Benedictine Rolls To Outright Title - Feb 29, 2016
The second-ranked Benedictine University men's basketball team stormed out to a 22-2 lead en route to a rout of Concordia University Chicago to claim the Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference championship outright.
FINAL SCORE Benedictine 111, Concordia University Chicago 59
THE DETAILS � Tahron Harvey (6'2''-G) drained a three-pointer on the opening possession of the game to hand Benedictine an early 3-0 lead � Adam Reynolds (6'5''-F) followed with a layup at the 19:03 mark, making the score 5-0 � Following a basket from Concordia Chicago, Benedictine ripped off 17 straight points, opened on a three-pointer from Reynolds, to take a commanding 22-2 lead with 12:47 remaining in the first half � The visitors pulled no closer than 14 points the rest of the game as Benedictine led by as many as 32 points in the first half on a pair of free throws from Michael Blaszczyk with 3:26 left, making the score 51-19 � Leading 54-30 at the half, Benedictine needed less than seven minutes to extend the lead to 39 points at 79-40 on a jumper from John Dodson with 13:07 to play � Tim Reamer made a layup at the 9:12 mark with the bench cleared to push the advantage to 94-44
STAT LEADERS � Blaszczyk led Benedictine with 19 points, surpassing the 1,000-point marker with a pair of free throws at the 18:46 mark of the second half � Reamer scored 15 points off the bench, adding seven rebounds � Brayden Olson (6'3''-G) netted a career-high 12 in a reserve role while Dodson adding 10 � Luke Johnson (6'9''-F) finished a point shy of a double-double, scoring nine points with 11 rebounds and 10 assists � Eight players scored eight points or more with every player on the roster seeing time on the floor � Benedictine finished the game shooting 58.6 percent, blistering the nets at 63.6 percent in the second half � The defense held Concordia Chicago to 32.3 percent shooting � Benedictine held a 58-24 advantage on the glass, scoring 25 second-chance points and adding 62 points in the paint � The 111 points marked a season high
Player of the Year: Lucas Johnson (6'7''-F) of St.Leo Defensive Player of the Year: John Dodson (6'0''-G) of Benedictine, IL Freshman of the Year: Collin Kennedy (6'4''-F) of Wisc.Lutheran Coach of the Year: Keith Bunkenburg of Benedictine, IL
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