Men's Basketball Scoreboard (Nov. 17)
Cleveland State 85, Tiffin 56
Milwaukee 75, Minnesota-Crookston 54
UIC 67, Western Illinois 64
Eastern Michigan 89, Oakland 77
Cleveland State 85, Tiffin 56
Anton Grady scored a career-high 26 points and Cleveland State used a strong second half to surge past Tiffin, 85-56, on Monday night in the Wolstein Center.
The Vikings moved to 1-1 this season, while Tiffin dropped to 1-2.
Grady, whose previous career-high was 23 points at Green Bay as a freshman, hit 9-of-13 from the field and 8-of-11 from the free throw line, while adding seven rebounds.
"Anton has the ability to do this every night," head coach Gary Waters said. "He can shoot the ball well from the outside and has the athleticism to get the ball up and over anyone on the inside."
Trey Lewis added 15 points and four assists, while Marlin Mason totaled 12 points and eight rebounds. Vinny Zollo chipped in eight points, while Andre Yates finished with seven points.
"We are still in the stages of learning, but as the game went on in the first half, I thought we started to figure some things out," Waters said. "And when we went in at halftime, they made a decision they were going to get it done in the second half."
The Vikings led 37-31 at the half after Lewis hit a spinning layup in the lane with five seconds to play. CSU broke the game open early in the second half, using a 17-2 run over the first four and a half minutes to take a 54-33 lead on a three-point play from Grady.
The lead grew to as many as 31 points in the second half.
"This was a good game for us, especially after we let one slip away on Friday night," Waters said. "I like the way we can pressure people and I really like our ball movement. We are playing good team basketball."
CSU forced Tiffin into 25 turnovers, leading to 25 CSU points.
Milwaukee 75, Minnesota-Crookston 54
Steve McWhorter equaled a career high by pouring in 17 points and was one of four Panthers to score in double figures as the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (1-1) rolled to a 75-54 victory over Minnesota-Crookston (0-3) tonight at UW-Milwaukee Panther Arena. The Panthers, playing their first game of the season at the newly named facility, committed only six turnovers on the night en route to winning their home opener for the 14th time in the last 15 years.
"It was good to be back home," Milwaukee Head Coach Rob Jeter said. "Tonight was a challenge for us against a different style of play from what we saw Friday at Auburn."
Both teams shot the ball well from long distance in the first half, but struggled to find much accuracy from inside the arc. Milwaukee trailed by three with nine minutes left in the opening period before three consecutive three-pointers, one by McWhorter and two from Cody Wichmann, gave the Panthers a 21-15 lead.
When McWhorter drained a pair of foul shots at the 3:55 mark of the period, it ignited a game-changing 25-5 run that spanned two halves and was punctuated by a J.R. Lyle layup that extended the Milwaukee lead to 48-25 early in the second half.
During that stretch, the Panthers held Minnesota-Crookston scoreless for the first 6:13 of the second half before a layup by Tim Lubke broke the Golden Eagles' drought.
McWhorter scored 10 of his game-high 17 points in the first half and wound up also pitching in seven rebounds and three assists, while not committing a turnover, on the night.
"I let the game come to me and was able to knock down some shots tonight," McWhorter said.
Matt Tiby added 12 points and seven rebounds, while J.J. Panoske and Wichmann pitched in 10 points apiece for the Panthers who saw 11 players score in the game.
Minnesota-Crookston, which is coached by former Panther Dan Weisse, was led by Tyler West, who tallied nine points and eight rebounds.
UIC 67, Western Illinois 64
In front of more than 5,550 fans, the UIC men’s basketball team (1-1) claimed a 67-64 victory against in-state rival Western Illinois (0-2) on Monday night in its home opener at the UIC Pavilion. Junior Jake Wiegand was a force as he posted a career-high 28 points and 11 rebounds, his second straight double-double on the season. The Flames now improve to 27-7 in home openers since turning Division I.
The last UIC Flame to record more than 28 points and 11 rebounds was current assistant coach Jeremy Buttell who put up 31 points and 12 boards on Jan. 7, 2010, at Youngstown State. Wiegand is now averaging 21.5 points and 11.5 rebounds on the season. His nine made field goals and nine made free throws also set new career-bests for the 6-foot-8 power forward.
“Tonight was a terrific team win,” said head coach Howard Moore. “Jake was a beast for us today, but everybody found a way to contribute. We still have many areas where we can improve, but I am pleased with the effort our guys gave tonight. Winning at home is something we are taking very seriously this season and I’m glad we could give the fans a victory tonight.”
Junior Paris Burns posted 13 points for his second straight double-digit scoring performance. He also grabbed five rebounds, shot 7-of-9 from the foul line and notched three steals.
Freshman Tai Odiase made his presence known in the post with nine rebounds and four blocked shots. Odiase is the first UIC player to collect four or more blocks since Josh Crittle on Feb. 23, 2013. Odiase also added six points and two assists on the night.
Senior Marc Brown chipped in nine points, while D’Juan Miller dished out a team-high six assists.
Western Illinois jumped out to an early lead, but back-to-back threes by junior Gabe Snider gave UIC a 17-15 edge at the 11:16 mark in the first half. The Flames owned a five-point lead with 4:06 left in the opening period, but WIU scored 10 of the final 15 points in the frame to knot the tally at 35-35.
Junior J.C. Fuller paced the Leathernecks at the break with 12 points as he finished the night with a team-high 14. Wiegand had amassed 16 points by halftime, which was one point shy of his previous career-high of 17.
WIU held the advantage early in the second half and built a five-point edge with 14:19 left to play. The Flames responded with an 11-2 run over the next five and a half minutes, reclaiming the lead for good.
UIC extended its lead out to nine points with just under four minutes left in the game, but WIU did not go quietly as they went on a 12-4 run and cut the Flames’ advantage to one point (65-64) with 20 seconds remaining.
After a foul by WIU, Miller sank a pair of free throws with 13 seconds on the clock to put UIC in front by three. The Leathernecks attempted a game-tying triple with two seconds on the clcok that fell short.
The Flames were successful in getting to the free throw line as they shot 24-of-29 (82.8%) compared to 7-of-10 (70.0%) for Western Illinois. UIC out-scored WIU in the paint, 30-20, and won the rebounding battle for the second straight game by a margin of 41-37.
The UIC win improves its record to 10-1 against the Leathernecks in their last 11 meetings.
Eastern Michigan 99, Oakland 87
Raven Lee and Karrington Ward combined to score 46 points as Eastern Michigan pulled away from Oakland, 89-77 on Monday night.
Ralph Hill knocked down a 3 with 2:40 left to pull Oakland within five, 79-74, but the Eagles (2-0) closed with a 10-3 run.
Lee was 7 of 13 from the field, 3 of 6 from long range, and was a perfect 7 for 7 from the line to lead Eastern Michigan with 24 points. Ward was 8 of 15 from the field to score 22 points and pulled down a dozen rebounds.
Max Hooper scored all his points from behind the arc, hitting 6 of 11 3-point attempts, to score 18 points for the Golden Grizzlies (0-2). Kahlil Felder and Tommy McCune each added 15 points.
Eastern Michigan was 30 of 61 from the field (49.2 percent) and out-rebounded Oakland, 45-36.
Oregon 83, Detroit 66
The Oregon Ducks were able to use a late second half run to pull away for an 83-66 win over the University of Detroit Mercy men's basketball team Monday night as part of the Progressive Legends Classic at Matthew Knight Arena. The game was also part of the ESPN College Hoops Tip-Off Marathon.
The score was tied 35-35 at halftime, and 45-45 in the second stanza before the Ducks pulled away for good with a 38-21 run.
Detroit (1-1) was led by senior forward Juwan Howard Jr. with 16 points, five rebounds and three assists, while sophomore guard Jarod Williams pitched in 15 points with three steals and Anton Wilson added 14 points with five boards.
Freshman Paris Bass added eight points, while sophomore Matthew Grant scored five, while grabbing a team-high eight rebounds.
Howard opened the game with seven-straight points, including a three-pointer on his first shot, to give Detroit an early 7-5 lead. Bass then added a highlight dunk to expanded the Titans lead to 9-5 with 15:44 left, before Oregon answered back with a 5-0 run to take the lead 10-9. Williams then made his first three-pointer of the game to put Detroit back on top 12-10, before making a layup on the Titans next possession. Wilson would then get into the action with a layup of his own to give Detroit a 16-12 lead with 11:07 left, before the Ducks answered back with five quick points to regain the lead 17-16.
Wilson then made back-to-back three-pointers and was followed by a layup from Grant to spark an 8-0 run to give Detroit its largest lead of the game 24-17 with 7:22 remaining in the opening stanza. Oregon would then put together an 8-0 run of its own to grab the lead 25-24 with 3:59 left, before a layup from Williams followed by a three-pointer from Grant gave the lead back to Detroit 29-25 with 2:34 left. Back-to-back layups from the Ducks tied the score at 29, before Wilson drained his third three-pointer of the half to give thee Titans a 32-29 lead. But the lead didn't last long as Oregon closed responded with a 6-1 run to build a 35-33 lead in the closing seconds, before a layup from Carlton Brundidge as time expired tied the game at 35 as both teams enter their locker rooms.
Wilson led all scorers in the first half with 11 points, while Howard and Williams had seven apiece.
Both teams swapped baskets to open the second stanza as the score was tied 45-45 with 15:41 left, before Oregon used a 9-2 run to build a 54-47 lead with 13:43 remaining. Detroit would respond with a 4-0 run, capped by a layup from Williams, to trim the lead to 54-51 with 12:28 left. But that was as close as the score would get as the Ducks would end the game with a 29-15 run, including seven-straight points in the final minute, to secure the win.
Joseph Young led the Ducks with a game-high 22 points, while Jalil Abdul-Bassit added 17 to go along with six rebounds.
Oregon (2-0) shot 44.8 percent (30-of-67) overall, including 27.3 percent (9-of-33) from downtown, while the Titans finished 35.8 percent (24-of-67) overall, but 41.2 (7-of-17) from deep. The Titans forced 14 turnovers, while recording eight steals, but also turned the ball over 13 times with only nine assists.
