Box Score CHICAGO, IL - After the Cougars (4-16; 0-3 WAC) went on a 17-point rally in the second half to go ahead by 10 points, the Redhawks (10-8, 3-1 WAC) chipped away at the lead and earned a 75-67 victory Thursday night in a Western Athletic Conference men's basketball game at the Jones Convocation Center.
Down 40-29 with four minutes left in the first half, Chicago State worked its way back into the game, scoring 17 unanswered points over the span of six-and-a-half minutes to pull ahead, 59-49, with 11:26 remaining in the second half. Seattle U went on a run themselves to close to within four at 67-63 with five minutes to go.
Seattle U went 6-for-8 from the free throw line over the final two minutes to expand its lead as Chicago State missed its final nine field goal attempts of the game.
Chicago State (4-16, 0-3 WAC) was led by
Joshua Meier (Justice, IL/Harold L. Richards High School), who notched a double-double with 20 points and 10 rebounds, and
Sean Hill (Chicago, IL/Harlan Community Academy High School), who hit four three-pointers as he finished with 14 points and five assists.
The Men's team remains at home for their next game facing Cal State Bakersfield on Saturday January 24
th at 2PM. The game will be broadcasted via radio on
WVON AM 1690 and via webstream on the
WAC DIGITAL NETWORK.
