Box Score
DE PERE, Wis. – Sometimes it feels that there is nothing you can do to keep the other team from scoring. The Edgewood College men's basketball team had that feeling in the championship game of the Nicolet National Bank Holiday Tournament. Northwestern College (Minn.) came out of the locker room firing and didn't slow down, as they shot 63.3 percent from the field in the game in an 84-70 victory over the Eagles.
In the first half, Northwestern College (6-6) continued right where they left off last night, with the hot hand. They shot a blistering 68.8 percent from the floor and 70 percent (7-for-10) from three-point range. Edgewood College (5-6) never led in the first half and there were only two ties.
After a quick Northwestern 6-0 run to take a 13-6 lead, Edgewood College responded with a 7-0 run of their own to tie the game. Then the teams exchanged baskets and were tied again at 19 before the Northwestern went on an 8-0 run to take a 27-19 lead with 9:41 to go in the first half. Their lead would swell to 21 with just over one minute to play and Northwestern led by 19, 56-37 at the break.
In the second half, the teams went back and forth for the first seven minutes before Edgewood College (5-6) went to work. The Eagles went on a 10-0 run and cut the deficit to nine at 64-55 with just under 10 minutes remaining. During that stretch, Northwestern went ice cold from the field as they did not score for almost eight minutes. That was the closest Edgewood College would get to Northwestern as the lead swelled back to 16 points and Northwestern held on for the 84-70 victory.
The Eagles did force 19 Northwestern College (6-6) turnovers, including 15 in the second half alone. Kent Faurote led the Eagles with a career-high 24 points. Ben Wisniewski and Jeff Barczak joined Faurote in double figures with 17 and 11 points, respectively. For their efforts, Wisniewski and Faurote were named to the six-member all-tournament team. Northwestern, was led by Stephen Hanson who poured in 18 points.
The Eagles will next be in action on Saturday when the host Knox College. Tipoff is scheduled for 2:00 p.m.
