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Schedule

Team
75
Schreiner Schr 2-9,0-2 SCAC
78
Winner Whitman Whitm 3-7,1-1 NWC
Schreiner Schr
2-9,0-2 SCAC
75
Final
78
Whitman Whitm
3-7,1-1 NWC
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
Schreiner Schr 40 35 75
Whitman Whitm 34 44 78

Game Recap: Men's Basketball |

Men's Basketball Drops Schreiner On Late Lino Three Pointer

WALLA WALLA, Wash. - Xzavier Lino scored a game-high 25 points, including a late three pointer that lifted the Whitman College men's basketball team to a thrilling 78-75 comeback win over Schreiner University on Saturday night at the Sherwood Center.

Whitman (3-7) trailed by five with just over a minute to play before Walter Lum and Jai Deshpande scored in back-to-back possessions to pull the Blues within a point. Alex Dehoyos then split a pair of free throws for Schreiner on the ensuing possession, missing the second as Lum dribbled up the court and found Lino who drained a straightaway three pointer to put Whitman up by one point with 12 seconds to play. Lum then stole the inbounds pass and scored on a layup to seal the win.

Dehoyos and Bronson Evans led the Mountaineers (2-9) each with 15 points and Kamden Ross put up a double double with 10 points and 10 rebounds.

Whitman had some work to do before even thinking about a gamewinner. The Blues could not find the basket early in the second half as Schreiner built a 13-point lead with just over 16 minutes to play. Jackson Reid capped the 10-3 run with a three pointer to give his team a 50-37 lead.

The Mountaineers maintained their double digit lead inside of 10 minutes to play, but an Alex Pape three with 9:03 remaining whittled the deficit to seven points. Pape ignited a three-point barrage from the Blues as Lino, Niko Trifunovic and Weston Crump all got in on the action. Crump's three capped a 14-4 run and tied the game at 67-67 with 4:01 to play.

Down the stretch Schreiner regained the momentum and brought the lead back up to seven points after a pair of Dylan Mackey free throws with 2:49 to play. Whitman took over from there and finished the game on an 11-2 run highlighted by Lino's big three pointer. 

Trifunovic scored 14 points and grabbed seven rebounds before fouling out, and Lum stuffed the stat sheet with 11 points, six rebounds and eight assists.

The Blues return to action Wednesday, Dec. 29 when they host Wisconsin-River Falls. Tipoff at the Sherwood Center is set for 3:00 p.m.
 
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