MBB: College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin

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NCC 71
Benedictine 53

I made the trek up Maple Avenue to go catch this one in person, and got treated to a very low scoring first half that saw NCC trail most of the way before taking a 28-26 lead to the locker room. After the Eagles fairly quickly tied it early in the second half, the Cardinals went on a 15-3 run to take complete control of the game. The Cardinals survived a 3-21 night from beyond the arc by going 14-16 from the line, going +14 in the rebounding battle, and more than doubling up BenU on points in the paint. The ball movement, especially in the second half, was fantastic.

Alejandro Diaz: 13 pts, 8 reb, 6 ast
Tyler Swierczek: 11 pts, 4 reb
James Bullock Jr: 11 pts, 4 reb
Tyler Surin: 10 pts (1st career game in double figures)

And then my son got to hold the Bill Warden/Tony LaScala Trophy postgame, which was pretty cool.