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WINONA LAKE -ÊGrace College's men's basketball team improved to 9-9 on the season after defeating IU Northwest 94-72 Tuesday in Winona Lake.
IU Northwest fell to 2-16.
Dan Scharlach led the Lancers with 26 points, while Lawrence Burnett added 20 points in the winning effort. Three other Lancers, Shannon Brown, Ben Tonagel and Ryan Bricker, scored in double figures as well. Brown scored 14, Tonagel 11 and Bricker 10.
The Lancers shot 58 percent from the field (37 of 64), while IU Northwest shot 38 percent (25 of 66). The Lancers outrebounded IU Northwest 49-25.
Grace led just 50-45 at halftime, but IU Northwest shot just 27 percent from the field (9 of 34) in the second half.
Grace hits the court again Saturday when the Lancers host Marian College at 3 p.m.
GRACE 94, IU NORTHWEST 72
Grace (9-9) - Brian O'Dell 0-2 4-4 4, Matt Moore 1-4 2-2 -4, Ryan Bricker 4-9 1-2 10, Shannon Brown 7-7 0-0 14, Lawrence Burnett 10-13 0-0 20, Ben Tonagel 4-9 0-0 11, Jeremy Wike 0-2 1-1 1, Dan Scharlach 11-14 4-8 26, Jeremy Swanson 0-4 4-4 4. Totals -Ê37-64 16-22 94.
IU Northwest (2-16) -ÊScott Underwood 6-15 1-1 18, Bobby Vrahas 0-0 0-0 0, Jodie Barham 4-7 0-0 8, Troy Gomez 0-6 2-2 2, Sam Hamod 9-16 2-2 24, Preston Thomas 2-10 4-6 8, Josh Powers 4-12 3-3 12. Totals -Ê25-66 12-14 72.
Three-point goals -ÊGrace 4-10 (Bricker 1-4, Tonagel 3-5, Wike 0-1), IUN 10-25 (Underwood 5-11, Hamod 4-10, Josh Powers 1-4). Rebounds -ÊGrace 49 (Burnett 14, Scharlach 10), IUN 25 (Gomez 6, Thomas 6). Assists -ÊGrace 24 (Moore 7), IUN 13 (Powers 8). Steals -ÊGrace 8 (O'Dell 2, Moore 2), IUN 8 (Underwood 4). Turnovers - Grace 19, IUN 15. Fouls -ÊGrace 15, IUN 18. Fouled out -ÊBricker.
