Six Griffins Reach Double-Figures In Win Over MacMurray

JACKSONVILLE, Ill.— The Fontbonne University men's basketball team posted a new season-high in points on Wednesday night with the Griffins winning its third straight game over MacMurray, 94-76.

Final: Fontbonne 94, MacMurray 76

Location: Jacksonville, Ill.

Records: Fontbonne (3-3; 1-0 SLIAC), MacMurray (2-3; 0-1 SLIAC)

How It Happened

It was back-and-forth play early in the first half, but the Griffins gained an 18-11 lead at the 13:47 mark on Jalen Wadlington's made jumper. Two minutes later, the Highlanders trimmed the deficit down to 18-17 on Elijah Powell's layup.

However, the Griffins rattled off a 10-0 run to take a 28-17 lead on Jared Woodcock's 3-pointer with 8:40 remaining. The team held onto its double-digit lead the rest of the way and went into the break on top, 51-39.

Fontbonne shot 48.8 percent from the field in the first and limited themselves to just four turnovers. Defensively, they forced 13 MacMurray turnovers. Woodcock led Fontbonne with 16 points in 17 minutes of action, while Elijah Rice already set a season-high with 11 points on 4-of-6 shooting.

In the second half, the Griffins offense continued to roll right along with Anthony Jones hitting his jumper at 16:29 to put Fontbonne ahead, 60-44. Fontbonne shot 58.1 percent from the field in the final 20:00 minutes and came away with 11 more turnovers.

On the defensive side, they also held the Highlanders a 43.8 field goal percentage and they never relinquished its double-digit lead as they went on for the 18-point victory.

Inside The Numbers

• Fontbonne set new season-highs in field goals made (38), 3-pointers made (nine), assists (23), and steals (13).
• The Fontbonne bench outscored MacMurray, 45-20.
• MacMurray finished with a 47.1 field goal percentage, but committed 24 turnovers.
• The Highlanders outrebounded Fontbonne, 41-38.

Fontbonne Leaders

• Woodcock led Fontbonne with a team-high 18 points on 7-of-12 shooting.
• Jalen Wadlington added a season-high 15 points off the bench on 7-of-9 shooting.
• Anthony Jones set a season-high with 14 points on 6-of-9 shooting off the bench.
• Gus Kleekamp recorded all 12 of his points in the second half and pulled down nine boards.
• Rice ended with a season-high 11 points, while Cody McKinney contributed 10 points.

MacMurray Leaders

• Logan Dorethy posted a double-double with a game-high 20 points and 14 rebounds.
• Trevor Voss added 14 points.
• Drew Burwinkel, Elijah Powell, and Camron Jamison finished with 10 points each.

Up Next

The Griffins will have its home opener on Saturday when they'll take on Blackburn. Tip-off at 3 p.m.

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