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12.08.07 -
A Tyler Shively trey a minute and a half into the contest gave the
Foresters a 3-1 lead and they never trailed again as they routed the
Fighting Saints of St. Francis 95-60.
The game was tight through the first 12 minutes of play with HU
clinging to an 18-16 lead with 7:52 to go in the half. The Foresters
then got three consecutive 3-pointers with Kyle Benge sandwiching two
around one from Kellen Zawadzki to give HU a nine-point advantage with
just under six minutes left in the period. The Fighting Saints
trimmed the deficit to six 29-23 at the 3:20 mark, but the Foresters
ran off 10 unanswered points to close out the half and took a 39-23
lead to the locker room.
St. Francis scored
the first five points of the second half to get within 11, but again
HU answered with the long-ball. Benge and Andrew Mock knocked
down back-to-back threes to push the lead back to 17 and a lay-up from
Kevin Kyle at the 14:11 mark gave the Foresters a 20-point cushion
they would never lose.
Huntington’s Benge topped all scorers in the game with 20 points,
including 4-6 from behind the arc, and he dished out a game-high eight
assists.
Kevin Kyle finished with a double-double with 17 points and 11 boards
and Doug Sheckler added 13 points. Barry Murdock scored 16 points off the bench to lead St. Francis.
Chris Hobson chipped in 10 points for the Fighting Saints.
The Foresters dominated the boards finishing with a 41-29 rebounding
advantage. HU went 35-66 from the field for 53% while St.
Francis was 20-47 for 42.6%.
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