River Forest, Ill. - An early season Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference (NACC) road game for Illinois Tech men's basketball was in the offing Tuesday night, as the Scarlet Hawks traveled to Concordia Chicago to take on the Cougars. Unfortunately for the Scarlet Hawks, it was too much of the Jacob Collicot show, as the Cougars senior guard had a 28-point outing to lead Concordia Chicago to an 85-68 victory. The Scarlet Hawks start NACC play 0-1, and fall to 0-3 overall. The Cougars start conference play 1-0 and even their overall record to 1-1.

How It Happened

• First Half - Concordia Chicago 33 Illinois Tech 31: In a sloppy first half that saw a combined 22 fouls and 21 turnovers, the Cougars got out to a 10-6 lead at 15:46 on a Jacob Collicot three-pointer. The Scarlet Hawks would come back, however, as DeAndre Vortes made a pair of layups, and Myles Townsend sunk a hook shot at 10:41 to give the Hawks a 12-10 lead. Concordia Chicago would respond with a 9-2 run to take a 19-14 lead with 8:41 remaining. A pair of free throws by Garrison Carter with 4 minutes remaining capped off a 12-5 run for Illinois Tech, giving them a 26-24 lead. The Cougars would answer with a 7-0 run to open a 31-26 lead with 3:01 remaining. The Hawks would close out the half on a 5-2 run, capped off by a layup from Carter with 32 seconds remaining to pull within 2 points at the half. Vortes led all scorers with 11 points. Carter added 10 points. Collicot led the Cougars with 9 points.
• Second Half - Concordia Chicago 52 - Illinois Tech 37: The Cougars opened up the second half on a 10-3 run to take an 8-point lead of 42-34 at 17:14. The Scarlet Hawks would pull within 4 points at 57-53 at the 9:28 mark when Townsend hit a pair of free throws to complete a 19-15 run for the Hawks. Unfortunately that would be as close as the Hawks would get for the remainder of the half, as the Cougars responded with a 13-0 run to take a 76-57 lead en route to their 85-68 victory.

Scarlet Hawk Standouts

• Garrison Carter led the Scarlet Hawks with 24 points, including 15 of 16 points from the free throw line, to go along with 4 assists and 5 rebounds in 29+ minutes
• DeAndre Vortes had 22 points on 7-14 shooting from the field and 7-7 on free throws in 36+ minutes
• Joshua Iguade with 10 rebounds and 2 blocks in 29+ minutes

Inside The Box Score

• Jacob Collicot led all scorers with 28 points, added 8 rebounds, 4 assists, 4 steals and 3 blocks
• Darian Williams added 16 points for the Cougars to go along with 4 steals
• Concordia Chicago held a 27-11 advantage in points off turnovers
• Illinois Tech was 30-38 from the free throw line for 79%; CUC was 13-27 for 48%
• CUC had a 38-20 advantage in points in the paint

Up Next
The Scarlet Hawks resume non-conference play this Saturday, when they travel to Terre Haute, Indiana to take on the Rose-Hulman Fightin' Engineers at 3:00 PM CT.