Men's Basketball Sweeps Regular Season Series Over Webster

ST. LOUIS, Mo.—The Fontbonne University men's basketball team returned to the court on Monday night and took the regular season series from Webster winning, 79-67. It's the first regular season sweep for Fontbonne over Webster since 2003.

How It Happened

It was back-and-forth play early but a 3-pointer from Anthony Jones gave Fontbonne the 20-18 lead with 11:02 remaining.

Over the next six minutes, the Griffins put the game out of reach going on a 16-0 run capped off by Cody McKinney's jumper to lead 36-18. They maintained that double-digit lead the rest of the way leading 42-26 at the break.

In the second half, the Griffins led 55-40 with 11:41 remaining on Noah Coddington's dunk. Five minutes and 22 seconds later the team expanded its lead out to 21 (69-48) on McKinney's 3-pointer. It was all Fontbonne in the final minutes securing the 12-point win.

Head-to-Head

• Fontbonne shot 41.7 percent from the floor and 11-of-17 (64.7 percent) from the free throw line.
• The Griffins won the battle on the boards with a 49-29 advantage.
• Webster shot 44.1 percent from the field.
• Fontbonne totaled 22 second chance points compared to Webster's eight.

Fontbonne Leaders

• Anthony Jones led all scorers with 18 points on 7-of-16 shooting.
• Cody McKinney was key off the bench with a career-high 17 points on 6-of-9 shooting, including going 4-of-7 from downtown
• Gus Kleekamp added 16 points on 7-of-9 shooting and eight rebounds.
• Domonic Doolin totaled six points off the bench and a season-high 12 boards.

Up Next

The Griffins return to action on Saturday when they'll host Iowa Wesleyan on Senior Day. Tip-off at 3 p.m.

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