No. 8 Men's Hoops moves into WHAC Finals

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GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. – In their second meeting in the last 10 days, the result was almost identical as No. 8 Cornerstone took down No. 15 Indiana Tech 90-65 to move into Monday night's WHAC Tournament championship game. The win is the 12th straight for the Golden Eagles as they improve to 26-5 on the year. CU will head to No. 3 Davenport on Monday for the WHAC Tournament championship game at 7 p.m.

Game Flow
Cornerstone defeated Indiana Tech 95-73 just 10 days ago and today started just like that one finished as CU raced out to a 7-0 lead thanks to five quick points from Ben Lanning (SR/Grandville, Mich.). After a Warrior timeout, the visitors responded with seven of their own to knot the game at 7-7. A three-pointer on the next possession from Michael McLaughlin (JR/Grand Rapids, Mich.) then ignited a 12-2 spurt and the remainder of the half was all CU as they increased the margin to 49-25 at the break.

Indiana Tech came out firing in the second half and cut the lead down to just 18 after a 7-0 run of their own but that would be as close as they would get thanks to the strong all-around play of many different CU players. Sam Vander Sluis (FR/Holland, Mich.) finished his best game in a Golden Eagle uniform with his first career double-double of 14 points and 10 rebounds.

Say What?
"We played a much more focused game today compared to Wednesday in the first round and now we get another matchup against Davenport." Head coach Kim Elders

By the Numbers
4 – Double-figure scorers for Cornerstone led by 19 from Michael McLaughlin
46 – Identical amount of rebounds between the two teams
14/10 – Sam Vander Sluis came off the bench to post a double-double
18 – Assists for CU – led by five from Travis Wells (SR/Eaton Rapids, Mich.)
.143 – CU limited the Warriors to just 3/21 from behind the arc

Up Next
Cornerstone moves into their 18th all-time WHAC Tournament Championship game as they will face the top-seeded Panthers of Davenport at 7 p.m. at DU on Monday, February 29.

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