TJ Sims
Kevin Krows/Millikin University
72
Winner North Park NPU 14-8,5-6
66
Millikin MILLIKIN 8-14,3-8
Winner
North Park NPU
14-8,5-6
72
Final
66
Millikin MILLIKIN
8-14,3-8
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
North Park NPU 37 35 72
Millikin MILLIKIN 35 31 66

Game Recap: Men's Basketball |

Big Blue Men’s Basketball Loses to North Park

          The Millikin men's basketball team dropped a home contest to North Park University 72-66 on Feb. 7 in the Griswold Center in Decatur, Illinois.
          Millikin lead for most of the first half before the Vikings rallied and took a 37-35 advantage into the halftime locker room.  Millikin could never take the lead in the second half tying the contest several times, but the Vikings always answered back.  A Tommy Pilackas basket pulled Millikin to within one at 65-64 with 1:25 left to play.  Michael Hutchinson would answer for the Vikings pushing the lead back to 67-64.  Two TJ Sims free throws again made it a one point game with 47 seconds.  A basket and one free throw by Jordan Robinson with 26 seconds left sealed the win for North Park.
          North Park shot 46 percent from the field with Millikin shooting 43 percent.  North Park made 6-15 from three point range while Millikin struggled connecting on two of 13.  Millikin had the edge in rebounding 37-35. 
          Millikin had five players score in double figures led by Sims with 18.  Pilackas and Zach Long each had 11 points.  TJ Griffin and Nathan Biggs each scored 10.  Long and Bryn Agnew tied for the team high in rebounds with six.
          North Park's Juwan Henry led all scorers with 21.  Robinson finished with 17.
          Millikin is now 8-14, 3-8 while North Park improves to 14-8, 5-6.
 
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