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In
the night cap of the St. Ambrose Classic, the No. 19 St. Ambrose Fighting
Bees set a new school record for widest margin of victory, easily
defeating the Emmaus Bible College Eagles by the final score of
104-40.
In
a game where the final score could have easily been a lot worse and
none of the starters saw any action in the second half (and limited
minutes in the first half), 14 of the 15 Fighting Bees scored.
Four
players scored in double digits, with Tom Pavljasevic leading the list
with 16 points. Pavljasevic also grabbed six rebounds, dished out
two assists and stole two passes in 12 minutes of action. Chad
Tancil also added a career high 14 points and three assists; Reggie Zorg
had career highs in points and rebounds, scoring 11 points and five
boards; and Matt Fitzpatrick added ten points as well as dishing out a
game high eight assists.
Other
players reached career highs: Tadd Crist scored six points and grabbed
nine rebounds; D.J. Brown scored six points; Joe Barrer added four assists
and five rebounds.
The
Fighting Bees shot 63.9% on the night and 50% from beyond the arc.
They stole 13 passes and dished out 38 assists while only committing 11
turnovers. Two other records that were broken on the night were
least number of team fouls committed in one half and a game. The
Fighting Bees only committed one foul in the second half and only
committed seven for the game.
Emmaus
shot 22.4% from the field and were 5-of-36 from beyond the arc.
Leading the Eagles and the only player to score in double digits was Mike
Gallagher with 11 points and grabbed four rebounds. Justin Elgard
committed a game high 12 turnovers, but added seven points.
The
opening game of the St. Ambrose Classic was a little more exciting, matter
of fact there was a shot at the buzzer to send the game into
overtime. Larry English's (Barat College) shot from 14 feet left his
hands as the second half buzzer sounded and locking the game at 66 and
sending the game into the extra period.
Overtime
would not turn out to be as promising for Barat as they were defeated
80-76 by the No. 29 Bellevue, Neb., Bruins. The Bruins were led by
T.J. Flannagan and Luther Hall both scored 19 points. Flannagan also
grabbed a game high 14 rebounds. Also in double digits were Jared
Anderson and Nick Minzel scored 15 and 12 points,
respectively.
The
Bulldogs were led by English who scored a game high 23 points while
dishing out five assists. Terrence Gulley and Tim Smith scored 18
and 14 points, respectively.
The
consolation game between Barat and Emmaus will be held at 1:00 p.m. with
the consolation game following either 20 minutes after the consolation
game or 3:00 p.m. with Bellevue taking on the host Fighting Bees.
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