Men's Basketball Suffers Road Loss Against Iowa Wesleyan, 83-70

MOUNT PLEASANT, Iowa.— The Fontbonne University men's basketball team were unable to overcome its 14-point halftime deficit as the Griffins fell 83-70 against Iowa Wesleyan.

Final: Iowa Wesleyan 83, Fontbonne 70

How It Happened

The two teams met-up at 15-15 on Anthony Jones back-to-back made buckets with 11:40 remaining. The Tigers went on to regain the lead and expanded it out to 33-23 with 4:42 left on Sy Sanchez's made layup.

IWU went on to outscore Fontbonne 12-8 the rest of the way to lead 45-31 at the break. Fontbonne shot 42.9 percent from the floor in the first but went 0-of-11 from downtown and 1-of-4 from the free throw line. The Tigers connected on 53.3 percent of its shots and went 7-of-16 from beyond-the-arc.

In the second half, the Griffins trailed 59-45 with 12:45 left. Then, the Griffins went on an 11-0 run over the next two minutes and eight seconds with Anthony Jones' layup putting them down by three (59-56).

With 8:23 left, Caden Clark made his layup to trim the deficit down to 64-60. After a timeout, the Tigers went on a 10-1 run over the next six minutes to get the advantage back out to 13. That proved to be enough with the Tigers making the necessary free throws to secure the win.

Head-to-Head

• Fontbonne shot 44.9 percent from the floor but struggled from the 3-point arc (11.8 percent) and the free throw line (46.2 percent).
• Iowa Wesleyan shot 48.1 percent from the field and made 10 3-pointers.
• The team also went 21-of-29 (72.4 percent) from the free throw line.
• IWU controlled the glass with a 46-26 advantage.
• Fontbonne forced 21 IWU turnovers and dominated the paint scoring 52 points.

Fontbonne Leaders

• Anthony Jones led with a team-high 18 points on 8-of-18 shooting.
• Caden Clark finished with 16 points on 6-of-9 shooting.
• Noah Coddington, Gus Kleekamp, and Carter Collins added eight points each.

Up Next

The Griffins return to action on the road Tuesday when they'll take on Eureka. Tip-off at 7:30 p.m.

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