When all was said and done, however, the real difference in the contest turned out to be CUC's free throw shooting. The Cougars went to the line 28 times and converted 21. Conversely, BU attempted just seven charity tosses (making five).
Concordia's Bobby Smith led all scorers with 25 points on a nine-for-13 shooting night from the floor. Smith made it a "double-double" by also hauling in a game-high 12 rebounds.
Bryan Ganek was the only other Concordia player in double figures with 14 points. Ganek also led his team with six assists.
Benedictine's Tim Swanson led a quartet of Eagles in double-digits in the losing cause, canning 19 points. Swanson was six-for-12 from the field and five-of-six from the free throw stripe.
Joining Swanson in double figures was Travis Wilson with 15 off of the BU bench, Jacob Carwell with 11 points and Dan Klecan with 10.
Carwell and Klecan each had five rebounds to top Benedictine in that category. Carwell also added five assists and a blocked shot.
Benedictine's Jared Bailey had seven assists to lead either team.
Official Basketball Box Score
Concordia University Chicago vs Benedictine University
1/24/07 7:00 p.m. at Lisle, IL - The Rice Center
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VISITORS: Concordia University Chicago 3-13, 2-9 NAC
TOT-FG 3-PT REBOUNDS
## Player Name FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF TP A TO BLK S MIN
12 Stennis, Mark....... * 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 6
20 Mikrut, David....... * 2-7 2-7 0-0 1 1 2 0 6 1 1 0 2 36
23 Ganek, Bryan........ * 6-9 0-1 2-3 3 3 6 0 14 6 2 1 0 34
24 Young, Ryan......... * 2-7 1-4 3-4 0 6 6 3 8 2 1 0 0 31
32 Smith, Bobby........ * 9-13 0-0 7-10 4 8 12 2 25 0 3 0 0 30
10 Absher, Jayme....... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 9
33 Ward, Ryan.......... 1-4 0-1 6-6 1 2 3 4 8 1 4 0 2 25
34 Wleklinski, Kas..... 2-2 0-0 3-4 0 4 4 1 7 2 1 0 0 19
45 Krause, Aaron....... 2-3 0-0 0-1 0 3 3 0 4 1 1 0 0 10
TEAM................
Totals.............. 24-45 3-13 21-28 9 28 37 14 72 14 14 1 4 200
TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 15-26 57.7% 2nd Half: 9-19 47.4% Game: 53.3% DEADB
3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 1-8 12.5% 2nd Half: 2-5 40.0% Game: 23.1% REBS
F Throw % 1st Half: 2-4 50.0% 2nd Half: 19-24 79.2% Game: 75.0% 3
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HOME TEAM: Benedictine University 9-8, 7-3 NAC
TOT-FG 3-PT REBOUNDS
## Player Name FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF TP A TO BLK S MIN
05 Bailey, Jared....... * 3-13 1-5 0-0 0 0 0 2 7 7 3 0 0 34
11 Bridgeman, Rob...... * 0-3 0-2 0-0 2 0 2 2 0 1 1 1 0 23
15 Klecan, Dan......... * 4-13 2-7 0-1 3 2 5 3 10 1 1 0 0 34
24 Carwell, Jacob...... * 5-7 1-1 0-0 0 5 5 4 11 5 0 1 0 29
32 Swanson, Tim........ * 6-12 2-6 5-6 1 1 2 4 19 1 2 1 2 33
21 Wilson, Travis...... 6-14 3-7 0-0 3 1 4 3 15 1 0 0 1 29
22 Vaughan, Rob........ 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 8
33 Alford, Stephon..... 1-1 0-0 0-0 1 0 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 8
40 Olson, Andrew....... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2
TEAM................ 2 5 7
Totals.............. 25-64 9-28 5-7 12 16 28 20 64 17 8 4 3 200
TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 10-29 34.5% 2nd Half: 15-35 42.9% Game: 39.1% DEADB
3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 3-13 23.1% 2nd Half: 6-15 40.0% Game: 32.1% REBS
F Throw % 1st Half: 2-2 100 % 2nd Half: 3-5 60.0% Game: 71.4% 1
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Officials: Ken Maziarka, Dave Laning, Jim Copenhaver
Technical fouls: Concordia University Chicago-None. Benedictine
University-None.
Attendance: 284
Score by Periods 1st 2nd Total
Concordia University Chicago.. 33 39 - 72
Benedictine University........ 25 39 - 64
Points in the paint-CUCMBB 34,BEN 24. Points off turnovers-CUCMBB 6,BEN 15.
2nd chance points-CUCMBB 10,BEN 16. Fast break points-CUCMBB 0,BEN 0.
Bench points-CUCMBB 19,BEN 17. Score tied-1 time. Lead changed-1 time.
Last FG-CUCMBB 2nd-02:04, BEN 2nd-00:30.
Largest lead-CUCMBB by 14 2nd-14:08, BEN by 7 1st-17:30.