Calvin Fisher
Kevin Krows/Millikin University
51
Millikin MIL-U 1-1,0-0 CCIW
52
Winner WashU WU 1-0,0-0 UAA
Millikin MIL-U
1-1,0-0 CCIW
51
Final
52
WashU WU
1-0,0-0 UAA
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
Millikin MIL-U 25 26 51
WashU WU 26 26 52

Game Recap: Men's Basketball |

Big Blue Men’s Basketball Falls on Last Second Shot

The Millikin men's basketball team's upset bid at 18th ranked Washington University-St. Louis fell one point short losing 52-51 on November 10 in St. Louis.
 
The Bears Jack Nolan hit a three-point shot with one second remaining to complete WashU's comeback win.
 
Millikin lead 47-42 with three minutes left in the game before the Bears scored five straight to tie the game. A pair of DeMarcus Bond free throws with 42 seconds remaining put the Big Blue up 49-47. Nolan hit a layup with 26 seconds left to tie the game at 49-49. Millikin's Calvin Fisher put Millikin up 51-49 with seven seconds left in the game.
 
Washington University-St. Louis led 26-25 at halftime but rallied and took a 37-30 lead with 14 minutes left in the game. The game was a back-and-forth contest for much of the second half with Millikin up by eight with 4:38 left to play.
 
Millikin shot 40 percent (20-50) from the field and were 7-19 from three-point range. The Bears were 16-49 (33 percent) from the field, but outscored Millikin at the free throw line 16 (16-22) to 4 (4-6). Millikin won the rebounding battle 34-28.
 
Fisher led Millikin with 14 points followed by Jake Hampton with 11 and Bond with 10.
 
Nolan led the Bears with 26 points.
 
Millikin is now 1-1 on the season. It was the opening game of the year for WashU.
 
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