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WINONA LAKE -ÊThe Grace College men's basketball team lost its third straight game, 73-66 Friday to Mount St. Clare in the opening round of the Holiday Inn-Vitational.
The loss negated the Lancers' quick start in the game. Fueled by three three-pointers, they raced ahead 11-0 to open the game, but Mount St. Clare claimed a 30-29 halftime lead. The teams were tied 62-62 in the second half when Mount St. Clare closed the game on an 11-4 spurt.
Matt Abernethy continues to do his part to help Grace. He scored 25 points and snagged 13 rebounds and is averaging 23.5 points and 10.3 rebounds per game. Matt Moore added 19 points on 7-of-11 shooting. He also made 4 of 6 three-pointers.
Mount St. Clare (5-7) plays 10-4 Cornerstone in today's Holiday Inn-Vitational championship at 3 p.m. Grace (6-9) plays Kalamazoo (3-4) in the 1 p.m. consolation game.
MOUNT ST. CLARE 73, GRACE 66
Mount St. Clare 30 43 - 73
Grace 29 37 - 66
Mount St. Clare -Ê*Ben Mueller 2-7 4-6 8, *Tom Kinney 2-3 0-0 4, *Donavan Lewis 3-8 6-7 13, *Clive Gario 4-12 3-3 11, *Jason Wheat 7-10 0-1 15, Sean Hellweg 0-0 2-2 2, Andy Warren 0-0 0-0 0,, Damolen Green 0-0 0-0 0, Andre Childs 4-8 2-2 10, Aaron Maurer 0-1 0-0 0, Adam Reisch 0-0 0-0 0, Jeremy Kiefer 4-10 2-2 10. Totals - 26-69 19-23 73.
Grace - *Chris Irwin 2-7 1-2 6, *Brian O'Dell 1-10 0-0 3, *Matt Abernethy 9-12 7-8 25, *Matt Springer 1-3 0-0 3, *Dan Scharlach 3-5 2-4 8, Corey Smith 0-0 0-0 0, Derric Isensee 0-0 0-0 0, Matt Moore 7-11 1-5 19, Saunders 0-2 0-0 0, Jeremy Wike 0-0 0-0 0, Aaron Jackson 0-1 0-0 0, Jeremy Swanson1-1 0-0 2. Totals -Ê24-62 11-19 66.
Three-point goals -ÊMount St. Clare 2-9 (Lewis 1-3, Wheat 1-1, Gario 0-2, Mueller 0-1, Childs 0-1, Maurer 0-1), Grace 7-18 (Moore 4-6, Springer 1-2, O'Dell 1-5, Irwin 1-4, Jackson 0-1). Turnovers -ÊMount St. Clare 9, Grace 18. Total fouls -ÊMount St. Clare 16, Grace 22. Fouled out -ÊIrwin 5. Rebounds -ÊGrace 38 (Abernethy 13, O'Dell 5), Mount St. Clare 33 (Wheat 6). Assists -ÊMount St. Clare 12 (Childs 4), Grace 11 (Moore 4). Steals -ÊMount St. Clare 9 (Kiefer 3), Grace 4 (Springer 2).
