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10.29.08
- In preparation for the upcoming season, the Foresters hosted Athletes in
Action in an exhibition game and came up on the short end of
the 97-87 final.
HU took a 4-0 lead to start the
game
and was still up 25-21 at the midpoint of the half, but over the
next five minutes, the Foresters went 1-7 from the field and
committed four turnovers. AIA capitalized with a 15-4 run to
take a 36-29 lead at the 4:55 mark and headed to the locker room up
50-41 on HU.
AIA kept its
momentum going as the second half started. They immediately
pushed their lead to 13 with a 9-5 spurt over the first four minutes
and had a 72-57 advantage with 11:03 to play. The Foresters
kept battling and cut the deficit to seven on a layup by Kyle Benge,
but AIA squelched the rally with 12-3 run to take its largest lead
of the contest at 89-73 with 3:10 remaining.
Down the stretch,
HU applied full court pressure and was able to whittled AIA's lead
down to six with 28 ticks left, but two final Forester turnovers led
to AIA's final 10-point margin of victory.
Kellen Zawadzki
topped all scorers in the game with 26 points on 11-19 shooting
including 4-9 from behind the arc. Joining Zawadzki in double
figures for HU was Benge with 16, Kevin Kyle with 13 and a team-high
eight boards and Tyler Shively with 10. Josh Washington led
six AIA players in double digits with 20 points.
AIA blistered the
nets shooting 61.9% (39-63) for the game while the Foresters
finished at 41.3% (31-75). AIA also out-rebounded HU 41-30.
The Foresters
begin their regular season schedule on Saturday, November 1 at the
University of St. Francis in Joliet, Ill. at 4:00 p.m. CST.
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