FORT WAYNE, Ind. – The No. 23-ranked Indiana Tech men's basketball team fell to Lourdes University, 65-64, on Saturday afternoon in its Wolverine-Hoosier Athletic Conference (WHAC) opener inside the Schaefer Center.
Josh Kline had 13 points, nine rebounds and two assists to lead the Warriors while
Jeremy Luciani had 11 points off the bench.
Cory McKinney had 10 points, six rebounds and three assists while
Mitch Morken had the same line minus one assist.
The game was a back-and-forth affair with neither side able to extend a lead into double digits and featured eight ties and 11 lead changes. Following a three pointer from
Max Huber to open the game for the Warriors, Lourdes went on a 7-2 run to take the upper hand in the first five minutes of the game. With the score all knotted up at 18-all at the 6:25 mark in the opening half, Tech went on a 12-6 run to go up 30-24 and held their six-point lead at the half as they led 33-27.
The Gray Wolves open the second half on an 8-0 run to retake the lead at 35-33 while the Warriors went on a 5:22 scoring drought as well. A three pointer from Clif Snow, who finished with a game-high 28 points, gave the visitors their largest lead of the game at 44-37 with 13:35 to play.
Dilyn Good responded with a triple of his own though to spark a 12-5 that tied the game up at 49 with 9:23 to play.
Lourdes appeared poised to have control of the game down the stretch as they restored their lead to six points at 64-58 with 2:41 on the clock, but triples from Luciani and McKinney and a two-minute scoring drought from the visitors allowed Tech to tie the game up at 64 with 32 seconds to play. Snow came up with the offensive rebound off his own miss from long range and hit the back end of a trip to the free throw line with 2.3 seconds while a game-winning triple from McKinney bounced off the rim as the final horn sounded to give Lourdes the one-point win.
Tech (1-5, 0-1 WHAC) returns to action on Wednesday, November 20 as they head to Rochester University. Tip-off is set for 8 p.m. from Garth Pleasant Arena.
