Case, whose 135 points was a school record, hasn't had this good of start (3-1) since 1990 when they won their first four. For the third consecutive year this game has broken the 100 point mark with Westminster coming out on top the previous two, 111-95 in 2003-04 and 113-109 in 2004-05.
The Spartans next host Hiram College this Wednesday in the Veale Center at 7:30 p.m.
Westminster attempted 62 three-pointers in the game (21-62) compared to Case's four (3-4). The Spartans, who led 61-57 at the half, shot 67 percent (54-81) from the field and the Titans just 40 percent (42-104). Case out rebounded Westminster 60 to 46 on the night.
Lafe and junior guard Matt Cannan (Dublin, OH) combined for 36 of the Spartans points in the first half as the team shot a whopping 69 percent (24-35) from the field. Cannan, who recorded a double-double with 11 rebounds, finished the game with a career high 34 points. The Spartans had two other players with double-doubles. Senior forward Carson Oren (South Bend, IN) had 12 rebounds and 11 points and senior guard Richard Mullen (Columbus, OH) 10 rebounds and 16 points.
The last time the game was close was at the 7:59 mark in the second half when Case led by just six, 99-93.
Official Basketball Box Score
Case Western Reserve vs Westminster
11/27/05 6 p.m. at Buzz Ridl Gymnasium - New Wilmington, PA
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VISITORS: Case Western Reserve 3-1
TOT-FG 3-PT REBOUNDS
## Player Name FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF TP A TO BLK S MIN
12 Cannan, Matt........ * 14-23 0-0 6-11 4 7 11 2 34 4 1 0 5 33
21 Mullen, Richard..... * 5-7 3-4 3-4 0 10 10 1 16 4 13 0 5 38
31 Oren, Carson........ * 5-10 0-0 1-1 3 9 12 5 11 7 2 0 4 25
32 Bradford, Brandon... * 2-2 0-0 0-0 0 6 6 4 4 6 5 0 0 24
33 Rodriguez, Tyler.... * 7-7 0-0 2-5 1 1 2 3 16 0 2 0 0 11
03 Quinton Mathis...... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5
22 Lafe, Funso......... 15-20 0-0 9-18 2 4 6 4 39 3 4 0 0 30
34 Hill, Chris......... 1-3 0-0 1-3 1 0 1 1 3 1 1 0 0 6
42 Bommer, Benton...... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 6
44 Sutton, Brad........ 1-1 0-0 0-0 1 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 1
50 Conrad, Mason....... 4-8 0-0 2-2 1 3 4 3 10 1 4 3 0 19
TEAM................ 4 2 6
Totals.............. 54-81 3-4 24-44 17 43 60 25 135 26 34 3 14 198
TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 24-35 68.6% 2nd Half: 30-46 65.2% Game: 66.7% DEADB
3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 2-2 100 % 2nd Half: 1-2 50.0% Game: 75.0% REBS
F Throw % 1st Half: 11-17 64.7% 2nd Half: 13-27 48.1% Game: 54.5% 7
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HOME TEAM: Westminster 1-3
TOT-FG 3-PT REBOUNDS
## Player Name FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF TP A TO BLK S MIN
02 Nick DiNatale....... * 2-5 2-5 0-0 0 1 1 4 6 2 0 0 2 20
12 Ryan Ricketts....... * 1-4 0-1 1-4 3 1 4 3 3 2 1 0 3 23
22 Mark DeMonaco....... * 9-25 3-16 6-8 1 1 2 1 27 5 6 0 4 24
24 Brian Fadden........ * 3-5 1-1 0-1 2 0 2 3 7 5 4 0 1 18
42 Steve Bielich....... * 7-11 2-3 1-1 2 2 4 5 17 2 0 1 1 20
03 Brian Urso.......... 6-14 3-7 1-1 2 4 6 3 16 0 2 0 5 17
05 Bobby Preston....... 1-2 1-2 0-0 1 1 2 1 3 1 0 0 0 7
10 Chauncey Whitlow.... 1-7 1-5 2-4 2 3 5 4 5 0 4 1 0 14
14 David Richards...... 2-2 1-1 3-4 0 0 0 3 8 1 3 0 3 8
20 Craig Hannon........ 7-22 6-19 0-0 2 1 3 3 20 3 2 0 0 20
33 Nick Adams.......... 1-1 1-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 2
34 C.J. Confer......... 1-3 0-1 0-0 1 2 3 0 2 2 0 0 1 14
44 Jake Zatchok........ 1-3 0-0 1-1 3 3 6 3 3 3 1 1 0 13
TEAM................ 4 4 8
Totals.............. 42-104 21-62 15-24 23 23 46 33 120 26 23 3 20 200
TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 22-51 43.1% 2nd Half: 20-53 37.7% Game: 40.4% DEADB
3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 12-31 38.7% 2nd Half: 9-31 29.0% Game: 33.9% REBS
F Throw % 1st Half: 1-2 50.0% 2nd Half: 14-22 63.6% Game: 62.5% 6
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Officials: Tony Court, LJ Frisina, Carlo Fachehi
Technical fouls: Case Western Reserve-Bradford, Brandon.
Westminster-Chauncey Whitlow.
Attendance: 293
Score by Periods 1st 2nd Total
Case Western Reserve.......... 61 74 - 135
Westminster................... 57 63 - 120
Points in the paint-CASE 90,WES 38. Points off turnovers-CASE 28,WES 43.
2nd chance points-CASE 20,WES 27. Fast break points-CASE 0,WES 0.
Bench points-CASE 54,WES 60. Score tied-8 times. Lead changed-10 times.
Last FG-CASE 2nd-00:29, WES 2nd-00:03.
Largest lead-CASE by 25 2nd-02:19, WES by 5 1st-10:57.