The Cougars could hit just one of their first 13 shots as Clarke would build a 17-2 lead. Concordia would "improve" only slightly to 5-23 by the half and, proving definitively that it was not the home team's day, a 3/4 court shot by Concordia's David Mikrut that swished was ruled to have come after time had expired, and the home team went to the locker room, trailing 33-13.
Concordia drew within 16 points in the first three minutes of the second half before Clarke scored 10 unanswered points, triggering the emptying of both teams' benches.
DeMonte Bynum paced four Crusaders in double figures with 15 points. Andy Fitzsimons hit 5-6 from the field on his way to 13 points. Grant Cirks scored 12 and pulled down a game-high nine rebounds, and Sam Murley finished with 11. Concordia was led by Mikrut's 12 points.
Newspaper Box Score Clarke College vs Concordia (IL) University 01/14/06 5p at River Forest, IL - Geiseman Gymnasium At River Forest, IL - Geiseman Gymnasium CLARKE COLLEGE 72, CONCORDIA (IL) UNIVERSITY 43 CLARKE COLLEGE (7-8, 1-0 NIIC) BYNUM, DeMonte 5-12 2-2 15; FITZSIMONS, Andy 5-6 2-3 13; CIRKS, Grant 4-6 3-4 12; MURLEY, Sam 5-9 0-0 11; HEAVENS, John 3-3 0-0 6; RUSSELL, Demarvis 2-7 0-0 5; KILBURG, Chris 1-2 3-4 5; HARRIS, Brian 1-2 0-0 3; SEIDL, Jamie 1-1 0-0 2; RODENBERG, Anthony 0-0 0-0 0; PATTERSON, Devin 0-0 0-0 0; OKPALAEZE, Michael 0-1 0-0 0; THOMPSON, D.J. 0-1 0-0 0; KELLY, Pat 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 27-51 10-13 72. CONCORDIA (IL) UNIVERSITY (6-8, 1-1 NIIC) MIKRUT, David 5-12 0-0 12; WARD, Ryan 2-6 0-0 5; BELL, Lafeyette 1-9 2-2 5; WLEKLINSKI, Kas 2-2 0-0 5; SPEAKS, Jacob 1-1 0-0 3; YOUNG, Ryan 1-7 0-0 3; SPARLIN, Jake 0-0 3-4 3; GRAY, Justin 1-5 0-0 2; STENNIS, Mark 0-1 2-2 2; SMITH, Bobby 1-4 0-0 2; WOOD, Jim 0-0 1-2 1; MASTERSON, John 0-1 0-1 0; COOK, Shawn 0-0 0-0 0; GANEK, Bryan 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 14-49 8-11 43. Clarke College................ 33 39 - 72 Concordia (IL) University..... 13 30 - 43 3-point goals-Clarke College 8-19 (BYNUM, DeMonte 3-8; RUSSELL, Demarvis 1-5; FITZSIMONS, Andy 1-1; MURLEY, Sam 1-3; HARRIS, Brian 1-1; CIRKS, Grant 1-1), Concordia (IL) University 7-25 (MIKRUT, David 2-6; YOUNG, Ryan 1-6; SPEAKS, Jacob 1-1; WLEKLINSKI, Kas 1-1; BELL, Lafeyette 1-6; WARD, Ryan 1-3; MASTERSON, John 0-1; GANEK, Bryan 0-1). Fouled out--Clarke College-None, Concordia (IL) University-YOUNG, Ryan. Rebounds-Clarke College 38 (CIRKS, Grant 9), Concordia (IL) University 26 (WLEKLINSKI, Kas 4; SMITH, Bobby 4). Assists-Clarke College 15 (BYNUM, DeMonte 4), Concordia (IL) University 8 (WARD, Ryan 2; GANEK, Bryan 2). Total fouls-Clarke College 16, Concordia (IL) University 12. A-300