Men's Basketball suffers two losses in Holiday Inn Express West Tournament

Bloomington, Ill. - Fontbonne University men's basketball played in Illinois Wesleyan's Holiday Inn Express West Tip-Off Classic this weekend along with Rose-Hulman and Wilmington College. Fontbonne was scheduled to take on Rose-Hulman first on Saturday. Rose-Hulman handed Fontbonne their second loss of the season by a score of 81-61. Fontbonne then competed against Wilmington on Sunday as the Ohio team fell to host Illinois Wesleyan the previous night. Wilmington defeated the Griffins 72-64 in a heated battle

Rose-Hulman - Rose-Hulman got out to a quick 10-2 lead and kept Fontbonne from double-digit scoring until the 8:16 remained in the first half. On the evening, the Griffins struggled from three-point range making just one of nine attempts, but connected on 18 of 21 free-throws. Jared Greenlee led Fontbonne with eight points and six rebounds. Off the bench, Bryce Zimmerman tallied 11 points and Tyler Williams 10.

Wilmington - A back-and-forth contest came down to the wire as Fontbonne trailed by just two points with 2:50 left to play but Wilmington closed out the game with a tip-in and four free throws.

Fontbonne out-rebounded Wilmington 46-28 but struggled shooting from long-range, connecting on two of 18 three-point attempts. Richard Dorhauer reigned in 12 rebounds and scored 8 points to lead Fontbonne. Forwards Ben Kissing (11 points, 6 rebounds, 3 assists) and Greenlee (13 points, 3 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 blocks) along with freshman guard Trey Watkins were key players for the Griffins. Watkins recorded nine points and seven rebounds.

Fontbonne hosts Augustana this Tuesday at 7 p.m. followed by Concordia of Chicago Saturday, November 28th at 3 p.m.