Men's Basketball Wins Its Third In A Row Against Westminster

FULTON, Mo.—The Fontbonne University men's basketball team extended its winning streak out to three on Wednesday after coming away with the 95-90 win over Westminster. It marks the first time the Griffins have defeated the Blue Jays since 2016.

Final: Fontbonne 95, Westminster 90

Location: Fulton, Mo.

Records: Fontbonne (7-7; 5-2 SLIAC), Westminster (5-8; 4-3 SLIAC)

How It Happened

In the first half, the Blue Jays opened with a 23-16 lead at the 12:32 mark on Jaxon Althaus' 3-pointer. The Griffins answered with a 7-0 run as Jalen Wadlington's layup tied the game up at 23-23 in less than three minutes time.

From there, the two teams went back-and-forth but a bucket from Jared Woodcock with 3:16 remaining had the Griffins out in front, 38-37. The team held that marginal lead the rest of the way and went into the locker room on top, 40-38.

The Griffins shot 45.0 percent from the floor in the first and were paced by Woodcock's game-high 13 points off the bench. Jones added 11. The Blue Jays shot 34.2 percent and were outrebounded on the glass by Fontbonne, 24-17.

In the second half, the two teams trading buckets continued but at 10:02 the Griffins led 62-61 on Cody McKinney's layup. At 7:19, the Blue Jays got a bucket from Omar Wright to trail 68-67, however, the Griffins went on a 9-0 run over the next three minutes as Woodcock's tip-in basket made it 77-67.

It was all Fontbonne the rest of the way with the team connecting on 9-of-11 of its free throw attempts to go on for the five-point win.

Inside The Numbers

• The Griffins finished with a 44.4 field goal percentage.
• The team dominated owning a 54-32 advantage.
• Westminster shot 37.7 percent from the floor and connected on 15 3-pointers.

Fontbonne Leaders

• Anthony Jones had another strong game going 7-of-15 to finish with 23 points and eight rebounds.
• Jared Woodcock tied his season-high with 21 points and registered his first double-double on the year tying his career-high with 11 boards.
• Caden Clark also earned his first collegiate double-double with 14 points and a career-high 11 rebounds.
• Noah Coddington finished with 10 points.
• All nine Griffins that appeared in the game registered at least two points.

Westminster Leaders

• Jaxon Althaus posted a team-high 21 points on 8-of-18 shooting.
• Ethan Thompson contributed 20 points and hit five 3-pointers.
• Emil Spriggs and Makygh Galbreath contributed 16 and 10 points, respectively.

Up Next

The Griffins are back in action this Saturday when they'll head up north to take on Iowa Wesleyan. Tip-off at 3 p.m.

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