Game Summary
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Men’s basketball |
FINAL |
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#21 Crusaders (8-3, 1-1) |
71 |
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Benedictine (7-3, 1-1) |
58 |
Atchison, Kan. – Evangel forced 24 Benedictine turnovers in a 71-58 win over the Ravens Saturday in Atchison, Kan.
Evangel led 31-26 at halftime and outscored the Ravens 40-32 in the second half.
The Crusaders had two players come off the bench to score in double-figures as Victor Agbasi had 15 points to lead Evangel and Josh Veurink scored a career high 11. Jayme Donnelly had 11 points and added six steals.
Benedictine’s John Harris, Jr. led all scorers with 17.
The Crusaders improved to 8-3 and 1-1 in the Heart of American conference. Benedictine dropped to 7-3 and 1-1.
Evangel returns home Tuesday to face Baker in a conference game. Tipoff is at 7 p.m. at the Ashcroft Center.
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