Tribune-Star staff report
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Chicago
The University of Chicago overcame a strong start by Rose-Hulman to earn a 79-60 men’s college basketball victory in the championship game of the Midway Classic on Sunday.
John Kinsella and Steve Stefanou led the victorious Maroons with 16 points. The Maroons shot 45 percent from the field and buried 14 3-pointers at a 50-percent clip.
Terre Haute South graduate Spencer Harlan established a career high in scoring for the second straight day with 17 points for Rose-Hulman. Harlan finished 8 for 13 from the field and contributed six rebounds.
Jeff McCartney narrowly missed a double-double with nine points and nine rebounds. Austin Weatherford also pitched in with nine points for the Engineers. Other key contributors included Nate Gissentanner with eight points and a career-high six assists and Jason Haslag with six points and five rebounds.
For their efforts on the weekend, Harlan and Haslag were honored with spots on the Midway Classic all-tournament team.
The Engineers jumped out to an early 8-0 lead and held the Maroons without a field goal for the first four minutes before Chicago used a 15-2 spurt to gain a 20-12 lead with 7:30 left in the opening half. McCartney buried two three-point shots and Haslag added a field goal in the early run.
Chicago continued to maintain a steady margin and built a 37-22 halftime advantage. In the second half, Rose-Hulman was able to close within 11 points on two occasions but could not overcome a balanced scoring attack from the winners.
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ROSE-HULMAN (60) — Harlan 8-13 1-3 17, McCartney 3-7 1-2 9, Weatherford 2-2 5-6 9, Gissentanner 4-9 0-1 8, Haslag 2-10 2-4 6, Knotts 1-6 1-2 4, Coleman 1-1 0-0 3, Gerken 0-1 2-2 2, Ricks 0-0 2-2 2, Balsbaugh 0-1 0-0 0, Sanders 0-1 0-0 0, Kleman 0-0 0-0 0, Tuskan 0-3 0-0 0. Totals 21-54 FG, 14-22 FT, 60 TP.
CHICAGO (79) — Kinsella 5-7 2-2 16, Stefanou 7-13 0-0 16, Johnston 4-8 2-4 11, Williams 2-8 4-4 10, Pancratz 2-7 2-2 8, Davis 3-5 0-2 7, Vann 1-3 0-0 3, Sotos 1-2 0-0 3, Bonelli 1-2 0-0 2, Riskus 1-4 0-0 2, Kowalewski 0-1 1-2 1, MacKenzie 0-0 0-0 0, Guiler 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 27-60 FG, 11-16 FT, 79 TP.
Halftime score — Chicago 37, RH 22. 3-point shooting — RH 4-17 (McCartney 2-3, Coleman 1-1, Knotts 1-5, Harlan 0-1, Gissentanner 0-3, Haslag 0-4), Chicago 14-28 (Kinsella 4-5, Stefanou 2-3, Williams 2-4, Pancratz 2-5, Vann 1-1, Sotos 1-2, Johnston 1-3, Davis 1-3, Kowalewski 0-1, Bonelli 0-1). Total fouls — RH 14, Chicago 22. Fouled out — none. Rebounds — RH 33 (McCartney 9), Chicago 38 (Williams 11). Assists — RH 12 (Gissentanner 6), Chicago 18 (Vann 4). Att — 175.
Next — Rose-Hulman (1-2) plays Tuesday at Robert Morris-Springfield. Chicago is 2-0.
In other basketball:
• Maroons, Charleston early leaders — Host Robinson and Charleston each won two games during the weekend in the opening rounds of the Lady Maroons Thanksgiving Classic for girls high school teams.
In late games Saturday, Marshall nipped Lawrenceville, Charleston beat Casey and Robinson defeated Mt. Carmel.
• Marshall 46, Lawrenceville 45 — The Lions, playing their third game in 24 hours, were outscored 11-5 in the fourth quarter but held on.
Shelby Sandefer had 14 points and Adrienne Strohm 12, while Emily Bishop had nine rebounds and Bailey Lycan eight.
Audrey Metheny and Katie Sapp scored 19 and 12 respectively for the Indians.
MARSHALL (46) — Sandefer 5 1-1 14, Lycan 1 4-4 6, G.Kuhn 0 0-2 0, Bishop 2 1-2 5, Strohm 3 3-5 12, E.Kuhn 2 1-2 5, Higginbotham 0 0-0 0, A.Kuhn 2 0-0 4. Totals 15 FG, 10-16 FT, 46 TP.
LAWRENCEVILLE (45) — Kelly 0 0-0 0, Potts 3 0-0 6, Metheny 6 6-13 19, Decker 1 2-3 4, Sapp 6 0-0 12, Cummins 0 0-1 0, Osman 0 0-2 0, Pargin 0 0-0 0, Hill 0 0-0 0, Desch 0 0-2 0, Spencer 1 2-2 4. Totals 17 FG, 10-23 FT, 45 TP.
Marshall 13 15 13 5 — 46
Lawrenceville 6 12 16 11 — 45
3-point goals — Sandefer 3, Strohm 3, Metheny. Total fouls — Marshall 19, Lawrenceville 17. Fouled out — Strohm.
Next — Marshall (2-2) has a home game today against Cumberland.
• Charleston 62, Casey 39 — Each team had three double-figure scorers, but the three Trojans outscored the three Warriors.
Brittany O’Dell had 20 points, Haley Sparks 18 and Megan O’Dell 15 for the winners, while Stacey Thompson had 13 and Michaela Montgomery and Kara Repp 11 each for Casey. Repp also had five rebounds, four steals and two assists.
CHARLESTON (62) — Spence 0 0-2 0, Phinney 0 1-2 1, M.O’Dell 6 0-0 15, Sparks 7 0-0 18, Wohltman 1 0-0 2, B.O’Dell 7 6-9 20, Lunt 3 0-4 6. Totals 24 FG, 7-17 FT, 62 TP.
CASEY (39) — Repp 4 3-10 11, Thompson 3 6-10 13, Tiffin 1 0-0 2, Thoele 1 0-0 2, Montgomery 5 1-3 11, Nichols 0 0-0 0, Scott 0 0-0 0, Glidewell 0 0-0 0, Birchfield 0 0-0 0, Green 0 0-0 0, Stout 0 0-0 0, Lawrence 0 0-0 0. Totals 14 FG, 11-23 FT, 39 TP.
Charleston 17 17 13 15 — 62
Casey 10 9 11 9 — 39
3-point goals — Sparks 4, M.O’Dell 3, Thompson.
Record — Casey is 1-2.
• Robinson 65, Mt. Carmel 41 — Kelsey Dirks and Kayla Watts combined for 46 points for the winners, with Jordan Connelly adding eight points, six rebounds and 10 assists.
MT. CARMEL (41) — Nettleton 2-4 3-4 9, Saxe 2-4 4-5 9, Brown 1-3 5-5 7, Stoltz 1-2 4-8 6, Dardeen 2-3 0-0 5, Dean 1-2 0-0 3, Metcalf 0-2 2-2 2, Wallbaum 0-0 0-0 0, Rafferty 0-3 0-0 0, Hicks 0-0 0-0 0, Patton 0-0 0-1 0, Fitch 0-0 0-0 0, Smith 0-0 0-2 0. Totals 9-23 FG, 18-27 FT, 41 TP.
ROBINSON (65) — Dirks 11-18 4-12 26, Watts 9-17 2-3 20, Connelly 3-9 1-2 8, Williams 2-3 1-3 5, Phillippe 1-2 0-0 2, Wilson 1-1 0-0 2, Pritts 1-1 0-1 2, Lowrance 0-1 0-2 0, Blake 0-0 0-0 0, Hodson 0-0 0-0 0, Hickey 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 28-52 FG, 8-23 FT, 65 TP.
Mt. Carmel 13 11 6 11 — 41
Robinson 12 24 15 14 — 65
3-point shooting — MC 5-13 (Nettleton 2-4, Dardeen 1-1, Dean 1-1, Saxe 1-2, Stoltz 0-1, Brown 0-2, Rafferty 0-2), Robinson 1-10 (Connelly 1-5, Dirks 0-1, Lowrance 0-1, Watts 0-3). Total fouls — MC 23, Robinson 26. Fouled out — Phillippe, Lowrance. Rebounds — MC 18 (Stoltz 7), Robinson 27 (Dirks 6, Connelly 6). Assists — MC 2 (Dean, Rafferty), Robinson 16 (Connelly 10).
Volleyball
• Sycamores fight hard, reach milestones in finale — In the ISU Arena, Indiana State used Senior NIght momentum to win the first set against powerful Wichita State on Saturday but lost the Missouri Valley Conference match 21-25, 25-12, 25-18, 25-14.
Whitney Fromm, Kristen Kerscher, Jodilynne Stoker, Stephanie Volden and Kelli Whitaker were honored in pre-game ceremonies for the Sycamores, 7-25 overall and 3-15 in the MVC.
Stoker’s seventh kill of the match closed out the first set and also gave her 1,000 for her career; she finished with 15 for the match and 1,008 for her career, 10th on the ISU all-time list. Stoker was also fourth all-time in attacks with 3,502 and her 1,033 attempts this year was 10th on the single-season list.
Fromm’s 37 assists gave her 912 for the season and 2,979 for her career, third-best among all Sycamores. Volden had two blocks and finished eighth all-time in blocks and block assists and seventh in total blocks.
Sophomore Kiya James also reached a milestone with 16 digs, giving her 527 for the season, third-best in school history.
Stacey Qualizza added 10 kills for the match.
