Dec 21, 2010
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KAILUA, Hawaii - The Edgewood College men's basketball team must have felt like their lei were tied around their necks, when the University of Dubuque took a six-point lead with under a minute to play. However, Kent Faurote nailed a three-pointer to get the Eagles back in the game, and Cashton Craig drilled another three at the buzzer and Edgewood College escaped the Hawaiian Islands with the second win, 69-68 over the Spartans.
Edgewood College (7-4) rallied from a 10-point halftime deficit. Jeff Barczak scored a layup and Craig followed with a three-pointer to tie the game at 55 with six minutes to play. However, the Spartans immediately scored the next six points to regain control. The teams traded baskets until Dubuque's Lee Piccinelli hit two free throws with 50 seconds left to give his team a 65-59 lead.
That was the cue for Faurote's big shot. The junior from Cassville nailed his only three -point attempt of the game to cut the lead in half. Following a timeout, Edgewood College then forced a turnover and Faurote hit another jumper to bring the Eagles within 65-64. Piccinelli made two free throws to push the margin back to three points, but Barczak followed up his own missed shot and scored a put back to make the score 67-66 in favor of Dubuque with 12 seconds left to play.
The Eagles immediately fouled Mitch Michaelis, but the Spartan freshman missed the first of his two free throws leaving Edgewood College a chance to go for the win. Craig, who had hit the game-winner with less than two seconds left against Lakeland on December 8, answered the call again. The Madison native's third three-point basket of the night ended the game and sent the Eagles home with a thrilling 69-68 victory.
The University of Dubuque (7-4) was also seeking their second win on the trip and grabbed control of the game in the first half. The Spartans broke a 16-16 tie with a 6-0 run midway through the first half. Later, Ben Wisniewski and Barczak scored baskets to cut the Eagles' deficit to 28-26, before Dubuque made their biggest move of the game. Chris Frazier hit a pair of three-pointers and David Kushnir scored a pair of buckets on a 14-3 Spartan run. A Wisniewski three-pointer just before halftime trimmed the lead back to 10 at 42-32.
Wisniewski scored 11 of his game-high 18 points in the first half. The junior hit three three-point baskets and is now just 26 points short of reaching 1,000 for his career. Craig finished with 17 points and six assists. He shot a remarkable 17-for-22 from the field, including 7-for-8 from the three-point line in his two games in Hawaii. Barczak scored 12 points and snared a team-high nine rebounds. Faurote gave the Eagles four players in double figures with 11 points on 3-for-5 shooting. The Eagles shot 54.2 percent (26-for-48) for the game.
The University of Dubuque was led by Kushnir who went 6-for-9 from the field and scored 15 points. Taylor Blum added 13 points.
Edgewood College will be off for the remainder of 2010, until they return to the Todd Wehr Edgedome for a January 4 non-conference tilt with Viterbo University.
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KAILUA, Hawaii - The Edgewood College men's basketball team must have felt like their lei were tied around their necks, when the University of Dubuque took a six-point lead with under a minute to play. However, Kent Faurote nailed a three-pointer to get the Eagles back in the game, and Cashton Craig drilled another three at the buzzer and Edgewood College escaped the Hawaiian Islands with the second win, 69-68 over the Spartans.
Edgewood College (7-4) rallied from a 10-point halftime deficit. Jeff Barczak scored a layup and Craig followed with a three-pointer to tie the game at 55 with six minutes to play. However, the Spartans immediately scored the next six points to regain control. The teams traded baskets until Dubuque's Lee Piccinelli hit two free throws with 50 seconds left to give his team a 65-59 lead.
That was the cue for Faurote's big shot. The junior from Cassville nailed his only three -point attempt of the game to cut the lead in half. Following a timeout, Edgewood College then forced a turnover and Faurote hit another jumper to bring the Eagles within 65-64. Piccinelli made two free throws to push the margin back to three points, but Barczak followed up his own missed shot and scored a put back to make the score 67-66 in favor of Dubuque with 12 seconds left to play.
The Eagles immediately fouled Mitch Michaelis, but the Spartan freshman missed the first of his two free throws leaving Edgewood College a chance to go for the win. Craig, who had hit the game-winner with less than two seconds left against Lakeland on December 8, answered the call again. The Madison native's third three-point basket of the night ended the game and sent the Eagles home with a thrilling 69-68 victory.
The University of Dubuque (7-4) was also seeking their second win on the trip and grabbed control of the game in the first half. The Spartans broke a 16-16 tie with a 6-0 run midway through the first half. Later, Ben Wisniewski and Barczak scored baskets to cut the Eagles' deficit to 28-26, before Dubuque made their biggest move of the game. Chris Frazier hit a pair of three-pointers and David Kushnir scored a pair of buckets on a 14-3 Spartan run. A Wisniewski three-pointer just before halftime trimmed the lead back to 10 at 42-32.
Wisniewski scored 11 of his game-high 18 points in the first half. The junior hit three three-point baskets and is now just 26 points short of reaching 1,000 for his career. Craig finished with 17 points and six assists. He shot a remarkable 17-for-22 from the field, including 7-for-8 from the three-point line in his two games in Hawaii. Barczak scored 12 points and snared a team-high nine rebounds. Faurote gave the Eagles four players in double figures with 11 points on 3-for-5 shooting. The Eagles shot 54.2 percent (26-for-48) for the game.
The University of Dubuque was led by Kushnir who went 6-for-9 from the field and scored 15 points. Taylor Blum added 13 points.
Edgewood College will be off for the remainder of 2010, until they return to the Todd Wehr Edgedome for a January 4 non-conference tilt with Viterbo University.