Game one boxscore - CWU vs. UCCS
Game two boxscore - NNU vs. CSM

NAMPA, Idaho - Exactly one week after the Northwest Nazarene University men's basketball team handed Colorado School of Mines their only defeat of the season, the Orediggers avenged the loss, defeating the Crusaders 77-72 in the second game of the Shilo Inn & Suites Classic, hosted by NNU at the Johnson Sports Center in Nampa.

 

Trading home losses to each other, the Crusaders fall to 4-2 overall, while the Orediggers improve to 4-1.  Both teams will play on Saturday as CSM will face Central Washington University at 3:30 p.m., while NNU will battle UC-Colorado Springs at 6:00 p.m.  Central Washington defeated UCCS 93-74 in the opening game of the classic-formatted tournament.

 

Dale Minschwaner led the Orediggers with the games only double-double, scoring 19 and grabbing 10 rebounds.  CSM out-rebounded the Crusaders 44-31 and held NNU to 41-percent (25-61) shooting from the floor.  Kyle Pape added 17 points and five rebounds as the visitors shot 48.5-percent (31-61) from the field and were 10-of-13 from the free throw line.

 

Kendall Gielow scored a game-high 20 to lead NNU with Louie Beech adding 14 and Tyler Roberts netting 10.  Uncharacteristically, NNU shot just 65.4-percent from the free throw line at 17-for-26.  NNU has led the NCAA Division II in team free throw shooting for much of the past two seasons.

 

NNU racked-up a 15-to-6 assist-to-turnover ratio, but the deficit on the glass was too much to overcome.

 

Central Wins Shilo Inn Opener

NAMPA, Idaho - Matt Penoncello and Jake Beitinger each scored 16 points to lead five players in double figures as Central Washington defeated Colorado - Colorado Springs 93-74 Friday in the opening game of the Shilo Inn Classic at Nampa.

CWU never trailed by more than one point in the contest facing that deficit three times including 38-37 with 58 seconds left in the first half.

Guard Jon Clift then put the Wildcats ahead for good making four free throws in the final minute. CWU then scored the first six points of the second half - four by Beitinger and two by Penoncello - to take command.

The Wildcats led by double digits for most of the rest of the game, including the final 13:45.

Joining Penoncello and Beitinger in double figures for the Wildcats were Brandon Foote with 15 points and Clift and Colton Monti with 12 each.

Central shot 54.8 percent in the second half (17 of 31), including five of nine on three-pointers (and 51.6 percent for the game on 32 of 62) to pull away for its third win in four contests.

Central also outrebounded Colorado Springs 36-28 - Penoncello had seven - and had six fewer turnovers (18-24) handing the Rocky Mountain Athleti Conference team its sixth straight loss. UCCS was led by Nick Weaver with 17 points.

Newspaper Box Score - GAME TWO
Colorado Mines vs Northwest Nazarene
12/5/08 7:30pm at Nampa,Idaho
At Nampa,Idaho
COLORADO MINES 77, NORTHWEST NAZARENE 72
COLORADO MINES (4-1)
Dale Minschwaner 8-13 3-4 19; Kyle Pape 6-12 4-4 17; Levi Hamilton 4-5 0-0
9; Casey O'Hayre 4-4 0-0 9; Jacob Case 3-9 0-0 8; Alex Rennemann 3-3 0-0 6;
Grant Gunhus 2-9 1-2 5; Gordon Galloway 1-6 2-3 4; Sean Armstrong 0-0 0-0 0.
Totals 31-61 10-13 77.
NORTHWEST NAZARENE (4-2)
Gielow,Kendall 7-14 6-8 20; Beech,Louie 4-7 5-6 14; Roberts,Tyler 3-7 2-4
10; Barkdoll,Brian 4-9 1-3 9; Golden,Anthony 3-8 0-0 6; Helpenstell,Scott
2-5 1-3 5; Ryman,Joel 1-4 0-0 3; Shildmyer,Adam 1-2 0-0 3; Lippman,Robert
0-2 2-2 2; Mgebroff,Matt 0-3 0-0 0; Burk,Tippy 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 25-61 17-26
72.
Colorado Mines................   39   38  -   77
Northwest Nazarene............   35   37  -   72
3-point goals-Colorado Mines 5-19 (Jacob Case 2-7; Casey O'Hayre 1-1; Levi
Hamilton 1-1; Kyle Pape 1-4; Gordon Galloway 0-1; Grant Gunhus 0-4; Dale
Minschwaner 0-1), Northwest Nazarene 5-14 (Roberts,Tyler 2-4; Shildmyer,Adam
1-1; Ryman,Joel 1-2; Beech,Louie 1-3; Golden,Anthony 0-3; Gielow,Kendall
0-1). Fouled out--Colorado Mines-None, Northwest Nazarene-None.
Rebounds-Colorado Mines 44 (Dale Minschwaner 10), Northwest Nazarene 31
(Gielow,Kendall 7). Assists-Colorado Mines 16 (Casey O'Hayre 5), Northwest
Nazarene 15 (Barkdoll,Brian 6). Total fouls-Colorado Mines 21, Northwest
Nazarene 14. A-691
Game 2 of the Shilo Inn & Suites Classic

 

GAME TWO NEWSPAPER BOXSCORE

Newspaper Box Score
Central Washington vs UC-Colorado Springs
12/5/08 5:15pm at Nampa,Idaho
At Nampa,Idaho
CENTRAL WASHINGTON 93, UC-COLORADO SPRINGS 74
CENTRAL WASHINGTON (3-1)
Penoncello,Matt 7-13 2-4 16; Beitinger,Jake 6-10 4-4 16; Foote,Brandon 5-11
3-4 15; Clift,Jon 2-2 7-8 12; Monti,Colton 4-7 0-0 12; Woods,Giovonne 4-7
0-0 8; Scott,Chris 0-1 4-4 4; Sprinker,Chris 2-5 0-0 4; Sivak,Riley 1-3 2-2
4; Nelson,Ted 1-3 0-0 2; Spevak,Johnny 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 32-62 22-26 93.
UC-COLORADO SPRINGS (0-6)
Nick Weaver 6-14 5-6 17; Frank McCollum 3-9 3-4 11; Chris Fernandez 3-3 2-2
10; Jordan McClung 3-5 2-2 9; Tommy Klausner 4-5 0-0 8; Alex Snyder 3-4 1-2
7; Ben Feilmeier 0-2 4-6 4; Steven Clements 1-2 2-4 4; Scott Sublousky 1-3
0-0 2; Cole Smith 1-6 0-0 2. Totals 25-53 19-26 74.
Central Washington............   41   52  -   93
UC-Colorado Springs...........   38   36  -   74
3-point goals-Central Washington 7-17 (Monti,Colton 4-6; Foote,Brandon 2-4;
Clift,Jon 1-1; Sivak,Riley 0-1; Beitinger,Jake 0-2; Penoncello,Matt 0-3),
UC-Colorado Springs 5-11 (Frank McCollum 2-5; Chris Fernandez 2-2; Jordan
McClung 1-2; Ben Feilmeier 0-1; Nick Weaver 0-1). Fouled out--Central
Washington-None, UC-Colorado Springs-None. Rebounds-Central Washington 36
(Penoncello,Matt 7), UC-Colorado Springs 28 (Frank McCollum 9).
Assists-Central Washington 20 (Beitinger,Jake 5; Spevak,Johnny 5),
UC-Colorado Springs 14 (Jordan McClung 3; Alex Snyder 3; Frank McCollum 3).
Total fouls-Central Washington 23, UC-Colorado Springs 22. A-213
Game 1 of the 2008 NNU Shilo Inn & Suites Classic