Nov 20, 2010
Box Score
NAPERVILLE, Ill. – Three games into the season and the Edgewood College men's basketball team can already claim two wins against two of the region's stronger conferences. On Saturday, it was the Eagles taking down North Central College of the College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin (CCIW) on their own floor 59-43. Edgewood College outscored the Cardinals 35-17 in the second half to blow open a tight game.
The Eagles, who defeated IIAC preseason favorite Loras College on Monday, trailed the entire first half, but were only down 26-24 at halftime. Ben Wisniewski drained a three-point basket to give Edgewood College their first lead of the game at 31-30 with just under 14 minutes to play. North Central College (0-2) answered with a basket to regain the lead, but from that point it was all Eagles.
Freshman Justin Williams hit a jump shot which started a 15-0 Eagle run. Junior Kent Faurote scored two field goals and four free throws during the run, on his way to a game-high 18 points. Two Jeff Barczak's free throw with seven minutes remaining gave Edgewood College (2-1) a 46-32 lead.
The Cardinals proceeded to score the next nine consecutive points to cut the Eagles' lead to 46-41 with 3:24 left to play. However, Barczak scored a bucket off an assist by Cashton Craig and Wisniewski followed it with a three-point basket to push the lead back to 10 points at 51-41. The Eagles would go on to score eight of the last 10 points of the game for a 59-43 victory.
Faurote scored his 18 points on 5-for-8 shooting and also pulled down a team-high six rebounds. Faurote led three Eagles in double figures, including Wisniewski who had 13 points by going 3-for-6 from the three-point line. Barczak added 10 points, while Craig handed out a team-high five assists. The Eagles shot 84.2 percent (16-for-19) from the free throw line, while North Central College went just 3-for-10 at the charity stripe.
The Cardinals were led by freshman CJ Goldthree who scored 14 points on 6-for-13 shooting. Brian Evans had a team-high eight rebounds for the Cardinals who went 0-2 in their own tipoff tournament for the first time since 2001.
Edgewood College will return to the Chicago area to face another CCIW school, North Park University, on Tuesday night.
NAPERVILLE, Ill. – Three games into the season and the Edgewood College men's basketball team can already claim two wins against two of the region's stronger conferences. On Saturday, it was the Eagles taking down North Central College of the College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin (CCIW) on their own floor 59-43. Edgewood College outscored the Cardinals 35-17 in the second half to blow open a tight game.
The Eagles, who defeated IIAC preseason favorite Loras College on Monday, trailed the entire first half, but were only down 26-24 at halftime. Ben Wisniewski drained a three-point basket to give Edgewood College their first lead of the game at 31-30 with just under 14 minutes to play. North Central College (0-2) answered with a basket to regain the lead, but from that point it was all Eagles.
Freshman Justin Williams hit a jump shot which started a 15-0 Eagle run. Junior Kent Faurote scored two field goals and four free throws during the run, on his way to a game-high 18 points. Two Jeff Barczak's free throw with seven minutes remaining gave Edgewood College (2-1) a 46-32 lead.
The Cardinals proceeded to score the next nine consecutive points to cut the Eagles' lead to 46-41 with 3:24 left to play. However, Barczak scored a bucket off an assist by Cashton Craig and Wisniewski followed it with a three-point basket to push the lead back to 10 points at 51-41. The Eagles would go on to score eight of the last 10 points of the game for a 59-43 victory.
Faurote scored his 18 points on 5-for-8 shooting and also pulled down a team-high six rebounds. Faurote led three Eagles in double figures, including Wisniewski who had 13 points by going 3-for-6 from the three-point line. Barczak added 10 points, while Craig handed out a team-high five assists. The Eagles shot 84.2 percent (16-for-19) from the free throw line, while North Central College went just 3-for-10 at the charity stripe.
The Cardinals were led by freshman CJ Goldthree who scored 14 points on 6-for-13 shooting. Brian Evans had a team-high eight rebounds for the Cardinals who went 0-2 in their own tipoff tournament for the first time since 2001.
Edgewood College will return to the Chicago area to face another CCIW school, North Park University, on Tuesday night.