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Trifunovic
106
Winner Whitman WTMN 0
70
Willamette WU 0
Winner
Whitman WTMN
0
106
Final
70
Willamette WU
0
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
Whitman WTMN 56 50 106
Willamette WU 39 31 70

Game Recap: Men's Basketball |

Men's Basketball Dominates Willamette In NWC Road Play

SALEM, Ore. - Nikola Trifunovic scored a game and career-high 22 points to lead five players in double figures as the Whitman College men's basketball team cruised past Willamette 106-70 in Northwest Conference action on Friday night at Cone Field House.

Andrew Vickers and Trevor Osborne scored 17 and 15 points, respectively, for the Blues (17-4, 12-0 NWC) who remain the conference's lone unbeaten team and one game ahead of one-loss Whitworth for first place. Justus Eaglesmith led Willamette with 18 points on 7-14 shooting (4-5 in three pointers).

The Blues were a three-point shooting machine tonight. Trifunovic connected on a game-high six triples, Vickers and Osborne added four more and as a team Whitman drained 20 three pointers while shooting at a 46% clip from beyond the arc. In true Blues fashion, Whitman forced the Bearcats into 29 turnovers, constantly leading to easy buckets on the break. 

Khair Jackson and Weston Crump both added 10 points and Bryce Mulder scored seven points and pulled down seven rebounds. 

Trifunovic brought his magic to the court early. He nailed three three-pointers before the game was even two minutes old to put the Blues out in front 9-4. Cade Whicker hit a three pointer to keep it close at 15-13, but that only sparked a 10-2 Whitman run capped by a Vickers layup to give his team a 25-15 lead at the midpoint of the first half.

Whitman sustained the low double-digit lead until Trifunovic again connected from three to push the lead to 13 points. Near the end of the half, Vickers nailed back-to-back three pointers in an 11-second span after Whitman had forced Whicker into a turnover. Fittingly, Vickers drained a three-pointer at the halftime buzzer to send his team to the locker room up 17 points.

The second half saw Whitman keep the lead in and around 20 points until Osborne turned it on from distance. His three pointer pushed the lead to 69-47 then pushed the advantage to 25 points with another three ball moments later. The Blues had complete control at that point and led by 30 or more points for much of the remainder of the game.

The Blues are back in action Saturday at Lewis & Clark. Tipoff versus the Pioneers is set for 6:00 p.m.
 
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