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CSU Falls in the WAC Tournament

Box Score LAS VEGAS, NV-  Chicago State Cougars took on the Redhawks of Seattle University in the opening round of the Western Athletic Conference Tournament and fell short 49 to 45 in a hard battle game. 

The Cougars and Redhawks played neck to neck the whole game. The Cougars scored 11 unanswered points early in the first half and that extended the lead 17-4 with help of couple of three's by Jawad Adekoya (Tinley Park, IL/Victor J. Andrew High School) and Anthony Glover (Toledo, OH/St. John's Jesuit). The Redhawks cut the lead to nine with the help of the great free throw shooting of Adekoya, the Cougars had their biggest lead of the night, 27-13. This lead did not fear the Redhawks has they took advantage of the turnovers by the Cougars and crawled back with eight straight free throws by Isiah Umipig that kept the Redhawks within the game and only down 33-23 at half. 

The Cougars was held to only 12 points and shoot 20.8 percent on the floor the second half.  The Redhawks continued to take advantage of the turnovers of the Cougars and scored 15 points off them. 

Adekoya scored 14 of his team-high 17 points in the first half, while Sean Hill (Chicago, IL/Harlan Community Academy High School) finished with nine points, six rebounds, three assists, and two steals.
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Players Mentioned

Sean Hill

#0 Sean Hill

G
6' 2"
Senior
Anthony Glover

#2 Anthony Glover

G
6' 2"
Freshman
Jawad Adekoya

#33 Jawad Adekoya

G/F
6' 6"
Junior

Players Mentioned

Sean Hill

#0 Sean Hill

6' 2"
Senior
G
Anthony Glover

#2 Anthony Glover

6' 2"
Freshman
G
Jawad Adekoya

#33 Jawad Adekoya

6' 6"
Junior
G/F