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Jaron Kirkley
105
Whitman Whitm 5-4,0-0 NWC
111
Winner LeTourneau LETU 7-2,0-0 ASC
Whitman Whitm
5-4,0-0 NWC
105
Final
111
LeTourneau LETU
7-2,0-0 ASC
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
Whitman Whitm 50 55 105
LeTourneau LETU 57 54 111

Game Recap: Men's Basketball |

Blues Drop Second Straight In Loss To LeTourneau

BELTON, Texas - Andrew Vickers led five Blues players in double figures with a game-high 31 points, but it wasn't enough as the Whitman College men's basketball team dropped its second straight game in a 111-105 loss to LeTourneau on Saturday at the CRU Holiday Classic.

Vickers was lights out for the Blues (5-4) from distance, shooting a scorching 8-10 in three pointers while also grabbing seven rebounds. Robert Colton put up a double double with 18 points and a game-high 11 rebounds, and Darne Duckett added 15 rebounds, five assists and four rebounds. Whitman shot well from the floor at 46% but not enough to match Letu's 60% clip.

The Yellowjackets (7-2) saw three players score over 20 points led by Nate West who nearly delivered a triple double with 30 points, 11 rebounds and eight assists.

Whitman trailed by as many as nine points in the second half and eight points late in the game but rallied to make it a close finish. Trevor Osborne shaved the lead to four points on a three-pointer with 3:02 to play, and a late Michael Gutierrez three pointer brought the score to 106-102 with 58 seconds left. The Blues would get no closer and fall by the six-point margin.

The Blues got off to a fast start. Vickers and Nikola Trifunovic both nailed three pointers to put their team up 8-2 just over two minutes into the contest. Letu got it going, working itself back into the game and eventually taking a 16-14 lead after a Justin Moore layup.

The Yellowjackets extended the lead to 36-28 with 7:37 to play but the Blues remained competitive. Buckets from Duckett shaved the lead to two points but a late LeTourneau run pushed the lead back up. Moore's layup just inside of two minutes made it a nine-point game and LeTourneau carried a 54-47 lead into halftime.

The Blues now head into the Northwest Conference portion of their schedule. Whitman opens the league slate hosting Puget Sound on Friday, Jan. 3 at 8:00 p.m.
 
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