Tyler Benson

PEZZIMENTI: Benson finds more minutes with Bonnies
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the unkempt whiskers outlining his face you would think Tyler Benson to be a grizzly hockey defenseman.
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Indeed, Benson has become the poster boys for this new Bona era under
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More have evolved from Benson's old-fashioned hard work.

"Coach has given me a great opportunity to play minutes," Benson said. "I'm trying to take full advantage of it. He's kind of letting me loose, whereas before I wasn't involved as much as I wanted to be."

Now, Benson is usually first off the Bona bench.
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The 6-foot-7 Benson has played small forward and power forward. He's been used in the middle of the Bonnies' 1-3-1 zone defense, a position a center customarily occupies.

"Whatever (Schmidt) wants me to do, I'll step up and do it," Benson
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season, Solomon used Benson sparingly in short stretches to take advantage
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"It wasn't a lot of fun," Benson said of his early career.
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"(Schmidt) has opened the flood gates and is letting everybody play," Benson
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Besides Michael Lee, Benson was the only Bonnie to score in double figures
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but Benson, with his workmanlike approach, is gaining fast. The gash he took
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Benson spent most of the summer on campus, and more specifically in the weight room. He gained 20 pounds, and is now up over 215.
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Relph was a freshman at West Virginia and Benson a skin-and- bones high schooler from Morgantown, W.Va.

Above; Former MHS player Tyler Benson in action against Duquesne University in Pittsburgh Below: Tyler with his childhood friends Ronnie Shaver left; and Ryan Warbel right.

Tyler Benson makes 3rd team All-State/complete list 4/08/03

Coach Yester takes second straight Coach of Year Award 3/30/03
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Benson finds range / The Dominion Post 3/19/03
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Benson is DP Athlete of week / The Dominion Post 1/14/03

Benson 5 3-3 16, Law 5 2-3 14, Jones 2 1-2 5, Holt 0 0-2 0, Torsney 3 3-3 9, Oliver 0 0-0 0, Kerns 1 0-0 3, Hall 2 2-2 7, Carey 4 2-3 12, Dunn 0 2-2 2, Straface 0 0-0 0, Robinson 0 0-0 0.
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3-point goals--Preston 7 (Walls 2, Metheny 1, Boone 1, Waybright 1, Blake 1, Chambers 1), Morgantown 9 (Benson 3, Law 2, Carey 2, Kerns 1, Hall 1).
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Benson 5 0-2 12, Law 4 4-5 13, Jones 1 0-2 2, Holt 2 0-0 4, Torsney 0 0-2 0, Oliver 1 0-0 2, Kerns 1 0-0 3, Hall 0 0-0 0, Carey 8 2-2 23, Dunn 1 0-1 2, Straface 0 0-0 0, Robinson 2 0-0 5.
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3-pointers--Morgantown 10 (Carey 5, Benson 2, Law 1, Kerns 1, Robinson 1), East Fairmont 2 (Nunan 1, Porter 1).
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Chris Carey 20 pts.,Tyler Benson 19, John Oliver 11
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Kerns 2 0-1 4, Hall 0 2-2 2, Benson 5 4-4 15, Oliver 1 2-2 5, Carey 8 4-4 21, Law 6 0-0 12, Jones 0 0-0 0, Torsney 4 3-3 11.
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Kerns 3 3-4 10, Hall 0 0-0 0, Benson 4 0-0 10, Oliver 0 2-2 2, Carey 6 9-11 22, Robinson 3 4-6 11, Jones 1 0-0 2, Law 5 1-4 13, Torsney 2 0-0 4.
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Benson 1 0-0 2, Law 6 0-0 14, Jones 3 0-2 6, Holt 1 0-0 2, Torsney 9 3-4 22, Oliver 0 0-0 0, Kerns 0 0-0 0, Hall 0 2-4 2, Carey 2 5-5 9, Dunn 1 1-2 4, Straface 0 0-0 0, Robinson 2 0-0 4.
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Chris Carey 18 pts.,Tyler Benson 18, Kameron Law 14 pts. 11 rebs, Ben Tornsey 7 pts, 11 rebs.
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Kerns 3 0-0 6, Hall 3 0-0 6, Benson 2 0-0 5, Oliver 3 0-0 9, Carey 5 7-7 17, Robinson 2 1-2 6, Law 2 0-0 5, Jones 3 2-2 8, Torsney 4 4-6 12, Holt 2 2-4 6, Dunn 1 0-0 3.
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Benson 3 0-1 7, Law 7 0-0 14, Jones 0 2-2 2, Torsney 8 3-7 19, Oliver 3 0-0 8, Kerns 1 3-4 6, Hall 0 0-0 0, Carey 4 1-2 11, Robinson 0 0-0 0.
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Benson 4 2-3 12, Law 4 6-6 14, Jones 0 0-0 0, Torsney 3 2-2 8, Oliver 3 0-0 8, Kerns 1 0-0 2, Hall 1 1-1 3, Carey 1 9-12 11, Robinson 2 1-2 5.
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3-point goals--Morgantown 4 (Oliver 2, Benson 2), Buckhannon-Upshur 8 (Coughlin 7, Hyre 1).
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Benson 5 3-5 16, Law 8 1-1 19, Jones 0 0-0 0, Holt 0 0-2 0, Torsney 5 4-6 14, Oliver 0 0-0 0, Kerns 1 0-2 2, Hall 0 1-2 1, Carey 4 3-5 11, Dunn 1 0-0 3, Straface 1 0-0 2, Robinson 3 2-2 8.
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3-point goals--Morgantown 6 (Benson 3, Law 2, Dunn 1), University 7 (Cyphert 3, Gyorko 2, Lemine 1, Jefferson 1).
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Benson 6 6-7 19, Law 4 2-2 10, Jones 1 0-0 2, Torsney 4 3-4 11, Oliver 1 2-2 4, Kerns 1 0-0 2, Hall 0 0-0 0, Carey 2 5-6 9, Robinson 0 0-0 0.
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3-point goals--Morgantown 1 (Benson 1), Preston 4 (Metheny 1, Walls 1, Waybright 1, Chambers 1).
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Kerns 1 2-2 4, Hall 2 3-4 8, Benson 4 7-7 15, Oliver 2 0-0 4, Carey 6 2-2 19, Robinson 2 2-2 6, Law 3 0-0 7, Torsney 5 4-4 14, Holt 2 0-0 4, Straface 0 2-2 2, Dunn 1 1-2 3.
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Kerns 0 0-0 0, Hall 0 0-0 0, Benson 5 4-4 16, Oliver 1 0-0 2, Carey 2 0-0 4, Robinson 3 1-1 8, Law 6 0-0 13, Jones 0 1-2 1, Torsney 11 1-2 23.
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Benson 3 2-2 9, Law 3 5-8 11, Jones 0 0-0 0, Holt 1 1-2 3, Torsney 3 5-6 11, Oliver 1 4-4 6, Kerns 0 0-0 0, Hall 0 0-0 0, Carey 3 1-1 7, Robinson 1 2-4 4.
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3-point goals--University 2 (Cyphert 2), Morgantown 1 (Benson 1).
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Benson 7 0-0 18, Law 5 5-5 15, Jones 0 2-2 2, Holt 0 0-2 0, Torsney 8 0-3 16, Oliver 2 1-2 6, Kerns 0 2-2 2, Hall 1 0-0 2, Carey 4 3-4 13, Dunn 0 0-0 0, Straface 0 0-0 0, Robinson 1 2-2 4.
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3-point goals--Martinsburg 5 (Johnson 3, Sowers 1, Barrett 1), Morgantown 7 (Benson 4, Carey 2, Oliver 1).
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Benson 2 2-2 7, Law 7 0-0 14, Carey 4 1-1 9, Torsney 3 3-4 9, Kerns 0 1-2 1, Robinson 1 5-6 7, Oliver 1 2-2 4, Jones 2 2-2 6, Straface 0 0-0 0, Dunn 1 0-1 2, Holt 1 0-0 2, Hall 1 2-2 4.
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Kerns 2 2-2 6, Hall 0 2-2 2, Benson 2 0-0 5, Oliver 1 4-4 6, Carey 5 2-4 12, Robinson 3 3-3 10, Law 10 0-2 19, Jones 1 0-1 2, Torsney 4 1-1 9, Straface 0 2-2 2, Holt 2 0-0 4, Dunn 0 0-0 0.
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Kerns 1 1-2 3, Hall 2 4-4 9, Benson 3 1-4 9, Oliver 0 4-4 4, Carey 7 3-4 21, Robinson 2 3-3 8, Law 0 3-4 3, Jones 1 0-0 2, Torsney 5 3-4 13, Straface 0 0-0 0, Dunn 0 0-0 0, Holt 0 0-0 0.
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Kerns 2 0-0 4, Hall 1 1-1 3, Benson 4 0-0 10, Oliver 1 0-0 3, Carey 0 1-2 1, Robinson 2 5-6 9, Law 2 0-0 4, Jones 6 2-2 14, Torsney 8 4-4 20, Holt 0 0-0 0, Straface 1 2-2 4, Dunn 0 0-0 0.
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Kerns 0 0-0 0, Hall 2 0-0 4, Benson 1 0-0 2, Oliver 1 4-4 6, Carey 5 1-2 11, Robinson 4 2-2 12, Law 0 2-2 2, Jones 1 0-0 2, Torsney 3 0-1 6, Holt 2 2-2 4, Straface 0 0-0 0, Dunn 0 0-0 0.

Tyler Benson (Morgantown) St. Bonaventure, So. - Scored three points with one rebound in a 76-68 loss to Saint Joseph's. Next game Feb. 21 at Massachusetts.
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Tyler Benson (Morgantown) St. Bonaventure, So. - Played five minutes in 89-78 loss to Rhode Island.

PEZZIMENTI: Benson finds more minutes with Bonnies
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the unkempt whiskers outlining his face you would think Tyler Benson to be a grizzly hockey defenseman.
...
Indeed, Benson has become the poster boys for this new Bona era under
...
More have evolved from Benson's old-fashioned hard work.

"Coach has given me a great opportunity to play minutes," Benson said. "I'm trying to take full advantage of it. He's kind of letting me loose, whereas before I wasn't involved as much as I wanted to be."

Now, Benson is usually first off the Bona bench.
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The 6-foot-7 Benson has played small forward and power forward. He's been used in the middle of the Bonnies' 1-3-1 zone defense, a position a center customarily occupies.

"Whatever (Schmidt) wants me to do, I'll step up and do it," Benson
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season, Solomon used Benson sparingly in short stretches to take advantage
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"It wasn't a lot of fun," Benson said of his early career.
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"(Schmidt) has opened the flood gates and is letting everybody play," Benson
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Besides Michael Lee, Benson was the only Bonnie to score in double figures
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but Benson, with his workmanlike approach, is gaining fast. The gash he took
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Benson spent most of the summer on campus, and more specifically in the weight room. He gained 20 pounds, and is now up over 215.
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Relph was a freshman at West Virginia and Benson a skin-and- bones high schooler from Morgantown, W.Va.

Tyler Benson Forward Morgantown 11.3 points per game

Tyler Benson, [Chad]
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and others playing in positions they shouldn't," said MHS guard TylerBenson, who led the Mohigans with 13 points.
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Benson got the Mohigans (1-0) going with threeconsecutive 3-pointers."Benson kept us in the game early," Yester said.
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Tyler Benson had 16 points, while Law added 11.

Benson grew his game, too, at prep school
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ROCHESTER, N.Y. — It was always hard, if not unfair, to accurately classify Tyler Benson when he was starring at Morgantown High a few years back. He entered the varsity program in the winter of 2001 several inches shorter than when he left it, three seasons and three state tournament appearances later. Benson kept growing and growing, all the way to 6 feet, 7 inches when he was a senior. He was good.
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“I,” Benson said, “was a pole.” As tall as he was, Benson weighed just 180 pounds. Yet it was a dangerous combination of size and speed. If it was hard to apply a label, it was as difficult to apply defense. The back-court skills he learned at a young age, ball-handling, passing, shooting, it all carried over to the front court. Benson averaged 17, 12 and 13 points per game in his three varsity seasons, yet he did so without many interior skills. It was mostly instinct inside and accuracy outside. He was a tall guard, a shooting forward. There was potential, and he opened eyes at WVU coach John Beilein’s team camp the summer before his senior year, when he played well in a game against a team of Mountaineers recruits, including Frank Young and Tyler Relph. Still, it wasn’t enough to attract the schools Benson was attracted to. “I grew a lot in high school and I didn’t really fill my body out,” Benson said. “There was a concern that as I got taller, I hadn’t gained any weight. I thought an extra year of prep school would help my body mature.” And so it was that a two-time allstate player had no college scholarship offers to his liking when he graduated, in the spring of 2004. “I talked to Coach Beilein a few times about prep school and he gave me some thoughts about what I should do and where I should go,” Benson said.
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Benson decided to attend Massanutten Military Academy, in Woodstock, Va. A year later, he signed a National Letter of Intent with St. Bonaventure. Some 20 pounds of mass and muscle heavier, Benson helped Massanutten to a 20-9 record while averaging 16 points. He shot 39 percent from 3-point range and, perhaps more importantly, averaged 7.0 rebounds per game. “Prep school got me a lot of offers I did not receive out of high school,” Benson said. “High school ball in West Virginia is not the most recruited as far as high-major or mid-major Division I schools. In the prep school circuit, you get to play in front of big names and big programs against top schools and at showcase tournaments.” Siena, Providence, Hawaii and Colorado State all took a good look, but Benson took a liking to new St. Bonaventure coach Anthony Solomon, despite all the controversy that surrounded the program in the 2002-’03 season, when Benson was a junior at MHS. Siena, Providence, Hawaii and Colorado State all took a good look, but Benson took a liking to new St. Bonaventure coach Anthony Solomon, despite all the controversy that surrounded the program in the 2002-’03 season, when Benson was a junior at MHS.
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“That was the biggest word during high school,” Benson said. “The scandal was the only thing I knew about them. But I thought that the talent was there and I knew about the other guys we had coming in. That’s what kind of drew me in.” Benson is one part of an apparently bright future for the Bonnies. He played 10 minutes and scored one basket during the first three games before going scoreless in two minutes of play, missing a 3-point shot, against WVU Wednesday night. Benson typically spells seniors Wade Dunston, Ahmad Smith and Patrick Lottin.
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That’s also Benson, whose versatility has helped him in the end. “Tyler Benson will improve our perimeter shooting.
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Tyler Benson