 |
|
Go Foresters!
Click here to contact Telephone: Huntington
College Facts Return to:  HC Men's
Basketball HC Athletics HC Home Page |
Huntington College 2004-05 Season Summary
Foresters Get Back to Winning Ways The Foresters returned to their winning ways defeating the Goshen College Maple Leafs 84-64 in a MCC conference match-up. The Foresters got off to a sluggish start, but a four point play by HC's Kyle Ganton at the fourteen minute mark ignited HC's offense. The Foresters gradually built a 13-point lead over the next seven minutes of play and maintained that cushion through the remainder of the half. and they continued to add to their lead throughout the remainder of the half. The Foresters' 12-4 run to start the second half pushed the lead to 21 at 49-28, but the Maple Leafs battled back to within 66-55 with just over six minutes to play. HC answered with a 6-2 mini-run to end Goshen's threat and put the game out of reach. A strong defensive effort by the Foresters held Goshen to 40.7% shooting in the game, while HC blistered the nets at 57.4%. HC's Ganton took game-high honors with 20 points and teammate Alex Koch chipped in a double-double with 17 points and 12 rebounds. Also scoring for the Foresters were HC’s big men Steve Snider with 14 and Chase Verba with 12. The Maple Leafs were led by Paul Kopanski who had 18 points and 7 rebounds. Box Score
Marian Hands HC First MCC Loss A poor shooting
performance by the 5th-ranked Foresters gave the Marian College Knights the
edge they needed to pull off the 79-67 upset and hand HC its first MCC loss
of the season. The Knights' match-up zone forced the Foresters to the
perimeter where they had a difficult time finding their range. HC shot
just 40% from the field for the game and were just 5-23 from behind the arc
for 22%. On the flip-side, Marian's shooters had the hot hand going
25-46 from the field for 54% and 6-13 from downtown for 46%. Marian grabbed
an early 14-6 lead, but the Foresters battled back to take an 18-17 lead
with just under eight minutes left in the half. Marian took back the lead at
21-20 on a pair of free throws by Tim Adams and never gave it up. HC's Kyle
Ganton cut the lead to 29-26 just before the half, but Marian hit three of
their four free throws in the final seconds of the half for the 32-26 lead.
In the second half, the Foresters kept within striking distance early, but a
15-6 Knight run that gave Marian a 69-52 advantage with 3:32 left in game
effectively put the game out of reach. Three Foresters scored in
double digits with Alex Kock and Kyle Ganton scoring 12 apiece while Doug
Sheckler added 11. Adams took game-high honors for the Knights with
his 20 points and Jordan Dever added 19. The loss drops HC to 12-6 on
the season and 4-1 in the MCC.
Box Score
Kock MCC Player of Week Huntington College sophomore Alex Kock was named the Mid-Central Conference Player of the Week for the week of December 27-January 2. Kock, a Physical Education and Health major from Auburn, Indiana (DeKalb High School), scored a career-high 35 points in the Foresters’ 84-81 double overtime upset win over NAIA Division II 3rd-ranked Cedarville University. Kock’s 15 points in the first half helped give Huntington a 38-28 lead at the break, and with :26 left in the second overtime, he scored the Foresters’ final six points, including going 4-4 from the line, to help seal the win. Through 17 games, Kock leads the team in scoring and rebounding at 18.3 points and 7.8 rebounds per game.
HC Wins Double OT Thriller In a match-up between two NAIA heavyweights, it only seems fitting that it would require two extra periods to determine a winner. The NAIA Division II 7th-ranked Huntington College Foresters (12-5) outlasted 3rd-ranked Cedarville University (13-3) to earn the 84-81 upset in a double overtime thriller. Huntington built a 12-point lead with just under five minutes left in the first half and headed to the locker room with a 38-28 lead. The Yellow Jackets stepped up their defense in the second half and held the Foresters to just 25 points. Cedarville had its biggest lead of the half at 57-51 with 5:22 to play and were up 63-60 with 1:46 after a Ryan Short free throw. On Huntington’s next possession, Adam Bontreger was left open at the top and knocked down his only field goal of the game, a 3-pointer to knot the score at 63-63. Both defenses held over the final 1:46 to send the game to its first extra period. Two minutes into the first overtime, Huntington’s Jared Yoder hit a layup to give the Foresters a six-point cushion, but again the Yellow Jacket defense responded, holding Huntington scoreless for the final three minutes of the period. An old-fashion 3-point play by Cedarville’s Jason Weakley with :26 showing on the clock gave the Yellow Jackets new life by tying the score at 71-71. Alex Kock’s shot at the buzzer fell short forcing the game to a second overtime. Huntington again took the early lead. Steve Snider hit two free throws to give the Foresters a 77-72 advantage with just under three minutes to play. Cedarville responded with a 6-1 run to tie it at 78 all with a minute to play. After using most of the shot clock on the next possession, Huntington’s Yoder missed a jumper just inside the lane, but teammate Doug Sheckler came up with a big offensive rebound that led to a Kock baseline jumper and an 80-78 lead for the Foresters. Kock was then fouled going for a defensive rebound after a Cedarville miss. Kock drained both free throws to put Huntington up four with :17 left in the game. The Yellow Jackets pushed the ball up the floor and Guy Rathmell immediately knocked down a trey to cut it to 82-81. Cedarville again sent Kock to the line and he calmly sank both to put the Foresters up 84-81. A last second 3-point attempt by Cedarville’s Short missed everything. Kock finished the game with a game-high 35 points. He went 12-22 from the floor and 10-13 from the line. Yoder and Sheckler each added 14. Thomas Mugabe led three Yelllow Jackets in double figures with 21 and a game-high 17 rebounds. The Foresters will be back in action at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday, January 4, when they travel to Marian College to resume conference play. Box Score
Foresters Fall to IUS The 7th-ranked Foresters fell 73-68 to the Grenadiers of Indiana University Southeast to drop to 11-5 on the season. The Foresters headed to the locker room with a 42-36 lead, but IU Southeast held HC to just 26 points in the second half, which included shutting out the Forester offense in the final two minutes of play to get the come-from-behind win. Grenadier Robert Daniels led all scorers in the game with 27 points. HC's Alex Kock led four Foresters in double figures with 22 on 9-16 shooting and grabbed a game-high eight rebounds. Jared Yoder added 16 for HC and Steve Snider and Seth Lochmueller each finished with 10. Box Score
Sheckler MCC
Player of Week Huntington College freshman, Doug Sheckler, was named the Mid-Central Conference Player of the Week for the week of December 6-12. Sheckler, an Indiana All-Star from Columbia City, Indiana (Columbia City High School), helped the Foresters stay unbeaten in Mid-Central Conference play with his timely shooting in both of Huntington’s games this week. In the Foresters’ 75-66 win over Grace College, Sheckler came off the bench to score a career-high 29 points on 9-14 shooting, including 3-6 from behind the arc and 8-8 from the line. Sheckler again was a catalyst for the Forester offense in their 71-65 victory over the University of St. Francis (IL). He scored 10 of his 14 points in the final 13 minutes of the game to help the Foresters pick up their fifth win in a row. For the week, Sheckler averaged 21.5 points and six rebounds on 61% shooting (14-23). He also went 3-7 from behind the arc (43%) and was 12-14 from the line (86%). Foresters
Survive Against USF The Foresters survived a lackluster first half and a feisty St. Francis squad to win 71-65 for their fifth victory in a row. The Fighting Saints jumped out to a 6-0 lead on two treys and were able to maintain a 3-8 point advantage for the entire half until HC's Kyle Ganton hit a 3-pointer with a 1:05 left to earn the first tie of the game at 29-29. The two teams traded misses to end the half. The game remained close six minutes into the second half with HC up 38-37 when the Foresters scored 10 unanswered points to give themselves a little breathing room. USF responded with a 17-5 run to reclaim the lead at 54-53 with just under six minutes to play. An Alex Kock layup sandwiched between two Doug Sheckler free throws and a field goal gave the Foresters a 59-54 lead with 3:44 remaining, but the Fighting Saints weren't going away. USF cut it to two twice including a 67-65 deficit with :15 left on the clock, but Ganton and Sheckler each hit two from the stripe to seal the win. Kock lead all scorers in the game with 21 points and added eight rebounds. Sheckler and Ganton each finished with 14 and Steve Snider added 11. Jon Womack lead the Fighting Saints with 18 points and a game-high 12 rebounds. With the win, the Foresters move to 11-4 on the season. Box Score Sheckler
Leads HC to Win HC freshman Doug Sheckler came off the bench to score a career-high 29 points in the #6-ranked Foresters 75-66 win over Grace College. Down 28-20 with seven minutes to play in the half, HC needed someone to step up. Sheckler answered the call scoring seven of the Foresters' next nine points over the next minute and a half of play to help HC reclaim the lead at 29-28. Grace immediately took back the lead with a Joe Saunder's basket, but Sheckler responded with another field goal to give the Foresters the lead for good. HC held a 40-35 edge at the break and never allowed the Lancers any closer than three the remainder of the game. In the second half, Sheckler continued to dominate adding 18 points to his 11 in the opening period. For the game, the Foresters were able to overcome 20 offensive rebounds by Grace with their 51% to 39% advantage in shooting and five fewer turnovers (13-18). Joining Sheckler in double figures for HC was Alex Kock with 16 and Kyle Ganton with 11. Andrew Kipsey led the Lancers with 14 points. Tim Bailey added 12 points and eight rebounds. The win gives the Foresters a 10-4 record overall and a perfect 4-0 start in MCC play. Box Score HC Stays
Unbeaten In MCC Although the NAIA Division II 3rd-ranked Foresters like a more up-tempo style of play, they proved they could win a physical, slower paced, defensive battle as well with their 53-48 victory over MCC rival, Taylor University. Play got off to a slow start for both teams, but the Trojans owned an 11-6 lead six minutes into the game when Coach Platt inserted Jared Yoder into the lineup. Yoder scored nine of the Foresters' next 13 points on three long bombs to help jumpstart HC's offense and give them a 19-15 lead with just under nine minutes left in the half. Taylor's defense re-grouped and held the Foresters to just one field goal the rest of the half allowing the Trojans to take a 23-21 lead at the break. The offensive struggle continued into the second half with neither team able to build a significant lead. With the score tied at 39-39 with 8:28 on the clock, HC's Kyle Ganton connected on his second trey of the game to give the Foresters the lead for good. Taylor's Mike Parson hit a layup to pull the Trojan's back within one, but two Ganton free throws and layup from Snider gave HC a little breathing room with a 46-41 lead. Taylor's Eric Ford hit a quick jumper to make it 46-43, but the Trojans would get no closer down the stretch as HC got a layup and a thunderous dunk from Doug Sheckler and 3-4 free throws from Steve Snider to seal the win. Jared Yoder and Steve Snider both led the Foresters with 12 points each and Doug Sheckler and Kyle Ganton contributed 11 and 10 points respectively. Taylor was led by Mike Parsons' 13 points and nine rebounds. Ford added 10 points and six rebounds. With the win, the Foresters remain unbeaten in the MCC with a 3-0 record and improve to 9-4 on the season. Box Score Foresters 2-0 in MCC The 3rd-ranked Foresters defeated 22nd-ranked University of St. Francis 85-69 to remain unbeaten in conference play. After trailing the Cougars for the first six minutes of the game, the Foresters used a Jared Yoder 3-pointer to key an 11-0 run, giving them a lead they would never lose. HC built a 30-16 advantage, but St. Francis closed to within 39-31 at the break. The Cougars continued their charge at the start of the second half quickly narrowing the Foresters' lead to one at 39-38 just a minute and a half into the period. St. Francis kept the pressure on, but HC remained in the lead. At the midway point of the half, the Foresters were still clinging to a 50-49 lead when HC's Alex Kock got hot. After hitting one of two free throws, Kock knocked down three consecutive treys to open up a nine-point Forester lead. A layup by Seth Lochmueller on HC's next possession gave the Foresters a double digit advantage that they would maintain the rest of the way. Kock lead all scorers in the game with 27 points on 10-12 shooting from the field and 5-7 from behind the arc. Yoder hit four from downtown on his way to 16 points off the bench. Kyle Ganton added 14 and Steve Snider chipped in 12 points and a game-high nine rebounds. St. Francis was led by Virgil Akers with 16 points and six rebounds. The win gives the Foresters an 8-4 record overall and a 2-0 mark in the conference. Box Score Ganton MCC
Player of Week Huntington College sophomore, Kyle Ganton, was named the Mid-Central Conference Player of the Week for the week of November 22-28. Ganton, an Elementary Education major from Coldwater, Michigan (Bronson High School), helped lead the Foresters to a 2-1 week with his 22.7 average during the three games. In Tuesday’s MCC opener, he went 8-12 from the field including 3-3 from behind the arc to top all scorers with his 21 points in the Foresters’ 70-63 victory over Indiana Wesleyan University. In Huntington’s 91-81 loss to NCAA Division I IUPUI, Ganton scored all of his 19 points in the second half to lead a charge that helped get the Foresters back in the game. He concluded the week by scoring a career-high 28 points in Huntington’s 82-63 rout of the Rio Grande Redmen. He went 8-14 from the field, including 5-7 from downtown, and 7-8 from the line. He also added seven rebounds and two assists in the game. Foresters Rout
Redmen The Foresters handed the University of Rio Grande their first loss of the season with an 82-63 rout of the Redmen. The Foresters started the game with an 8-0 run and owned a 29-14 lead with 7:17 left in the half. Over the next three minutes, the Redmen put together a 16-3 run of their own to draw within two at 32-30 with 4:08 to play, but HC closed out the half with a 7-3 spurt to take a 39-33 lead at the break. The Redmen began the second half scoring seven unanswered points to take a brief 41-39 lead, but following a timeout, the Foresters took back control of the game with a 19-6 run and built a 24-point advantage before Coach Platt cleared the bench with just under three minutes to play. HC’s Kyle Ganton led all scorers in the game with 28 points, which included 5-7 3-pointers. Alex Kock added 14 points and a game-high 10 rebounds. Doug Sheckler, in his first game back after being sidelined with an injury, added 13 and Adam Bontreger chipped in 10 points and three assists for the Foresters. Dawayne McIntosh and Matt Simpson each scored 12 to lead the Redmen. With the win, the men improve to 7-4 on the season. Box Score Turnovers Cost
HC Fifteen first-half turnovers put the Foresters in a hole to deep to overcome as they fell 91-81 to the NCAA Division I IUPUI Jaguars. The Jaguars scored 27 points off the Foresters’ numerous miscues and mounted a 19-point lead (55-36) at the half. IUPUI had increased the lead to 23 early in the second half when the Foresters were finally able to put together a 17-4 run of their own to get back in the game. HC’s Kyle Ganton was their catalyst scoring 13 points on a variety of short and long-range jumpers as well as a couple free throws during the stretch. Ganton’s third trey of the run brought the Foresters to within ten at 63-53 with 13:01 left to play. HC continued to battled and a tip-in by Chase Verba cut the lead to eight at 87-79 with 1:46 remaining, but the Foresters could get no closer. For the game the Foresters out-shot IUPUI 55.3% to 52.3% and went 24-29 from the line (82.8%) as compared to the Jaguars 15-27 (55.6), but it was the turnovers total that was the difference in the game. HC turned the ball over 24 times to just 11 for IUPUI. Steve Snider went 8-10 from the field and 6-8 from the line for 22 points and added eight rebounds to lead the Foresters. Ganton scored 19 points, all in the second half, and Verba and Alex Kock each chipped in 14. The Jaguars were led by George Hill’s 26. The loss drops the men to 6-4 on the season. Box Score Foresters
Win MCC Opener It was opening night in the Mid-Central Conference and the Foresters picked up a coveted road win defeating Indiana Wesleyan University 70-63. HC took a 7-6 lead when Chase Verba hit one of two free throws at the 14:37 mark and gradually built to an 11-point margin at the break. In the second half, the Foresters owned as much as a 14-point lead at 54-40 midway through the period, but the Wildcats whittled it down to just four on two Brandon McCorkle free throws with 2:37 left to play. On HC's next possession, Kyle Ganton answered with two of his game-high 21 points and ended Indiana Wesleyan's threat. Joining Ganton in double figures were Alex Kock, who had 16 points and a game-high eight rebounds, Steve Snider with 12 and Jared Yoder with 11. Jared Boser led five Wildcats in double figures with 15. With the win the men improve to 6-3 on the season and are 1-0 in conference play. Box Score HC Falls In Classic
Final In the Championship game of the Huntington College Ness Bros. Hall of Fame Classic, the Geneva College Golden Tornadoes upset the Huntington College Foresters 92-90 in overtime. Down 13 with six minutes remaining in the first half, the Foresters battled their way back and found themselves within one at 43-42 going into halftime. It was a knock-down, drag-out battle in the second half, and even though the Foresters led most of the period, the Golden Tornadoes refused to quit and tied the game 78-78 with just three seconds remaining. Huntington’s Kyle Ganton missed a 3-point attempt as time expired. In the overtime period, the seesaw battle waged on with neither team able to establish a safe lead. A layup and a free throw from Alex Kock gave the Foresters a 90-89 lead with just 38 seconds left to play. Geneva worked the ball around to get Nate Conley a layup attempt. He missed the shot, but grabbed his own rebound and laid it in on his second try. Ganton missed a jumper at the other end and Huntington was forced to foul. Matt Small hit one of two from the line to give the Golden Tornadoes a 92-90 lead, and Seth Lochmueller’s jumper at the buzzer was off the mark. Huntington was lead by sophomores Koch, who finished with 31 points and 11 rebounds, and Ganton who added 18 points and three rebounds. Geneva’s Tim Sawyer, named the tournament’s Most Valuable Player, lead the Golden Tornadoes with 28 points. Joining Sawyer on the All-Tournament team were HC's Kock and Ganton, Geneva's Conley, Siena Heights Lloyd Cowles and Trinity International's Jared Keiffer. With the loss the Foresters fall to 5-3 on the season. Box Score Foresters Stave Off
Upset Bid The Trinity International University Trojans (3-4) gave the NAIA 3rd-ranked Huntington College (5-2) a scare, but the Foresters hung on for the 75-69 come-from-behind win in the first round game of the Huntington College/Ness Bros. Hall of Fame Classic. The Trojans had a solid game-plan, using a 1-2-2 zone to keep the Foresters on the perimeter where they were struggling to get shots to drop. Trinity International took advantage of HC's cold shooting and owned a 19-11 lead eleven minutes into the game, when Huntington finally began to find the range. The Foresters connected on three consecutive treys, two by Alex Kock and one from Kyle Ganton to take a 22-21 lead. The rest of the half, neither team could gain more than a three-point advantage and they headed to the locker room with HC up 34-33. In the second half, Ganton heated up for Huntington scoring 19 of his 24 points to keep the Trojans at bay, including six of six free throws in the final two minutes to seal the win. Three other Foresters finished in double figures with Steve Snider getting 16, Chase Verba, 15 and Kock, 10. Leigh Batts led the Trojans with 21 off the bench. In the opening game of the Classic, Geneva College knocked off Siena Heights University 97-89. The Foresters will play Geneva in the Championship game tomorrow at 3:00 p.m. Box Score Weary Foresters Win in OT There was no rest for the weary. After knocking off the NAIA Division II 8th-ranked Indiana Tech Warriors on Tuesday night on the road, the 3rd-ranked Foresters hosted the NAIA Division I 20th-ranked Cougars of St. Xavier 24 hours later and won the seesaw battle 72-68 in overtime. The game saw 21 lead changes and 12 ties with HC owning the biggest lead of the game at 11-4 early in the contest. With 35 seconds left in regulation, Adam Bontreger put the Foresters up 65-63 by hitting one of two free throws. The Cougars then used a high pick to give point guard Phillip Watson a step on his drive to the hoop for the game-tying layup with :15 left on the clock. Alex Kock's jumper from the left wing bounced off the rim as time expired forcing the extra period. With HC playing in their third game in five days and the Cougars playing in their fourth in five days, the overtime became more about who had the freshest legs. St. Xavier took the tip and Jason Reiter hit a jumper at the elbow to give the Cougars the lead. After trading misses, HC's Steve Snider was fouled on a drive to the hoop and hit both charity tosses to knot the score at 67. On the Cougars next possession, Jabari Saunders hit one of two from the line to put St Xavier up 68-67 with 2:48 left. With both teams leaving shot attempts short, Coach Platt decided to insert some fresh legs into the lineup. Jared Yoder,playing in just his second game this season, answered the call. After trading two more missed field goals, the Foresters finally got the ball moving around the perimeter against the Cougar zone and found Yoder open in the left corner. Yoder knocked down the trey to put HC back in the lead at 70-68 with :49 on the clock. After a St. Xavier turnover, the Cougars fouled Yoder who hit one of two to give HC a 71-68 lead. Another missed jumper and a foul put Snider at the line with six seconds to play. He hit the second free throw to put the game out of reach. Snider led all scorers in the game with 20 points, and Alex Kock added 12 points and 8 rebounds. Mike Rojas and Saunders each had 13 to lead St. Xavier. The win moves the men to 4-2 on the season. Box Score HC Tops #8 Indiana
Tech It was a clash between two NAIA Division II Top Ten teams and the 8th-ranked Warriors of Indiana Tech were cruising with a 16-point lead over the 3rd-ranked Foresters four minutes into the second half. Desperate to try to throw off the Warriors' rhythm, Coach Platt changed defenses and went to a 2-3 zone. The ploy worked as the Warriors got tight from the perimeter, which allowed HC to claw its way back into the game. The Foresters took a 79-77 lead on a Kyle Ganton layup with a little over a minute left to play. Tech's Kendrick Cornelius hit one of two free throws on the Warrior's next possession to make it 79-78. The Foresters then made just two of seven free throw attempts over the next 44 seconds to hold an 81-78 lead with 1.8 seconds left. Detonio Hawkins' layup at the buzzer wasn't enough as the Foresters survived 81-80. HC's zone defense in the second half held the Warriors to 39% shooting (12-31) while the Foresters went 16-26 from the field for 62% in the half. With HC packing it in, Tech was forced to look outside for shots, but went just 1-14 beyond the arc. Four Foresters scored in double figures with Ganton scoring a team-high 23 points. Steve Snider added 19 points and eight rebounds. Alex Kock had a double-double with 12 points and a game-high 14 rebounds, and Chase Verba added 10 points. JuJuan Cooley led the Warriors with 23. The win moves the Foresters to 3-2 on the season. Box Score Kock MCC Player-Of
Week Alex Kock, a Physical Education and Health major from Auburn, Indiana (DeKalb High School), was named the Mid-Central Conference Player Of The Week for the week of November 8-14. Kock had an outstanding individual performance to help lead the Foresters to a 2-1 week. In Monday’s 97-74 win over Urbana University, Kock had the hot hand, going 11-15 from the field, which included 5-7 from 3-point land, for 30 points and added six rebounds. On Wednesday, Kock led the team in scoring and rebounding with his 16 points and 9 boards in Huntington’s 77-50 win over Purdue University Calumet, and in the Foresters’ 69-66 loss to 17th-ranked Cornerstone University, Kock had a game-high 20 points and seven rebounds. Cornerstone
Out-lasts Foresters In a battle between two NAIA Division II ranked teams, it was the 17th-ranked Golden Eagles of Cornerstone University that out-lasted the 3rd-ranked Foresters 69-66. HC led by as many as eight in the first half, but Cornerstone rallied to take a 38-37 lead at the break. The Golden Eagles took command early in the second half out-scoring the Foresters 17-6 over the first five minutes to take their biggest lead of the game at 55-43, but HC wouldn’t go away. The Foresters clawed their way back to within one at 67-66 on a lay-up by Doug Sheckler with 18 seconds left, but then had to foul Cornerstone to stop the clock. John Freund hit both free throws for the Golden Eagles and a last second 3-point attempt by HC’s Kyle Ganton fell short. About midway through the second half, the Foresters stepped up their defense and held Cornerstone scoreless over a four minute span, but HC failed to take advantage on the offensive end as they went 2-6 from the field and 2-7 from the charity stripe. The Foresters shot 40% for the game and were 11-19 from the line for 58%. Alex Kock led all scorers in the game with 20 points for the Foresters. Doug Sheckler chipped in a double-double with 16 points and 10 rebounds. Brandon Voorhees and Mike Cameron each had 12 to lead Cornerstone. With the loss, the men fall to 2-2 on the season. Box Score Foresters Run
Away From Purdue Calumet The NAIA Division II 3rd-ranked Huntington College Foresters (2-1) ran away from the Purdue University Calumet Peregrines (1-2) 77-50 to pick up their second win of the season. Huntington used a balanced offensive effort, putting five in double figures, and a stingy defense that limited Purdue Calumet to just 44 shot attempts in the game to pull off the victory. The Peregrines remained within striking distance throughout the first half and were only down eight at 52-44 with 7:21 left in the game. The Foresters finally put the Purdue Calumet away with an 8-0 spurt over the next three minutes and finished the game on a 22-4 run. Forester Alex Kock took game-high honors with 16 points and grabbed a team-high 9 rebounds. Kyle Ganton and Chase Verba each added 13 and Doug Sheckler and Steve snider both finished with 11. Marquice Woods was the lone Peregrine to reach double figures with 14 points to go along with his 15 rebounds. HC improves to 2-1 on the season with the win. Box Score Foresters Win
Home Opener After battling two NCAA Division I opponents, the Foresters had little problem with NAIA Division II Urbana University as they routed the Blue Knights 97-74 in their home opener. HC's sticky defense limited Urbana to just 28 points in the first half on 28% shooting (9-32), which led to a 17-point Forester advantage at the intermission. In the second half, the Foresters continued to add to their lead reaching a 27-point margin at 79-52 with seven minutes remaining in the game and cruised to the victory. HC's Alex Kock led all scorers in the game with 30 points on 11-15 shooting, including 5-7 from behind the arc and 3-4 from the line. Four of his teammates joined him in double figures with Doug Sheckler netting 18, Steve Snider, 17, Kyle Ganton, 12, and Chase Verba, 11. Antonio Davis led the Blue Knights with 15 points and six rebounds. The win brings the men's record even at 1-1 on the season. Box Score HC Battles
Crusaders The Foresters gave the Valparaiso University Crusaders a battle, but ultimately came up short 73-69 in an exhibition game against the NCAA Division I opponent. Although the Foresters led most of the game, it was the Crusaders who came up with the big plays down the stretch to give them the victory. With 1:35 left on the clock, Valpo’s Kenny Harris hit a short jumper to knot the score at 66. On HC's next possession, Crusader Jimmie Miles stole the ball and drove the length of the court for the go-ahead lay-up with 1:14 remaining. Alex Kock, who led the Foresters with 19 points and 11 rebounds, answered with a 3-pointer with 40 seconds to give HC the one-point advantage at 69-68. On Valpo’s next possession, Dan Oppland hit a running jumper with :20 showing on the clock to put the Crusaders back in the lead. Valpo’s Ali Berdiel then stripped the ball from HC’s Adam Bontreger and made one of two free throws. Berdiel rebounded his miss and fed the ball to Oppland who was fouled with three seconds left. The Crusader junior then put the game out of reach by sinking both free throws. For the game, Valpo’s Oppland led all scorers with 23 points and had nine rebounds. For HC, Doug Sheckler tallied 15 points and Snider added 14. The Foresters out-shot the Crusaders making 44% of their shot attempts (24-254), while Valpo hit 42 percent (24-57). The Crusaders outrebounded Huntington 36-33. Box Score Foresters Come
Up Short In Opener The Foresters opened their season on the road against NCAA Division I IPFW and came up short on their upset bid losing 87-77 to the Mastodons. HC was quick out of the gate, jumping out to a 10-2 lead three minutes into the game, but IPFW countered with an 18-0 run over the next five minutes to go up 20-10. The Foresters battled back within one at 28-27, but back-to-back turnovers that resulted in two IPFW treys gave the momentum back to the Mastodons. The seesaw first half came to a close with HC down five at 42-37. In the second half, the Foresters kept within striking distance and tied the score at 73-73 on a 3-pointer by Alex Kock with 3:07 left in the game, but it was IPFW's defense down the stretch that was the difference in the game. With the score knotted at 73, the Mastodons forced HC into three turnovers in their next four possessions and allowed no field goals and just four free throws to seal the win. For the game, the Foresters committed 22 turnovers which led to 23 points for the Mastodons. IPFW's Quintin Butler led all scorers in the game with 25 points on 10 of 14 shooting and grabbed a game-high 12 rebounds. Chase Verba and Doug Sheckler each scored 19 to lead HC. Steve Snider and Alex Kock added 13 apiece. The loss gives the men a 0-1 record to start the season. Box Score |