Cole Laurence
Aubrey Staton
55
Millikin MIL-U 4-1,0-0 CCIW
71
Winner WashU WU 3-1,0-0 UAA
Millikin MIL-U
4-1,0-0 CCIW
55
Final
71
WashU WU
3-1,0-0 UAA
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
Millikin MIL-U 27 28 55
WashU WU 36 35 71

Game Recap: Men's Basketball |

Millikin Men’s Basketball Suffers First Loss of Season

After starting the season with four straight wins, the Millikin men's basketball team suffered its first loss of the year falling at Washington University-St. Louis 71-55 on November 22.
 
Millikin jumped out to an early 2-0, but after that Washington University-St. Louis would take the lead and hold it for the entire game. The Bears lead 36-27 at halftime. The Big Blue made a couple of runs in the second half, but the Bears answered every Millikin rally. The Big Blue cut the lead to 48-45 with 7:38 to play but could never get any closer.
 
Millikin shot 21-45 (47 percent) from the field and made 6-13 (46 percent) from beyond the three-point arc. The Big Blue struggled at the free throw line making 7-13. WashU shot 24-56 (43 percent) from the field and made 5-19 from three-point range. The Bears won the rebounding battle 34-26.
 
JT Welch led Millikin with 18 points followed by Cole Laurence with 10 points. Fraizer Ott had a team high five rebounds with eight points.
 
Charlie Jacobs led WashU with 16 points.
 
Millikin is now 4-1 and will host Lake Forest College on Saturday, November 26 at 4 p.m. at the Griswold Center. WashU improves to 3-1 on the season.
 
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