The #25 Briar Cliff men's basketball team earned their 12th GPAC win Wednesday night with a 74-63 win over Mount Marty. The Cliff improves to 16-7 overall and 12-3 in conference play.
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"Tonight was a good win to bounce back after a tough loss," said head coach
Mark Svagera. "I thought we really settled in offensively in the second half and got some great shots."
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The Lancers held a 5-4 lead four minutes in, before the Chargers took a nine-point lead off a 10-0 run. Six straight Charger points from
Matthew Stilwill, followed by a Boerhave bucket gave BC their largest lead of the first half, 26-14 with five minutes remaining. Stilwill found
Tyrus Eischeid in the paint for a bucket with a minute left, but the Lancers responded with a 2-pointer to close the half with BC holding a 32-29 edge.
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The Chargers shot 14-for-28 in the opening 20 minutes off 11 assists. Stilwill and Boerhave paced BC with eight points apiece. Stilwill was 4-for-5 with three rebounds.
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Back-to-back treys from
Jaden Kleinhesselink started an 11-3 Charger run as they pushed their lead back to double-digits with 11:48 left. An and-one from
Quinn Vesey gave the Chargers a 50-38 edge, but the Lancers started to chip away, cutting the deficit to five with 7:46 remaining.Â
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Vesey's third trey of the night with 4:15 left put the Cliff up 62-51. The Chargers led by over seven points for the remainder of the game.
Nick Hoyt knocked down 4-of-4 free throw attempts in the last minute.Â
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Vesey poured in 16 points on 6-for-7 shooting to go with three assists and two steals. Boerhave matched Vesey's 16 points and added seven rebounds. Kleinhesselink chipped in 14 points with five boards and three assists.Â
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The Chargers shot 53.8% from the field and went 12-for-16 from the free throw line, compared to 38.3% shooting for Mount Marty and 13-for-15 from the line. BC scored 38 points in the paint and got 16 points from their bench.
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Tyrell Harper scored a game high 18 points with 12 boards to lead the Lancers. Matthew Becker chipped in 11 off the bench.Â
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The Chargers travel crosstown Saturday looking for the season sweep over Morningside. Tip is set for 3:45 p.m. in Allee Gym.Â
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