| 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. No. 11 Redlands traveled east to Virginia and defeated No. 13 Roanoke, while No. 6 Chicago came even further east to defeat No. 14 Catholic in Puerto Rico. On the women’s side, Denison won the 10e in a row, while Wartburg ended Hardin-Simmons’ 10-game winning streak.
Redlands scored the first 14 points of the second half to cruise to a 79-60 victory over Roanoke in the Hampden-Sydney weekend event. Jake Hlywiak and Derek Sangster accounted for the point with back-to-back threes and Chozen Amadi finished it off by scoring five straight points. Omari Ferguson scored 14 points in 24 minutes for Redlands (6-1), which will meet host No. 15 Hampden-Sydney tomorrow afternoon. The Tigers routed 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 in the Puerto Rico Classico. The Maroons opened the game by shooting 52 percent and 57 percent from three en route to a 40-33 halftime lead over Catholics. Chicago cooled off a bit 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 Jan. 3.rd in their final non-conference game.
Jayden Rowe scored a layup with three seconds left and 30 total points to lift No. 20 York (Pa.) over Nazareth, 80-78. The match was postponed for 75 minutes due to a power outage, but that didn’t seem to affect either team’s attack. York (8-0) shot 46 percent from the field, and Nazareth shot 49 percent. Merritt Holly recorded 22 points and 10 rebounds for the Golden Flyers (6-3).
No. 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 combined for 29.
UW-Whitewater scored six points in two seconds to shock Hope, 95-92, for its seventh straight victory. After Brendan Cargill’s free throw gave Hope a 92-89 lead with six seconds left, the Warhawks rushed the ball down the court for a tying goal by Collin Madson. After calling the timeout, Hope tried to get the ball in for one last shot, but Isaac Verges stole the half-court pass and waved the desperation to UW-Whitewater. Watch the end of the game here.
In women’s action, No. 3 UW-Oshkosh cruised past Coe, 53-46, at Wisconsin Dells for its eight straight wins. 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 scored 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 to under 30 percent and beat the Cardinals by 13.
Wartburg erased an 11-point deficit in the final four minutes to rally past Hardin-Simmons, 71-69, in the Colorado College 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 adding four steals for Bethel, who attempted 27 free throws to zero for UW-La Crosse.
Saint Mary’s (Minn.) used a strong third quarter to get past Luther and beat the Iowa Norwegians 68-65. The Cardinals struggled to score in the first half, shooting 27 percent from the field and trailing Luther by 10 at the break. But Saint Mary’s shot better in the third quarter, making 12 of 15 free throws in the period and turning the deficit into a 48-45 lead that they held with all but 23 seconds left in the fourth quarter.
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