{"id":4829,"date":"2017-01-18T08:00:54","date_gmt":"2017-01-18T16:00:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wou.edu\/westernjournal\/?p=4829"},"modified":"2017-01-17T17:47:35","modified_gmt":"2017-01-18T01:47:35","slug":"mens-basketball-fights-hard-conference-play","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/mens-basketball-fights-hard-conference-play\/","title":{"rendered":"Men\u2019s basketball fights hard through conference play"},"content":{"rendered":"
By: Burke De Boer\r\nSports Editor<\/pre>\n
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Men\u2019s basketball split a pair of home games last week: beating Simon Fraser then falling to Western Washington.<\/p>\n
JJ Chirnside broke the Western Oregon school record for blocked shots in a single game, a record that dated back to 1988, by stuffing nine players in the win over Simon Fraser. Chirnside also picked up the most rebounds on the night with seven.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey were a driving team trying to get to the rim,\u201d Chirnside said. \u201cIt was just one of those games where everything was clicking and going the right way.\u201d<\/p>\n
Ali Faruq-Bey continued to tear it up offensively, scoring 20 points against Simon Fraser and 17 against Western Washington. Faruq-Bey is on a four game streak of scoring in the double digits. Only four times in the 16 games played so far has he been held to under 10 points.<\/p>\n
The 85-60 win over Simon Fraser on Jan. 12 had the Wolves in high spirits. But two days later, Western Washington came to town sitting at the top of the conference.<\/p>\n
The Wolves went into halftime with a six point lead. Through the whole first half, Western Oregon executed an effective game-plan, sinking threes and making layups. Tanner Omlid put up 11 points in the first half alone.<\/p>\n
Western Washington regrouped and came out in the second to take the lead for the first time all night. The lead changed frequently in a close second half. When Demetrius Trammell hit a three-pointer with 11 seconds left to cut the Western Washington lead to six, a miraculous finish seemed in reach.<\/p>\n
But then the Vikings drew a foul and after sinking two free throws finished out the game 76-84.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe had control for most of the time,\u201d JJ Chirnside said afterwards. \u201cWe just need to keep getting better and finish plays down the stretch.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Wolves go on the road to close out the month, but will be back in the New P.E. building to host Saint Martin\u2019s on Feb. 2.<\/p>\n
Contact the author at journalsports@wou.edu<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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