Mary Hardin-Baylor UMHB 8-1,0-0 ASC

Whitman Whitm 2-5,0-0 NWC

Mary Hardin-Baylor UMHB

8-1,0-0 ASC

Final

Dec. 13, 2024

Whitman Whitm

2-5,0-0 NWC

Score By Periods
Team	1	2	F
Mary Hardin-Baylor UMHB	44	32	76
Whitman Whitm	37	33	70

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Box Score

Game Recap: Men's Basketball | 12/13/2024 9:15:00 PM

Men's Basketball Falls To Mary Hardin-Baylor

WALLA WALLA, Wash. - The Whitman College men's basketball provided several second-half surges but ultimately came up short to the University of Mary Hardin-Baylor, falling to the Cru 76-70 on Friday night at the Sherwood Center.

Isaiah Amato led four Blues (2-5) in double figures, scoring 14 points on 4-6 shooting while grabbing six rebounds. Milos Sarenac nearly posted a double double with 12 points and a game-high nine rebounds.

Eli Beard was a one-man wrecking crew for UMHB. He scored a game-high 38 points on a scorching 12-15 from the floor and a lights out 6-7 shooting in three pointers while adding five steals. Josh Goings added 19 points and five rebounds.

Beard was hot from the opening tip. He nailed back-to-back three pointers to open the game, then converted an and-one three pointer a few possessions later. Whitman absorbed the early barrage nicely though as Amato hit one from beyond the arc and Grant Hunt twice did the same to make it a 12-11 ball game with 14:47 to play.

The Cru later pushed ahead by nine points but Hunt capped a 9-0 run with another three pointer to tie the game at 20-20 with 10:06 remaining until the break. UHMB regained the momentum quickly as Goings hit back-to-back jumpers to put his team back out in front by 11. Jacob Fotu's layup inside of one of a minute to play cut the lead to five points, but Goings scored in the paint and the Cru headed to the break up seven.

The second half saw the Blues trail the whole way but never let the game slip away. They threatened on several occasions, shaving the lead to as slim as four points late in the game. Whitman locked in defensively in the final three minutes and Aidan von Buchwaldt hit from three and Sarenac scored at the hoop to make it a 74-70 game with 38 seconds to play, but that would be as close as the Blues got.

Whitman closes out the weekend against Cal Lutheran on Sunday at 12:00 p.m.

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