| Omari Ferguson was one of several Redlands’ players with a hot hand in the Bulldogs’ 19-point win over No. 13 Roanoke. File photo by University of Redlands athletics |
No. 11 Redlands traveled east to Virginia and defeated No. 13 Roanoke while No. 6 Chicago came even farther east to beat No. 14 Catholic in Puerto Rico. On the women’s side, Denison won its 10th straight while Wartburg ended Hardin-Simmons’ 10-game winning streak.
Redlands scored the first 14 points of the second half and cruised to a 79-60 victory over Roanoke at Hampden-Sydney’s weekend event. Jake Hlywiak and Derek Sangster keyed the run with back-to-back threes and Chozen Amadi finished it by scoring five straight. Omari Ferguson scored 14 points in 24 minutes for Redlands (6-1), which will face host No. 15 Hampden-Sydney tomorrow afternoon. The Tigers took care of Wilson, 86-67, in the second game of the evening.
Chicago was nearly perfect from the foul line and very good from everywhere else in a 76-66 win over Catholic at the Puerto Rico Classico. The Maroons opened the game by shooting 52 percent and 57 percent from three on their way to a 40-33 halftime lead over Catholic. Chicago cooled off a little in the second half, but was 13 for 14 from the foul line for its first win over a Top 25 team this season.
Shane Regan scored 21 points for the Maroons (9-1), who will host Wheaton (Ill.) on January 3rd in their final non-conference game.
Jayden Rowe scored a layup with three seconds left and 30 points overall to lift No. 20 York (Pa.) over Nazareth, 80-78. The game was delayed 75 minutes due to a power outage, but that didn’t seem to effect either team’s offense. York (8-0) shot 46 percent from the field, and Nazareth shot 49 percent. Merritt Holly posted 22 points and 10 rebounds for the Golden Flyers (6-3).
No. 7 Emory shot 48 percent from the field and hit 26 free throws, and the Eagles overwhelmed Christopher Newport, 98-65, in Charlotte. Ethan Fauss scored 24 points for Emory (6-1) while the Captains’ starting lineup scored 29 combined.
UW-Whitewater scored six points in two seconds to shock Hope, 95-92, for its seventh consecutive win. After Brendan Cargill’s free throw gave Hope a 92-89 lead with six seconds left, the Warhawks rushed the ball up the court for a game tying three by Collin Madson. After calling timeout, Hope tried to inbound the ball for one final shot, but Isaac Verges stole the half court pass and swished the desparation heave for UW-Whitewater. Watch the game ending here.
In women’s action, No. 3 UW-Oshkosh ground past Coe, 53-46, at Wisconsin Dells for its eight consecutive win. The Titans scored 24 points off 21 Coe turnovers and got a good all-around game from Paige Seckar (13 points, six rebounds, four assists). UW-Oshkosh (8-0) has won 24 consecutive non-conference regular season games.
Abby Cooch erupted for 14 of her game-high 23 points in the fourth quarter, and No. 20 Denison defeated Otterbein, 62-55, on the road. The Big Red (10-0) held Otterbein below 30 percent shooting and outrebounded the Cardinals by 13.
Wartburg erased an 11-point deficit in the final four minutes and rallied past Hardin-Simmons, 71-69, at Colorado College’s weekend event. Katie Boulanger scored a career-high 29 points and Corrie Harrison added a double-double for the Knights, snapping the Cowgirls’ 10-game winning streak. Jacqueline Berry scored 15 points for Hardin-Simmons (10-2).
No. 19 Bethel outscored UW-La Crosse 23-0 from the foul line, and the Royals held off the Eagles, 63-57. Elly Schmitz scored 15 points, mostly on free throws, while grabbing nine rebounds and swiping four steals for Bethel, which attempted 27 free throws to none for UW-La Crosse.
Saint Mary’s (Minn.) used a strong third quarter to rally past Luther and beat the Norse in Iowa, 68-65. The Cardinals struggled to score in the first half, shooting 27 percent from the field and falling behind Luther by 10 at the break. But Saint Mary’s shot better in the third quarter, made 12 of 15 free throws that period, and flipped the deficit into a 48-45 lead that they held for all but 23 seconds in the fourth quarter.