As expected, it wasn't much of a contest. With Northern Colorado shooting only 25.5% from the field, Incarnate was cruising to a 54-25 lead with about 15 minutes left. This is when tragedy struck. Jawouk Bafou went down with a very serious injury that will end his season. Devastating loss that could hurt Incarnate's title chances.
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Incarnate Word 84, Northern Colorado 43
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Northern Colorado (24-8, 13-3):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Terry McCollough C 29 0-2 3-4 2 7 2 2 3
Joel Cantu PF 20 2-4 2-2 1 3 0 4 6
Dennis Matz SF 29 2-10 1-4 1 3 1 1 6
James Lopez SG 19 1-6 1-2 1 2 0 3 4
Billy Yoder PG 18 3-9 1-2 0 1 0 4 9
Justin Risner SG 22 2-4 1-2 1 3 2 2 5
Barton Johnson PG 22 1-6 0-0 2 3 0 0 2
Andrew Claar SG 9 0-0 2-2 0 2 0 0 2
Deon Massey C 21 1-3 2-4 2 4 0 1 4
Jame Xiong PF 10 0-3 2-2 3 7 0 0 2
Efrain Soto SF 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0
Turnovers: 19 (T.McCollough 3, J.Cantu 2, D.Matz 1,
J.Lopez 3, B.Yoder 3, J.Risner 2, B.Johnson 1,
D.Massey 3, J.Xiong 1)
Blocked Shots: 1 (T.McCollough 1)
Steals: 2 (J.Risner 1, J.Xiong 1)
3P FGs: 4-22 (D.Matz 1-5, J.Lopez 1-6, B.Yoder 2-6,
J.Risner 0-1, B.Johnson 0-2, D.Massey 0-1, J.Xiong 0-1)
Incarnate Word (31-1, 15-1):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
David Ginsberg C 32 9-14 1-1 1 11 4 0 19
Jawouk Bafou PF 19 6-8 3-4 2 7 2 1 15
Izulde Jestor SF 14 0-3 2-2 1 4 1 4 2
Dick Dao SG 30 3-6 2-2 0 3 3 2 10
Nathaniel Lang PG 30 3-8 4-5 1 2 11 3 11
Merle Yuan SG 15 1-4 0-0 2 2 2 0 2
Fermin Bravo SF 24 7-8 0-0 0 3 1 1 18
Dewey Loya SF 7 0-2 1-4 0 0 0 2 1
Jack Johnson SG 1 0-1 0-0 0 1 0 0 0
Stephen Mutch PF 13 1-1 0-0 0 1 0 2 2
Kendrick Wiseman C 12 2-3 0-0 0 1 0 4 4
Austin Lunn PF 3 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 0
Turnovers: 7 (D.Ginsberg 1, J.Bafou 1, I.Jestor 1,
D.Dao 1, N.Lang 1, M.Yuan 1, F.Bravo 1)
Blocked Shots: 4 (D.Ginsberg 1, J.Bafou 3)
Steals: 8 (D.Ginsberg 1, D.Dao 5, N.Lang 1, S.Mutch 1)
3P FGs: 7-12 (D.Dao 2-4, N.Lang 1-3, F.Bravo 4-4,
D.Loya 0-1)
Player of Game: C David Ginsberg (UIW)