| Abingdon's nine-point lead evaporates |
| Going
into the final quarter down 31-26, the #2 seeded
Macomb Bombers outscored the Abingdon Commandos
22-6 in the final 8 minutes to survive a scare to
win by a score of 48-37. A steal and uncontested
layup by Tyler Van Vleet with 4:06 left gave the
Bombers their first lead since their 10-9 lead at
the end of the first quarter. The Bombers (7-1) put two players in double figures with Van Vleet scoring 17 and Matt Buren adding 15. Buren just missed a double-double pulling down a game-high nine boards. Abingdon (3-7) was led by Blake Ryan's 16 points. The Bombers held a hefty 33-21 rebounding edge over the Commandos including a 14-2 advantage on the offensive glass. Macomb advances to play Warsaw in Game 15 of Day 2 at 8:00 p.m. The last time these two teams met was in the 2004 tournament with Macomb running away with a decisive 62-32 win. Abingdon meets Lewistown in a Prairieland Conference battle on the consolation side of the bracket in Game 11 on Day 2 at 1:00 p.m. Notes: -Macomb's Dustin Bainter was held to 2-13 shooting for a total of 6 points. -Abingdon and Macomb have met at some point in the tournament in 3 of the past 5 years. -Abingdon shot 18% (2-11) from three point range. |
| The bracket: |
A
larger version of the bracket can be found on the
tournament website by visiting this page. |
| Next game: |
| Game 7: Carthage vs. South Fulton (8:00 p.m.) |
| Game 6 boxscore: |
| Macomb vs. Abingdon |
| Macomb Bombers |
| team info |
| Abingdon Comandos |
| team info |