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Matthew Stilwill drive vs Midland
93
Winner Dordt Defenders DU
79
Briar Cliff Chargers BCU
Winner
Dordt Defenders DU
93
Final
79
Briar Cliff Chargers BCU
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
Dordt Defenders DU 48 45 93
Briar Cliff Chargers BCU 38 41 79

Game Recap: Men's Basketball |

Chargers Battle Tough Against Defenders

SIOUX CITY, Iowa – Graduate student Matthew Stilwill scored over 30 points as the Briar Cliff University men's basketball team (2-4 GPAC, 5-7) lost 93-79 to #11 Dordt (5-0 GPAC, 13-0), Wednesday night at the Newman Flanagan Center.

For the first three minutes of the game, Briar Cliff and Dordt were trading buckets.  Graduate student Jamison Helmers knocked one from the space station.

That started a 16-4 run to put the Chargers up, 23-13 at the 13:11 mark.  The Defenders came back to tie the game at 27-27 with 6:44 to go.  Dordt outscored BCU 21-11 the rest of the way to lead 48-38 at the half.

Briar Cliff just exploded to start the second half.  Freshman Jaxson Wingert hit a tough bucket in the paint.  That closed a run of 11 straight points to put the Chargers up 49-48 at the 17:55 mark.

For the next 13 minutes, BCU and the Defenders went back-and-forth.  Up 81-77 with 4:56 to go, Dordt went on an 8-2 run over two minutes to seal the game.

The Chargers pulled down 21 defensive rebounds to five offensive boards for the Defenders.  This is the 12th game this season that BCU has had at least a 2-to-1 margin.  The Chargers shot 49.2% from the floor and 40% from behind the arc.

Briar Cliff head coach Mark Svagera
"We showed some great flashes tonight, particularly the start to both halves. As we push forward, we need to find ways to sustain our runs for longer stretches."

For Briar Cliff, Stilwill had 32 points, seven rebounds (all defensive) and was 11-of-20 from the floor with three triples, Wingert scored 14 points with eight rebounds and Helmers had 13 points and three treys.

For Dordt, Lucas Lorenzen scored 17 points.

Briar Cliff heads west to Arizona, Wednesday, Dec. 18 taking on OUAZ.  The game is scheduled to start at 6:00 p.m.

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