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WINONA LAKE - After missing three games with a back injury, Grace College junior point guard Matt Moore connected on a career-high six three-pointers, three in the first five minutes of action, as the Lancers hosted and defeated Purdue-Calumet 79-67 Tuesday.
The Lancers went 1-2 in the three games Moore missed and also lost the game he was injured in. Grace is 3-0 with Moore healthy.
Grace jumped out to a 28-8 lead eight minutes into the action, but Purdue-Calumet cut the deficit to four by halftime, 41-37. Moore and Brian O'Dell hit back-to-back three-pointers to open the second half, and the Lancers weren't challenged the rest of the way.
Freshman Matt Abernethy led the Lancers with 23 points and seven rebounds, while Dan Scharlach had a team-high 10 rebounds despite playing just 22 minutes because of foul trouble. Grace outrebounded Purdue-Calumet 44-21 and held the Lakers to two offensive rebounds.
Grace, now 4-3 on the season, will play at IU-Southeast Friday at 7:30 p.m. The loss drops Purdue-Calumet to 5-3.
GRACE 79, PURDUE-CALUMET 67
Purdue-Calumet 37 30 - 67
Grace 41 38 - 79
Purdue-Calumet - Tom Couzzo 3-4 0-0 6, Warren Chumley 0-0 0-0 0, Dion Banks 4-4 0-0 8, Shawn Enetrom 0-0 0-0 0, Andrew Hall 3-4 1-1 7, Brian Arton 3-6 0-1 6, Ray Stringer 2-3 0-0 4, Aric Grahm 5-11 0-0 12, Jeff Pogose 0-0 0-0 0, Ryan Sexon 6-11 2-3 17, Eric Beard 1-4 0-2 2, Brandon Williams 0-0 0-0 0, Doug Robertson 0-0 0-0 0, Travis Schmidt 2-3 0-1 4. Totals 29-50 4-10 67.
Grace - Chris Irwin 2-7 0-0 5, Corey Smith 0-1 0-1 0, Brian O'Dell 2-4 6-6 12, Derric Isensee 1-1 0-0 2, Matt Moore 6-14 0-0 16, Matt Abernethy 11-17 1-1 23, Joe Saunders 6-9 1-2 13, Matt Springer 0-0 0-0 0, Jeremy Wike 0-1 0-1 0, Dan Scharlach 1-3 0-1 2, Jeremy Swanson 1-6 2-4 4. Totals 30-63 10-16 79.
Three-point goals - Purdue-Calumet 5-14 (Anton 0-2, Graham 2-5, Sexon 3-7), Grace 9 (Irwin 1-6, O'Dell 2-4, Moore 6-13, Swanson 0-1). Rebounds - Purdue-Calumet 21 (Stringer 4, Graham 4), Grace 44 (Scharlach 10). Fouls - Purdue-Calumet 18, Grace 18. Fouled out - none.
