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The New Conference Schedule
With the addition of Spring Arbor to the MCC, there had to be changes in the Conference game schedule. While MCC Conference games had been played in January and February the past several years, an odd number of teams and a new 16 MCC Conference game schedule (along with standing commitments), caused MCC Conference games to start before Thanksgiving. There were two Conference games in November, two in December, seven in January, and five in February.
MCC Conference Game Summaries
Indiana Wesleyan: The MCC season started off with a
solid 70-63 win. Kyle Ganton (photo at right) had 21 points, hitting on 8 of 12 (including 3 of 3 from long range); Alex Kock scored 16 points and grabbed 8 boards; Steve Snider had 12 points; Jared Yoder had 11 points.
St. Francis: One week and three games later, the Foresters buried the Cougars with treys in an 85-69 win. Alex |
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Kock scored 27 points, shooting 10 of 12 from the field (and 5 of 7 beyond the arc). Jared Yoder had another 16 points (hitting 4 of 5 from long-range); Kyle Ganton got 14 points (1 three-pointer); while Steve Snider had a strong 12 points and 9 rebounds.
Taylor: Four days later, the Trojans came to town and HC struggled to win 53-48. Shooting poorly and being out-rebounded 35-26, they compensated with 12 steals and 22 forced Taylor turnovers. Jared Yoder hit 4 treys for 12 points; Steve Snider scored 12; Doug Sheckler had 11 points and 5 steals; Kyle Ganton had 10 points.
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Grace: Next, the Foresters went to Winona Lake for the first Columbia City alumni reunion. HC won it 75-66, led by freshman Doug Sheckler (photo at left) with a career-high 29 points. In his first game back (after recovering from a broken nose and level 2 concussion in the Nov. 16 Indiana Tech game), Doug |
was 9 of 14 from the field, including 3 three-pointers, and a perfect 8 of 8 at the line. Alex Kock scored 16
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points and Kyle Ganton added 11 points. Alex and Doug both had 5 rebounds; Chase Verba had 5 assists.
Marian: The fifth MCC game was almost a month later when Huntington went to Indianapolis and suffered a
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disheartening 67-79 loss. The Foresters could never get it going that night after learning, just before the game, that Jared Yoder would not be able to play.
Alex Kock and Kyle Ganton both had 12 points; Doug Sheckler scored 11; while Trent Shively (photo at left) scored 4 points and grabbed 1 rebound in just 3 minutes on the court.
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