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WINONA LAKE -ÊThe Grace College Lancers defeated the Kendall College Vikings 88-73 in the first round of the Lancers' Holiday Inn-vitational.
Trailing 49-49, the Lancers (6-8) went on an 11-0 run to take the 57-49 lead with 14:16 left in the second half. They never trailed again.
Kendall dropped to 4-8.
Dan Scharlach led the Grace squad with 17 points and nine rebounds, while Jeremy Swanson and Ryan Bricker added 15 and 16 points respectively.
Grace will play Cornerstone College (7-5) today at 3 p.m. in the championship game. Cornerstone, which won the tournament last year, advanced by beating Spalding (4-7) 97-86. Cornerstone won the NAIA Division II championship last season.
Spalding plays Kendall in today's 1 p.m. consolation game.
Grace 88, Kendall 73
Grace - Brian O'Dell 0-1 0-0 0, Matt Moore 5-8 3-4 14, Ryan Bricker 5-9 2-2 16, Shannon Brown 2-3 0-0 4, Ben Tonagel 2-11 4-4 8, Teryck Taylor 4-5 0-0 8, Jeremy Wike 2-2 1-3 6, Dan Scharlach 6-11 5-7 17, Jeremy Swanson 7-13 1-2 15, Aaron Jackson DNP, Mike Frede DNP, Doug Baumgardner DNP, Lee Compson DNP, Lawrence Burnett DNP, Aaron Jackson DNP. Totals 33-63 12-22 88.
Kendall - Dennis Payne 9-20 2-3 21, Fred Collier 0-1 0-0 0, Bryan James 0-2 2-4 2, Mike Rolz 3-9 0-0 9, Brett Serva 1-3 1-2 3, Nate Numrich 2-5 2-2 6, Alphonso Brooks 5-12 0-0 10, Scott McBride 1-4 2-3 4, Danny Casas 4-6 0-0 8, Michael Tolbert 5-11 0-0 10, Ismael Aldana DNP, Patrick Vann DNP, DeAndre Jackson DNP. Totals 30-75 9-14 73.
Three-point goals -ÊGrace 6-20 (O'Dell 0-1, Moore 1-3, Bricker 4-7, Tonagel 0-7, Wike 101, Swanson 0-1), Kendall 4-15 (Payne 1-6, Collier 0-1, Rolz 3-6, Serva 0-1, McBride 0-1). Rebounds - Grace 40 (Scharlach 9, Moore 8), Kendall 44 (Numrich 9, Payne 7, Tolbert 7). Assists - Grace 22 (Bricker 7, Moore 5), Kendall 10 (Payne 5). Steals -ÊGrace 5, Kendall 6 (Brooks 4). Turnovers - Grace 13, Kendall 11. Total fouls - Grace 15, Kendall 19. Fouled out - Rolz, Casas.
