CCIW in-game updates

[Gregory Sager]

Jerell Tribble is a Klingon from the free-throw line. His two freebies make it BU 63, NCC 59, with :19 left.

Now BU star forward Cameron Snelling has just fouled out.

[Gregory Sager]

Raridon goes 1-2 from the line at one end, but Nate Green hits both FTs at the other end. BU 65, NCC 60, :18 to go.

[Gregory Sager]

Barringer trey, followed by a quick NCC foul and another Green Ft. BU, 66-63.

[Gregory Sager]

FINAL

Benedictine 66
North Central 63

[Gregory Sager]

With five minutes to go in the first half, Elmhurst trails host UW-LaCrosse, 27-24. The Bluejays fell behind big early, 14-2, but they've since righted the ship and the Eagles' lead has fluctuated between 3 and 5 for some time now.

[Naperick]

UW-LaCrosse  37
Elmhurst   26
-halftime
-bad shooting by the Bluejays
-Jays didn't score for about 6 minutes late in the first half

[Gregory Sager]

Halftime in LaCrosse:

UW-LaCrosse 37
Elmhurst 26

After making it a close game for much of the second half, Elmhurst faltered in the last five minutes as the Eagles went on a 10-0 run to go up by 13. A pair of Christian Dillon FTs with three seconds left cut the UWL lead to its current 11.

Elmhurst is only shooting a woeful 29% from the field (9-31), compared to UWL's 47% (14-30). The 'jays are 1-8 from beyond the arc, while the Eagles are 5-13. EC is a perfect 7-7 from the line, and the hosts are 4-7.

The 'jays are holding their own on the glass, in spite of giving away a lot of size to the Eagles, as they hold a 21-19 bulge in that department, and they've picked up 10 O-rebs to UWL's 6. However, Elmhurst has turned it over two more times than has UWL.

UWL blocked six shots in the first half, and one has to wonder if 6'9 Andy Merklein and 6'6 Kurt Kincaid are forcing the 'jays to redirect a lot of their shots.

Dustin Bainter leads Elmhurst with five points, and Zack Boyd has five boards.

[Naperick]

Elmhurst on a 15-6 run.  Bluejays trail UWL, 51-45, with 13:12 to go.

[Gregory Sager]

UWL 51, EC 45, 12:52 left.

This is as close as the 'jays have come in quite awhile. UWL was up by 15 early in the half.

[Gregory Sager]

Elmhurst timeout with 10:54 left and UWL up, 56-47.

[Gregory Sager]

Another Elmhurst timeout. There's now 7:21 left, with UW-LaCrosse nursing a 63-53 lead.

[Naperick]

FINAL from LaCrosse
UW-LaCrosse  76
Elmhurst         66

Elmhurst won the rebound battle but LaCrosse had a huge advantage on three pointers.

Bluejays are now 4-6.

[Moser]

Halftime:

Millikin 20
UMHB  18

Corey Mitchell leads the Big Blue with 8 points. Millikin is shooting 38 % (9 of 24), 0-5 from three.

[Ralph Turner]

at UMHB 49 Millikin 44  Final

[usee]

Wheaton trails Hamline 30-35 at the half