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| Collin Anderson did not miss much on the opening night of the D3hoops.com Classic, shooting 12-for-15 from the floor en route to 31 points. Photo by Larry Radloff, d3photography.com |
LAS VEGAS -- The 2019 D3hoops.com Classic featured a big-time shootout that nearly set tournament records, as St. Scholastica held off Central, while University of New England got women's basketball action underway with a win against Milwaukee School of Engineering.
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Central (4-6) led 16-13 early in the game, but St. Scholastica (4-7) embarked on a 26-6 run, including an 8-0 run and a pair of 9-0 runs within that span. Collin Anderson had 11 points and Joe Cvancara adding nine points during that time frame.
CSS kept it rolling with another 10-0 run later in the half to open up its biggest lead of the game at 51-27 following a Nick Carlson bucket. The Saints went into halftime leading 60-41. Anderson had a big first half for the Saints going 10-for-11 from the field, including 5-of-6 from beyond the arc for 25 points.
But Central turned on the jets after intermission, opening with a 30-13 burst that concluded with a 14-0 run to climb within 73-71 with 7:48 left before the Saints reasserted control. Central trailed 86-74 before a final surge made it 88-84 with 1:13 remaining, only to have the Dutch shooting touch cool.
Anderson finished with a game-high 31 points in 31 minutes of action. Jarod Wilken finished with 20 points and a team-high 13 rebounds. Cvancara finished with nine points, going 4-for-4 from the field. Sean Kostyk came off the bench to score 19 second-half points for the Dutch. Adam Flinn also had 19 points with six assists and three steals.
Jocelyn Chaput had a personal-best 26 points to go with game highs of 11 rebounds and five assists as the University of New England women's basketball team defeated Milwaukee School of Engineering, 63-52, in the opening game of the 10th Annual D3hoops.com Classic at South Point Arena.
Chaput's 26 points were the sixth-most points scored by a women's basketball player at the D3hoops.com Classic, and they came on 9-of-14 shooting from the field, to go with 6-for-8 at the line.
UNE raced out to a 12-4 cushion, but nine unanswered put the Raiders ahead. That lead lasted all of 13 seconds, and the Nor'easters had the edge for good at 16-14. The margin shifted between two and nine in the second quarter, and the spread reached 10 early in the third.