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Walter Lum
Whitworth Athletics
71
Whitman Whitm 2-6,1-1 NWC
82
Winner Whitworth Whitw 7-1,2-0 NWC
Whitman Whitm
2-6,1-1 NWC
71
Final
82
Whitworth Whitw
7-1,2-0 NWC
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
Whitman Whitm 32 39 71
Whitworth Whitw 42 40 82

Game Recap: Men's Basketball |

Men's Basketball Falls At No. 19 Whitworth

SPOKANE, Wash. - Nikola Trifunovic equaled a game-high of 23 points to go along with five rebounds, but it wasn't enough as the Whitman College men's basketball team fell on the road to No. 19 Whitworth 82-71 in Northwest Conference play on Tuesday night at the Whitworth Fieldhouse.

Weston Crump and Xzavier Lino added 14 and 13 points, respectively, and Walter Lum put up nine points for the Blues who were doubled up on the offensive boards, a disparity that led to nine more second chance points for the Bucs.

JT McDermott led the Bucs with 23 points and five assists with Jordan Lester adding 11 points, 13 rebounds and five assists.

Whitman (2-6, 1-1 NWC) led in the early going as Lum's jumper put the Blues up 7-4 just over two minutes into the game. The Bucs then responded with a 13-0 run, putting the Blues behind the eight ball and taking a 17-7 lead with 13:56 to play. A three pointer from Jai Deshpande and another Lum jumper cut into the lead but Whitworth responded with another run. Lester hit from the floor to cap a run of nine straight points as the Bucs took a 28-12 lead.

Whitman's shooters then began to heat up, and did so from long distance. Back-to-back three pointers from Lum and Trifunovic whittled the deficit to 10 points with under three minutes to play. Lino later nailed a three pointer inside of a minute to play as Whitman entered halftime trailing by a manageable 10 points.

Whitworth put the game seemingly out of reach early in the second half. The Pirates scored the first nine points of the half to extend the lead to 19 points. McDermott capped the run with a three pointer to help his team to a 51-32 lead with 17:14 to play.

The Blues trailed by as many as 22 points but began to chip away at the deficit. Whitman reeled off nine straight points midway through the second half to make it a 10-point game. Crump hit a pair of jumpers then nailed a three pointer to work the Blues into striking distance at 66-56 with 8:37 to play.

Whitman did shave the lead to nine but the Bucs kept the Blues at bay and coasted to the win.

The Blues are back in action this Thursday, Dec. 9 hosting Walla Walla University at the Sherwood Center. Tipoff is set for 7:00 p.m.
 
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