Men's Basketball Player Brian Chambers
Matthew Mellinger
60
Central Washington CWU 2-2
65
Winner Concordia (CA) CUI-MB 4-2
Central Washington CWU
2-2
60
Final
65
Concordia (CA) CUI-MB
4-2
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
Central Washington CWU 24 36 60
Concordia (CA) CUI-MB 36 29 65

Game Recap: Men's Basketball | | Natalie Gilmore

Chambers leads Eagles to victory over CWU

SEATTLE, WASH. — The Concordia Men's Basketball team (4-2) competed in its second game of the Sodexo Tip Off Classic against the Central Washington Wildcats (2-2). The Eagles took the victory, 65-60. Brian Chambers scored 25 total points and hit three total three pointers. JT Roach followed his teammate scoring 15 total points. Tad Dufelmeier grabbed seven rebounds and posted eight assists. 

The Wildcats were picked third in the Great Northwest Athletic Conference (GNAC) preseason poll. Voted on by the head coaches across the conference, CWU garnered 91 of a possible 726 points in the poll. 

In the first half, Chambers got the Eagles on the board early with a layup assisted by Dufelmeier. 6911

Tyler Lacour and Geoff Gerlach added a layup each to increase the Eagles offensive momentum. 

Then, Denzel Holt scored a jumper and a layup making the score 13-4. 

A steal by Cameron English gave Chambers his first three pointer of the game with 13 minutes left in the first half. Not a minute later, Chambers hit his second three pointer of the game, taking the Eagles lead to 21-8. 

With four minutes left in the first half, a defensive rebound by Gerlach started the attack where Roach buried his first three pointer of the game. He followed it up with another three pointer three minutes later to round out the scoring for the Eagles. The teams headed into halftime with the Eagles on top, 36-24. 

Roach's offensive attacks continued in the second half with a jump shot three minutes into play. 

Dufelmeier hit a three pointer with ten minutes left in the game increasing the Eagles lead to 15 points, 52-37. Soon after, Roach received a pass from Dufelmeier to sink another three pointer. 

A final three pointer by Chambers and a few CUI free throws ended the game with an Eagles victory over the Central Washington Wildcats, 65-60. 

"We are very proud of our guys fighting back tonight after a very frustrating performance last night in Seattle," Coach Ammann said. "It's very difficult to come up here and win and it took everything we had to bounce back today. Chambers played with tremendous energy once again and got us going. Central is a very good team and it was a great win for us"

Up Next

Concordia Men's Basketball returns to the court on November 24th for the Concordia Thanksgiving Classic in Irvine, Calif. 

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