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ROCKFORD, Ill. – The Edgewood College men's basketball team's saw their four-game winning streak come to a screeching halt at the hands of Rockford College on Saturday. Two days after clinching the Northern Athletics Conference North Division title, the Eagles fell to the Regents 99-77 at the Seaver Center.
The Regents opened the game going ahead 14-4 by hitting their first five shots, which turned out to be a sign of things to come. The Eagles did get a pair of three-pointers from Brock Bidlingmaier and another from Ben Wisniewski to quickly cut the lead to 16-15, but from the Regents would control the game the rest of the way. An 11-0 Regent run would push the lead to 27-15, and the Eagles would never get closer than eight points again.
Early in the second half, Wisneiwski would hit a short jumper to trim the Regents' lead to 50-40, but Rockford would roll off 17 of the next 20 points, the last nine of which came on three straight Taylor Stinson three-point baskets and put the game out of reach for good.
Edgewood College (13-10, 11-4 NAC) was led by Jeff Barczak who topped the 20-point mark for the second consecutive game. Barczak went 8-for-12 from the field, including 3-for-3 from the three-point line. Bidlingmaier went 6-for-8, all from the three-point line to record a new career-high of 18 points. Wisniewski scored 16 points and Jon Ciche had a team-high eight rebounds.
Rockford College (14-9, 9-6 NAC) blistered the Eagles from the three-point line hitting 16 triples in 28 attempts. Stinson was a one-man wrecking crew nailing a Rockford College record nine three pointers to lead all scorers with 29 points. Danny Armelin added 20 points of his own. Rockford shot 53.1 percent from the field in sweeping the regular season series from the Eagles.
Edgewood College will finish the NAC regular season with a senior day showdown with Concordia University Wisconsin on Tuesday, February 17. Edgewood College is still waiting to see who their opponent will be and at what site for the inaugural NAC Challenge game featuring the North Division champion Eagles against the South Division champion that is yet to be determined. Benedictine currently leads the South Divsion by one game over MSOE and Aurora with one game to play.
