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Complete
Results Day
One Recap
EDINBORO, PA – The 30th Annual National
Intercollegiate Wheelchair Basketball Tournament continued at
Edinboro University. The day’s action was capped of by a big
time match-up between Edinboro (3) and Illinois (2). Thanks to a
big second half, Edinboro was able to pull off the upset winning
58-41.
Illinois took the lead early, starting the game
with an 8-2 run. Early in the first half, Illinois was able to
build their led to 11 points with the score 23-12. Edinboro fought
back into the contest and closed on the half with an 11-2 run of
their own. Despite the Edinboro run, Illinois was still able to
keep a three-point advantage going into the second half, 25-22
At the 14:23 mark in the second half, Edinboro
forced the first tie of the ballgame 33-33. With the game going
back and forth for the next few minutes, Edinboro took their first
led of the game with 10:25 left to go, 39-37. Edinboro pulled away
from Illinois by capping off a 12-4 run with two free throws by
freshmen Tommie Gray (5 points and 9 rebounds).
Edinboro was led by Mike Looney (19), Jose Leep
(11), and Bryce Doody (9).
Illinois Steve Serio had the game high with 22
points.
Edinboro plays Saturday at 2:00 p.m. at McComb
Fieldhouse. The Rolling Scots will be chasing its first national
title ever, when they play top-ranked Wisconsin-Whitewater. |
