DULUTH, Minn. – The East Central University men's basketball team finished its last game at the American Family Insurance Classic, falling to host Minnesota Duluth, 92-84.

Scoring

• 1^st Half: 43-46
  • The teams traded shots in the first three minutes, for a 6-6 tie
  • The Bulldogs (2-0) then used a 5-0 run in the next minute to take the advantage
  • The Tigers (0-2) kept the deficit between 3-5 points for the next 2:30 minutes
  • UMD then started a 6-0 run, over a 30 second span, to push the lead to nine (14-23)
  • ECU kept the disadvantage between 3-9 the rest of the stanza
    • Used a 3-0 run in the final 30 seconds to cut it to three
• 2^nd Half: 41-46 (84-92)
  • The Tigers hit the first shot of the half to knot the game at 46, eight seconds in
  • After a 48-48 tie, the Bulldogs used a 4-0 run over a 1:30 period to regain the advantage
  • Over the next five minutes, UMD slowly built the lead to 14 (69-55)
  • The Bulldogs kept the lead between 8-16 points the rest of the game
  • ECU went on a 6-0 run in the final 30 seconds, but could not get closer than 8

Tiger Quick Shots

• Both teams had strong nights shooting, with three-point shots becoming the difference
  • FG Pct.: ECU - .516 (33-of-64) / UMD - .593 (32-of-54)
  • 3PT FG Pct.: ECU - .348 (8-of-23) / UMD - .458 (11-of-24)
  • FT Pct.: ECU - .909 (10-of-11) / UMD - .654 (17-of-26)
• The Bulldogs also held a 36-20 advantage on the boards
• Sr. Romello Wilbert led a group of four players with double-digits in the scoring column
  • Career high 20 points and 4 steals
  • 20 pts., 5 reb., 6 assists, 4 steals, .769 (10-of-13) FG%
• RSr. Josh Apple: 19 pts., 4 reb., 2 assists, 1 steal, .500 (7-of-14) FG%, 1.000 (4-of-4) FT%
• Fr. AJ Ferguson, Jr. – 18 pts., 3 reb., 3 assists, 1 block, 2 steals, .778 (7-of-9) FG%, .750 (3-of-4) 3PT FG%
• RFr. Brennan Burns: 12 pts., 1 reb., 3 assists, 4 steals
  • Career high for steals
• All but one of the nine players that saw action recorded a rebound and two didn't score
• Six of the nine recorded an assist and five netted a steal

Up Next

• The Tigers will wrap up a three-game road trip to start the 2021-22 season next week
  • Wednesday, Nov. 17 at Dallas Baptist – 7 p.m.
• ECU will then play its next two games at the Kerr Activities Center
  • Monday, Nov. 22 vs. Arkansas Baptist – 6 p.m.
  • Saturday, Nov. 27 vs. Rogers State – 3 p.m.