CCIW in-game updates

[petemcb]

Wheaton in the double bonus for the rest of the game.  Hope up 64-46 with about 5 minutes left.

[petemcb]

Hope up almost 30.  Benches emptied.

[Gregory Sager]

NCC leads Lake Forest at the half, 33-20. Twyman leads the Cards with ten points. I figured that he'd be LFC's biggest problem; the Foresters don't have a wing who can match up with Twyman's size, quickness, and ability to drive to the basket.

Fontbonne @ Elmhurst is just getting underway. EC is up 6-0 two and a half minutes into the game.

[Gregory Sager]

The Foresters have started off the second half on a 7-0 run. It's 33-27, NCC, three minutes in.

Kyle Julius has not appeared in tonight's game. What's his story?

[Gregory Sager]

NCC leads Lake Forest, 42-32, with under twelve minutes to go in the game.

Elmhurst leads Fontbonne, 37-24, with six minutes to go in the half.

[Gregory Sager]

Brandon Stanciel just fouled out, which means that North Central is going to have even more trouble handling big Travis Clark in the low post. It's 52-44, Cards lead, with seven minutes to go.

Elmhurst leads Fontbonne, 48-35, with half a minute to go in the first stanza.

[Gregory Sager]

Halftime at Faganel Hall:

Elmhurst 48
Fontbonne 35

The 'jays are led by Dustin Bainter and Mike McCurdy, who have a dozen points apiece. Josh Branch leads the St. Louisans with 14.

Elmhurst is shooting a torrid 61% from the field while holding Fontbonne to 44%. The 'jays also lead the rebounding battle, 16-13, always a great sign for the undersized boys in baby blue.

[Gregory Sager]

It's 56-49, NCC, with four minutes to go up on the North Shore. Both teams are having some trouble putting the ball in the basket, but the Cards have maintained a 7-to-12-point lead throughout almost the entire second half.

[Gregory Sager]

...and now it's 60-51, North Central, with two and a half minutes to go.

[Gregory Sager]

Lake Forest timeout with 1:11 left. North Central has the ball and the lead, 65-56.

Elmhurst and Fontbonne are just about to start the second half.

[Gregory Sager]

NCC timeout, one minute to go. It's 67-59, Cards.

Elmhurst starts the second half hot. Two minutes in, it's now 56-37 in favor of EC.

[Gregory Sager]

LFC has cut it to six. The Foresters are in fouling mode now.

NCC to the line with :41 left.

[Gregory Sager]

LFC at the line with :22 to go, NCC up 71-63.

The Cards are putting on a clinic of late-game free-throw shooting.

Elmhurst is pulling away from Fontbonne, 67-39, with fifteen minutes and change remaining.

[Gregory Sager]

This is the game that refused to end. NCC back to the line with :09 to go, up 74-68.

[Gregory Sager]

FINAL

NCC 76
LFC 68