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1st |
2nd |
Final |
| Brown (5-8) |
30 |
27 |
57 |
| TAMU-Corpus Christi (8-4) |
43 |
28 |
71 |
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| Flint Hills Resources Islander Classic – Championship Game |
| American Bank Center Arena – Corpus Christi, TX |
Boxscore |
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| Keys to the Game |
| Key sequence |
Brown trailed just 22-21 when Matt Mullery found Mark McAndrew for a layup at the midpoint of the first half. But Cedric Smith answered with a three-point play, and Taurean Mitchell scored a layup in transition a minute later. Smith then grabbed an offensive rebound and followed with a dunk, and after a Chris Skrelja layup, Josh Ervin drilled a three-pointer. Scooby Johnson converted two free throws to push the margin into double digits, and Seth Engelken finished off a 14-2 Islander run that gave the hosts a 36-23 led with 5:30 left in the first half.
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| Key sign it was over |
A late 9-0 run brought the Bears to within 10 with 1:42 left, only to see Chris Daniels dunk. Skrelja missed a three-pointer, but Marcus Becker grabbed the rebound, and Damon Huffman hit a three after a timeout to make it a single-digit game. Engelken was fouled with 63 seconds left and hit both free throws before Huffman hit his first free throw and missed the second. Skrelja grabbed the offensive rebound, but his putback was blocked and Ervin went 2-for-2 at the line with 47 ticks left. When McAndrew couldn’t find the range on a three-pointer, Josh Washington added two free throws to make it a 71-57 game with 36 seconds remaining.
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| Key performance |
Engelken tied for team high-scoring honors with 14 points in just 19 minutes. The forward opened the game with a three-pointer 17 seconds in, and finished 5 of 6 from the field.
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| Key statistic |
Brown has relied heavily on getting to the line this season, but TAMU-CC had more than twice as many free throw attempts (20) as the Bears (nine), and outscored Brown 13-5 at the stripe.
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| Notes
– McAndrew led all scorers with 19 points, while Mullery was the only other Bear in double figures with a career-best 10 points.
– Brown rebounded at just 18.5 percent offensively, while TAMU-CC grabbed 39.3 percent of the boards at its offensive end.
– Huffman had a quiet evening, tallying eight points on just five shots.
– The Islanders opened the game with a 9-2 run, and the Bears would trail for all but the first 17 seconds.
– Brown’s roadtrip continues when the Bears take on UC Davis (1-10) on Tuesday, January 2, at 10:00 pm ET.
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