retrieved 2 December 2013.
  6. ^ "Nneka Enemkpali, Texas upset No. 12 Texas A&M". ESPN. November 29, 2013. Retrieved 1 Dec 2013.
  7. ^ "Syracuse Memphis Boxscore". ESPN. November 29, 2013. Retrieved 1 Dec 2013.
  8. ^ Farrell, Sean (1 December 2013). ""Another Day in Paradise" – Syracuse WBB Wins Paradise Jam Title". wftv.com. Archived from the original on 3 December 2013. Retrieved 1 December 2013.
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