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1.4.05
- A poor shooting performance by the 5th-ranked Foresters gave the
Marian College Knights the edge they needed to pull off the 79-67
upset and hand HC its first MCC loss of the season. The
Knights' match-up zone forced the Foresters to the perimeter where
they had a difficult time finding their range. HC shot just
40% from the field for the game and were just 5-23 from behind the
arc for 22%. On the flip-side, Marian's shooters had the hot
hand going 25-46 from the field for 54% and 6-13 from downtown for
46%. Marian grabbed an early 14-6 lead, but the Foresters battled
back to take an 18-17 lead with just under eight minutes left in the
half. Marian took back the lead at 21-20 on a pair of free throws by
Tim Adams and never gave it up. HC's Kyle Ganton cut the lead to
29-26 just before the half, but Marian hit three of their four free
throws in the final seconds of the half for the 32-26 lead. In the
second half, the Foresters kept within striking distance early, but
a 15-6 Knight run that gave Marian a 69-52 advantage with 3:32 left
in game effectively put the game out of reach. Three Foresters
scored in double digits with Alex Kock and Kyle Ganton scoring 12
apiece while Doug Sheckler added 11. Adams took game-high
honors for the Knights with his 20 points and Jordan Dever added 19.
The loss drops HC to 12-6 on the season and 4-1 in the MCC.
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