| Bomber sophomore has a big day |
| The
#2 seeded Macomb Bombers survived a scare in the
first half but evenutally pulled away from the
Warsaw Wildcats to advance to the semifinals with
a 57-40 victory. Macomb took a close halftime
lead and increased it by outscoring the Wildcats
28-16 in the second half. The Bombers cashed in
for 21 points on 16 Wildcat turnovers. The
defense also held the Wildcats to 32% shooting in
the second half, after shooting 55%. Matt Buren’s game-high 23 points led the Bomber attack. The Bombers (8-1) out-rebounded the Wildcats 31-20, with Buren grabbing 9 caroms. Luke Bavery’s near double-double of 19 points and nine rebounds led the way for the Wildcats (5-5). Bavery shot nearly flawless from the field as he hit on 8 of 9 attempts. Macomb will see the winner of Carthage/Illini Central in Game 22 at 2:30 p.m. Friday. Warsaw will meet up with the loser between Carthage/Illini Central in Game 20 at 10:30 a.m. NOTES: -Macomb has met up with Warsaw in three of the last five tournaments ... all resulting in Bomber victories: 2001 (56-37) and 2004 (62-32). -Macomb went 9-11 from the free throw line, with Buren going 9-10. |
| The bracket: |
A
larger version of the bracket can be found on the
tournament website by visiting this page. |
| Next game: |
| Game 16: Carthage vs. Illini Central (9:30 p.m.) |
| Game 15 boxscore: |
| Warsaw vs. Macomb |
| Warsaw Wildcats |
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