| Illini West charges into consolation semifinals |
| Bushnell-Prairie
City/Avon was held to just a single point over
the final ten minutes as Illini West stayed alive
with a 55-21 victory over the Spartans in
consolation bracket action at the Macomb-Western
Holiday Basketball Tournament. Illini West (4-4) scored 31 points off of 28 Spartan turnovers and outscored BPCA (4-11) 40-8 in the paint. For the game, Illini West connected on 51 percent of their field goal attempts and were led in the scoring column by Jacob Schmudlach with 21 points on 10-of-12 shooting. Lance Holtsclaw chipped in with 11 points. BPCA was led by Skylar VanTine's eight points. The Spartans also set a tournament mark by scoring only 46 points in their two games eclipsing Warsaw's 55 points scored in their two games of the 2002 tournament. Illini West will face Farmington tomorrow morning at 10:30 at Macomb High School in the consolation semifinals. |
| The bracket: |
A
larger version of the bracket can be found on the
tournament website by visiting this page. |
| Next game: |
| Game 13: Warsaw/Nauvoo-Colusa vs. Abingdon (5:00) |
| Game 12 boxscore: |
| BPCA vs. Illini West |
| Bushnell-Prairie City/Avon Spartans |
| team info |
| Illini West Chargers |
| 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. |
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