ROCHESTER HILLS, Mich. - Cornerstone claimed at least a share of its 10
th regular season WHAC Championship thanks to a tough 74-72 road win at Rochester on Saturday afternoon. The win is the sixth in a row for the Golden Eagles as they improve to 25-3 overall and 17-1 in the conference. CU will remain on the road for their next contest when they face No. RV UM-Dearborn on Wednesday, February 14 at 7:30 p.m.
Game Flow
The first half of conference play saw the Rochester College Warriors give Cornerstone their toughest battle and Saturday was no different as RC built an early lead and maintained it throughout the first 10 minutes. That lead grew to as many as seven (30-23) until things started to gel for the Golden Eagles. Inside play from
Sam Vander Sluis and steady point guard play from
Christian Rodriguez allowed CU to close the half on a 19-5 run to lead 42-35.
That momentum carried into the second and CU quickly went up by nine at 44-35 and had that lead a couple times in the next 10-12 minutes. But Rochester got hot from behind the arc and slowly cut into the Cornerstone lead but after RC cut it to 64-63 with just under four minutes to play,
Michael Bradshaw hit a big triple to put the lead back up to four. The Warriors would not go away however as some missed FT's down the stretch by the Golden Eagles gave the home team one last chance with 6.1 second left but a turnover at half court allowed CU to escape with the 2-point win.
Say What?
"Rochester battled us tough again today. They are a really good team that we don't match up very strong with but our guys played tough in a hard place to play" – Head coach
Kim Elders
By the Numbers
27/20 –
Sam Vander Sluis continued his double-double dominance (18
th of season in 27 games) – had 4 assists and 5 blocks as well
11/5/3 –
Christian Rodriguez has 11 points, five assists and three steals in the win
17 – Points for
Kyle Steigenga – including 10 made free-throws
.595 – CU struggled from the FT line
.250 – Cornerstone made just 6/24 from behind the arc
Up Next
Cornerstone will have one more regular season road game as they face UM-Dearborn on Wednesday at 7:30 p.m.
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