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The
Immaculata men's basketball team
entered this evenings match-up at
Eastern University as the decided
underdog, but the Mighty Macs jumped
to 12-2 lead out of the gate and
never allowed the host Eagles to
significantly cut into the lead as
they held on to win 73-60.
Immaculata's Robert Jones led all
scorers with 22 points.
The
visitors jumped the early lead as
five different players scored in the
opening 15-4 run. They shot 60% from
the field in the opening half, and
held the normally steady shooting
Eagles to 39%. Kyle Finklea led the
way with ten first half points for
the guests. The Eagles, who had
eleven turnovers shot just two for
ten from behind the arc, and looked
fatigued early.
Eastern chipped away at the
Immaculata advantage to open the
half, and were able to cut the
deficit to six points on a three
point play from Ty Coleman with nine
and a half minutes to play, but the
Mighty Macs responded with a quick
11-2 run to put the game out of
reach.
David
Volpe led the Eagles with 19 points,
and Coleman chipped in with 10 off
the bench, but the 38% shooting
effort for the Eagles was not enough
to get the Eagles all the way back.
Coach
Nadelhoffer said of the game, "We
told our team before the game that
the Immaculata team, even though
they have not won a lot, competes
for 40 minutes every night. Our team
did not respond to that and by the
time they believed what we told
them, we were in too deep a whole to
get out. We did not compete the way
we need to, and hopefully this is a
lesson learned. I'm very frustrated
with our effort and intensity."
Immaculata improves to 3-3 in the
PAC, while the Eagles, who have
tough road games at Wesley and at
Gwynedd-Mercy coming up, fall to
5-4.
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