2007 Macomb-Western Holiday Basketball Tournament

2007 tournament stat leaders

IBCA Hall Of Famer, tourney committee chairman dies
(December 19, 2007) -- The man who piloted Illinois' premier holiday

basketball tournament for the last 20 years passed away just nine days prior to tipoff of one of his greatest passions: the Macomb-Western Holiday Basketball Tournament.

Adron W. McMahon, 78, died at 7:14 p.m. on December 18th at McDonough District Hospital in Macomb after a lifetime of involvement in youth activities. (MORE-->)

Web site traffic sets new mark
(January 5, 2008) -- Holidaybasketball.com set another record for web site traffic this past tournament. Nearly 7,700 unique visitors browsed the tournament's website during its three-day run resulting in just under 165,000 page views. Unique visitors increased by 2.5% over year-ago numbers which was the smallest year-over-year increase since the web site's launch in 2001. (See graph at left.) While the number of unique visitors saw only a modest increase, the number of web site page views jumped over 32% from 125,000 in 2006.

Titans take the title
(December 29, 2007) -- Making a bid to become the first unseeded team to win the Macomb-Western Holiday Tournament since 2002, Lewistown just barely came up short. Meanwhile, Monmouth-Roseville capped a three-day effort with the tournament championship after giving Lewistown their first loss on the season, 58-55.

For Monmouth-Roseville (13-2), they had to overcome second half deficits in two of their three games leading to the final. It was something they had to do in the final, as well. (MORE-->)

Bombers ride see-saw to 3rd place
(December 29, 2007) -- With two-time MVP Matt Buren on the shelf for

Macomb with an ankle injury, the Bombers were looking for a new collective identity. After lacking some organization in a semifinal loss to Lewistown, Macomb's Luke Kane stepped up and dropped in a game-high 21 points. That helped the Bombers (8-4) earn a 38-36 victory over Abingdon and 3rd place in this year's Macomb-Western Holiday Tournament.

The game featured 12 lead changes and four ties and neither team led by more than six points during the contest. (MORE-->)

WNC takes 5th
(December 29, 2007) -- Four Warsaw/Nauvoo-Colusa players clocked

32 minutes of playing-time in a 48-44 win over Pleasant Plains for the 5th place trophy at the 2007 Macomb-Western Holiday Tournament. Both of those teams found themselves having to fight for a trophy after being ousted from the winners bracket in overtime quarterfinal losses.

Illini West wins battle of Hancock County teams
(December 29, 2007) -- Illini West pulled away down the stretch to

record a 59-51 consolation championship victory over the Hamilton Cardinals.

The two teams, each hailing from Hancock County, went to the lockerroom tied at the half at 23, but the Chargers were able to build a lead as big as 14 points in half number two.

Hamilton (5-7) was attempting to earn a tournament trophy for the first time since 1994 when the Cardinals took the consolation title over Camp Point Central. Hamilton will leave the tournament as they will enter into a co-op agreement with Warsaw/Nauvoo-Colusa next season. (MORE-->)