Kingsmen Stumble on Road to Bulldogs

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REDLANDS, Calif. - On the road for the first time in over a week, Cal Lutheran stumbled to the University of Redlands by a 72-56 margin in conference play.

Box Score: UR 72, CLU 56 - F

Despite the grim outcome, for the second game in a row Aaron Van Klaveren was tough on both ends of the court, earning yet another double-double with game highs of 17 points, tied with UR's Tristan Kirk, and 13 rebounds.

Early on the teams were neck in neck, but mid-way through the opening period UR took a lead they would hang on to for the final 30 minutes of action.

Once CLU went down by double figures, 49-39, on a Kirk free-throw at the 12:50 mark in the second half unfortunately there was no way back. That free shot sparked an 11-0 Bulldogs run, which proved too much of a deficit for the Kingsmen to recover from.

It was turnovers that hurt CLU the most, committing 15, which led to 18 UR points in the contest.

Cal Lutheran was just one rebound behind Redlands with 33, but did come down with 12 offensive boards, five more than the UR players.

Mike Harris and Xavier Walton tallied 15 and 12 points apiece, respectively for CLU.

Redlands (9-8, 4-2 SCIAC) put three other players in double figures alongside Kirk with Mychal Estrada, Brian Kuklok and Matt Callhoun adding 13, 12 and 10 respectively.

Cal Lutheran (6-10, 2-4) will be on the road Saturday night, Jan. 28 when they travel to SCIAC front-runner Claremont-Mudd-Scripps (16-1, 5-1). Teams will square off at 7:00 p.m. at Ducey Gymnasium.