Men's basketball team overcomes another double-digit second half deficit to win
Chargers top NMU, 76-73
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January 27, 2011 – Ten-point second half deficits seem to be the path to victory for the Hillsdale College men’s basketball team.
This most unconventional means of winning a game applied once
again Thursday night, as the No. 17 Chargers rallied to escape with a 76-73 win over Northern Michigan University at the Berry Events Center in Marquette. Hillsdale is now 15-2 overall and 9-2 in the GLIAC, and moves into a second-place tie with Wayne State in the GLIAC South Division.
Saturday, Hillsdale will play Michigan Tech University in Houghton starting at 1 p.m.
This game featured big scoring runs by both teams. But the game evened up in the final five minutes, turning it into a back-and-forth affair in crunch time. The Wildcats held a 57-47 lead with nine minutes left in the second half. To come back from that big of a deficit in such little time, the trailing team needs a fast-moving scoring run, and that’s exactly what the Chargers did.
Sophomore center Nick Washburn put together one of his best stretches of offensive basketball this season, scoring 11 points during a 16-2 Chargers’ run that turned the 10-point deficit in to a 63-59 Hillsdale lead with 6:02 left in the game. The Chargers needed a little over three minutes to storm back to take the lead, a key aspect to coming back from a double-digit deficit late in the game.
Washburn finished with 13 points on 5-for-6 shooting in the game, all coming in the second half.
Neither team led by more than four points over the final six minutes. Although the Chargers made 11 free throws in the game’s final 11 minutes, they missed three inside the last 21 seconds, allowing the Wildcats a glimmer of hope of winning the game. But Hillsdale forced Northern Michigan to miss potential game-deciding shots, allowing the Chargers the victory.
Hillsdale’s 11 makes from the free throw line were key, since in the game’s first 29 minutes, the Chargers were outscored from the charity stripe 14-3 by the home team. Making up for that disparity on the Hillsdale side was an outstanding game by s most reliable outside shooter.
Junior Brent Eaton (pictured) led all scorers with 28 points, draining five 3-point field goals. His point total was his second-highest of the season. In two career games at Northern Michigan, Eaton has scored a total of 55 points.
Junior guard Tyler Gerber contributed nine points, eight assists and four rebounds for Hillsdale. NMU outrebounded the Chargers 38-26, but Hillsdale had a 20-8 edge in team assists.
January 27, 2011 – Ten-point second half deficits seem to be the path to victory for the Hillsdale College men’s basketball team.
This most unconventional means of winning a game applied once
again Thursday night, as the No. 17 Chargers rallied to escape with a 76-73 win over Northern Michigan University at the Berry Events Center in Marquette. Hillsdale is now 15-2 overall and 9-2 in the GLIAC, and moves into a second-place tie with Wayne State in the GLIAC South Division.Saturday, Hillsdale will play Michigan Tech University in Houghton starting at 1 p.m.
This game featured big scoring runs by both teams. But the game evened up in the final five minutes, turning it into a back-and-forth affair in crunch time. The Wildcats held a 57-47 lead with nine minutes left in the second half. To come back from that big of a deficit in such little time, the trailing team needs a fast-moving scoring run, and that’s exactly what the Chargers did.
Sophomore center Nick Washburn put together one of his best stretches of offensive basketball this season, scoring 11 points during a 16-2 Chargers’ run that turned the 10-point deficit in to a 63-59 Hillsdale lead with 6:02 left in the game. The Chargers needed a little over three minutes to storm back to take the lead, a key aspect to coming back from a double-digit deficit late in the game.
Washburn finished with 13 points on 5-for-6 shooting in the game, all coming in the second half.
Neither team led by more than four points over the final six minutes. Although the Chargers made 11 free throws in the game’s final 11 minutes, they missed three inside the last 21 seconds, allowing the Wildcats a glimmer of hope of winning the game. But Hillsdale forced Northern Michigan to miss potential game-deciding shots, allowing the Chargers the victory.
Hillsdale’s 11 makes from the free throw line were key, since in the game’s first 29 minutes, the Chargers were outscored from the charity stripe 14-3 by the home team. Making up for that disparity on the Hillsdale side was an outstanding game by s most reliable outside shooter.
Junior Brent Eaton (pictured) led all scorers with 28 points, draining five 3-point field goals. His point total was his second-highest of the season. In two career games at Northern Michigan, Eaton has scored a total of 55 points.
Junior guard Tyler Gerber contributed nine points, eight assists and four rebounds for Hillsdale. NMU outrebounded the Chargers 38-26, but Hillsdale had a 20-8 edge in team assists.
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