| Titan dryspell to start 2nd half nearly spells doom |
| A
9-0 start over the first 3:49 of the second half
for Brown County was eventually overcome by the
Titans of Monmouth-Roseville who prevailed 54-46
in the opening game of the 2006 edition of the
Macomb-Western Hoiday Tournament. Ben Gillen hit three consecutive three-pointers for Monmouth-Roseville (10-1) to erase a four point first half deficit. Gillen finished 3 of 7 from beyond the arc and led all scorers with 19 points. Teammate Rhett Standard pulled down 12 rebounds. The Brown County (2-5) bench outscored the Titans' 30-9 led by Nick Reynolds with 12 points while Gary Wagner added 10. Reynolds added eight rebounds for the Hornets. Monmouth-Roseville
advances to the 5:00 p.m. game Friday where they
will play the winner of Pleasant Plains and South
Fulton. Brown County will play the loser of
Plains vs. South Fulton tomorrow morning at 9:00.
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| The bracket: |
A
larger version of the bracket can be found on the
tournament website by visiting this page. |
| Next game: |
| Game 2: Pleasant Plains vs. South Fulton |
| Game 1 boxscore: |
| Monmouth-Roseville vs. Brown Co. |
| Monmouth-Roseville Titans |
| team info |
| Brown County Hornets |
| team info |
| News: |
| Holidaybasketball.com is proud to announce a new service for this year's tournament. Audio from all games played in Western Hall will be streamed during the three days of the tournament. Audio streams will be available on the web at www.holidaybasketball.com/listenlive.html. This free service is made possible by Western Illinois University, FarmingtonFarmers.com, the Macomb-Western Holiday Basketball Tournament and participating radio stations. |
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