| Knoxville's cold start spells doom |
| Snowfall
in the Macomb area slowed the arrival of the
Knoxville and possible led to some early shooting
woes for the Blue Bullets as Hamilton kept their
tournament alive with a 52-38 victory in the
opening game of day two of the Macomb-Western
Holiday Basketball Tournament. Knoxville (4-9) only connected on five of their 21 first half field goal attempts while Hamilton (4-6) enjoyed hitting over 46% of their first half attempts from the floor. The loss kept Knoxville winless in their last seven tournament games. Chris Schmidt led Knoxville with 15 points while Bryce Ball added 11. Caleb Gray led Hamilton with 18 points and nine rebounds. Dylan Morris chipped in with 10 points. Hamilton advances to face the Western/Illini Central winner tomorrow morning at 9:00 at Macomb High School in a consolation semifinal. |
| The bracket: |
A
larger version of the bracket can be found on the
tournament website by visiting this page. |
| Next game: |
| Game 10: Western vs. Illini Central (10:30 a.m.) |
| Game 9 boxscore: |
| Knoxville vs. Hamilton |
| Knoxville Blue Bullets |
| team info |
| Hamilton Cardinals |
| team info |
| News: |
| 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, Network1Sports.com, the Macomb-Western Holiday Basketball Tournament and participating radio stations. |
http://www.holidaybasketball.com
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