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02.04.06
- The Marian College Knights blistered the nets in the second half hitting
64% of their shots to shock the NAIA 2nd-ranked Foresters 91-76.
After spotting the Knights seven points to open the game, HU fought
back and took a 15-14 lead on an Alex Kock trey at the 12:24 mark, but
the lead was short-lived. Marian's Derek Huffman grabbed an
offensive rebound and scored on a putback to immediately reclaim the
lead for the Knights. The Foresters kept within striking
distance the remainder of the half and a three from Kyle Ganton with
two seconds left gave HU a 35-34 advantage as they headed to the
locker room.
Early in the second half, HU pushed its lead to four twice, the last
coming at 44-40 with 16:33 to go. Then the wheels fell off the
Foresters' defense. Marian went on a 19-2 run over the next six
minutes to take a 59-46 lead midway through the half, then hit three
consecutive treys to push the margin to 17 at 70-53 with eight minutes
to play. Down the stretch, the Foresters pulled within 10 on
three occasions, but couldn't get any closer as the Knights went 12-18
from the line over the final 2:39 to complete the upset.
Five Knights scored in double figures
with Jared Reeves taking top honors for the game with 29 points.
Doug Sheckler led four Foresters in double digits with 18. Kock
and Kyle Benge added 14 points apiece and Steve Snider finished with
12. After shooting just 39% from the field in the second half,
the Foresters finished the game at 43% (28-65), while the Knights went
27-52 for the game for 52%. The loss drops the Foresters to 22-5 on the
season and 10-3 in the MCC.
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