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01.03.06
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After taking a break from conference play,
the Foresters returned to MCC action against Marian College and
outlasted the Knights 69-62 to pick up their fifteenth win of the
season. HU scored the first four
points of the contest and steadily built a double digit lead at 19-9
with 11:50 to go in the half. The Foresters were still up 12 at
25-13 with six minutes left in the period when they put a 14-5 run on
Marian to push their lead to 21 at 39-18 with a little over a minute
to play. The Foresters headed to the locker room seemingly in
command of the game with a comfortable 40-21 lead.
But the game became a tale of two
halves. The Knights found their defense at the break and put the
clamps on HU. With just over eleven minutes left in the second
half Marian had trimmed the Foresters' lead to nine at 53-44.
HU's Steve Snider and Kyle Benge each scored to push it back to a
13-point spread. The Knights responded with a 6-0 run to cut it
to seven at 57-50 with 8:24 on the clock. Benge knocked down a
jumper for the Foresters to end Marian's run, and then Doug Sheckler
scored five consecutive points including a monstrous dunk off an
alley-oop pass from Benge to cap a 7-0 Forester spurt. But the
Knights still would not go away. Marian made one more rally
attempt to pull within five at 67-62 with 34 seconds left, but Sheckler
sealed the win with two charity tosses.
HU’s Alex Kock topped all scorers in
the game with 21 points. Sheckler finished with 14 points and six
rebounds and Benge added 12 points off the bench. Marian was led by
Derek Huffman's 18 points and six boards. With the win, the Foresters
improve to 4-1 in the conference and 15-3 overall.
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