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Young lifts Drake over Southern Illinois 63-61
Posted: 03.04.2010 at 11:28 PM
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(AP) -- Josh Young hit a 10-footer with 1 second left
to give Drake a 63-61 victory over Southern Illinois in a
first-round matchup at the Missouri Valley Conference tournament.
Ryan Wedel scored 19 points to pace the eighth-seeded Bulldogs
(14-18), who will face top-seeed Northern Iowa (25-4) in a
quarterfinal Friday. Young had 14 points, and Craig Stanley and
Adam Templeton added 11 apiece.
Carlton Fay led the ninth-seeded Salukis (15-15) with 14 points.
John Freeman scored 12, and Gene Teague had 10 points and 10
rebounds.
The teams were separated by no more than two points for the
final 4:54. Teague tied it 61-61 with 34 seconds left before Young
hit the winner.
The Bulldogs' big advantage came from 3-point range. They made
10 of 25 (40.0 percent) to 1 of 9 (11.1 percent) for the Salukis.
Drake beat Southern Illinois for the third time this season.
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