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123
Winner Illinois Wesleyan IWU 5-0
104
Rhodes RHODES 3-2
Winner
Illinois Wesleyan IWU
5-0
123
Final
104
Rhodes RHODES
3-2
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
Illinois Wesleyan IWU 67 56 123
Rhodes RHODES 50 54 104

Game Recap: Men's Basketball |

Rhodes suffers loss to undefeated Illinois Wesleyan to wrap up Thanksgiving Classic

MEMPHIS - Illinois Wesleyan took advantage of Rhodes' early foul trouble in a chippy game. The Titans won 123-107 as they improve to 5-0 on the year and Rhodes falls to 3-2.  

For Rhodes, Nick De Feria and Mitch Weatherford both accumulated three fouls with 5:25 left to play in the first half, just as Ian Harrison became injured and sat out the rest of the half as well. IWU led 41-35 before adding 11 straight points to open the gap, ultimately leading 67-50 at halftime and leading by as many as 20 points. 

IWU would hold a double-digit lead for the entire second half, with Rhodes limiting that to 10 points (100-90) with over eight minutes left in the game. 

With 11:22 to play in the game, De Feria and Bryce Berry both received their fourth fouls for the Lynx with Weatherford tallying his a minute later. Adding to Rhodes' depth issues was an injury on Daniel Darst who came out of the game with 7:15 left. He returned for a brief minute later. 

In the game, IWU had two players with 20 or more points in the game. Colin Bennett's 22 came on 10-of-11 free throws while Brady Rose held the game-high 24 points on nine field goals and five free throws. 

For Rhodes, Weatherford and Anesu Nyawata tallied five assists each. Nyawata's 17 points was the high for the Lynx. Darst finished with 15 points, Vaughn Samson 11 points and Weatherford 10 points. Preston Giroux led in rebounding with six boards. 

A total of 56 fouls were committed in a game which lasted two hours and 15 minutes and saw 77 free throw attempts. 

Rhodes will travel to Texas this weekend for games at Austin College on Saturday and the University of Texas at Tyler Sunday. The Lynx only host action in Memphis again for their Holiday Classic December 18-19. 





 
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