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                  <td width="100%"><span lang="en-us"><b><font face="Verdana" color="#0000FF">Blue
                    Christmas: Another close loss for Cougars</font></b></span></td>
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                  &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <font size="2" face="Arial">CHICAGO --
                  Chase Holden earned his third consecutive double-double and
                  the University of Saint Francis sophomore was named to the
                  Midwest Christmas Tournament at St. Xavier University on
                  Sunday. That's the good news.<br>
                  &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The bad news is that the Cougars (8-7)
                  finished an 0-for-3 trip with another close loss, 63-60, in
                  the seventh-place game against St. Ambrose.<br>
                  &nbsp;&nbsp; &quot;We came back and led twice in the second
                  half,&quot; USF Coach Jeff Rekeweg said. &quot;But when (St.
                  Ambrose) needed to, they made plays. We didn't. What's most
                  frustrating about this tournament is how we lost, the we
                  didn't execute when we need to most.&quot;<br>
                  &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Tom Pavlijasevic hit a turnaround jumper
                  with 16 seconds remaining to give the Fighting Bees (6-7) a
                  62-60 lead and eventual victory over USFfor seventh place.
                  Pavlijasevic finished with a team-high 14 points. Matt
                  Fitzpatrick added 13 points and six rebounds for St. Ambrose.<br>
                  &nbsp;&nbsp; Holden finished with 19 points and 12 boards for
                  USF, and scored 50 points and grabbed 34 rebounds for the
                  tournament while hitting 20-of-24 free throws. Jontae James
                  chipped in 15 points.<br>
                  </font>&nbsp;&nbsp; <font size="2" face="Arial"> USF trailed
                  36-22 at the half after shooting 31 percent (8 for 26). The
                  Cougars shot 46 percent (13 of 28) in the second half,
                  outscored St. Ambrose 38-27, and led twice in the second half.
                  USF turned the ball over after Pavlijasevic's go-ahead basket
                  and another Bees' free throw put the game out of reach. <br>
                  &nbsp;&nbsp; St. Ambrose outscored the Cougars 21-0 from
                  3-point range shooting 44 percent (7 of 16). USF went 0 for 6,
                  the first time this season the Cougars have not hit at least
                  one shot from 3-point range. USF had shot over 40 percent from
                  3-point range in the five previous games before Saturday's
                  6-for-14 effort (.286) against Barat. The Cougars previous low
                  came in the third game of the season when USF made 4-of-14
                  3-point shots at Georgetown. John Gensic went 0-for-2, Nick
                  Ankenbruck 0-for-3 and Zach Beiswanger 0-for-1.<br>
                  &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The six 3-point attempts is also a season
                  low. The previous low was 11.<br>
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                  <i><b>--&nbsp; GO USF --</b></i><br>
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