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12.20.08
- The Foresters (10-4)
picked up their tenth win of the season with a convincing 93-72 win
over Shawnee State University (5-7).
HU got off to a
quick start scoring the first eight points of the contest. The
Foresters pushed the lead to 17 points on a Kyle Benge lay-up and led
21-4 with 13 minutes remaining in the first half.
Shawnee State came
alive to hold the Foresters to two points over the next eight minutes
of play and trimmed the HU lead to 23-22. Geoff Scheetz hit two
consecutive three-pointers to re-ignite the Foresters as HU pumped in
23 additional points in the final 6 minutes of the half and took a
46-27 advantage to the break.
In the second
half, the
Bears were able to get within 15 points of HU, but it was as close as
they would get during the final 20 minutes of play.
Tyler Shively took
team high honors for the Foresters with 19 points on 6 of 12 shooting.
Three other Foresters joined Shively in double figures. Kevin Kyle
had 16 points and 8 rebounds, Kellen Zawadzki scored 15 and Luke Smith
chipped in 11. Shawnee State’s Keelyn Franklin topped all
scorers in the game with 21 points. Joining Franklin in double
figures for the Bears were Justin Patrick with 16 and Aaron Pennington
with 12.
Box Score
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