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                  Cougars drop heartbreaker in St. Xavier Tourney opener</font></b></td>
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                  <font face="Arial">Fri., Dec. 19, 2003</font><p>
                  <font face="Arial">&nbsp;&nbsp; CHICAGO, Ill. -- In the first 
                  game of the St. Xavier Midwest Tournament, the University of 
                  Saint Francis dropped a 78-73 decision in overtime to The 
                  Master’s College (Calif.) on Friday afternoon&nbsp; at the 
                  Shannon Center.<br>
&nbsp; TMC freshman forward David Reichel nailed a game-tying three-pointer at 
                  the buzzer to send the contest into overtime. In the overtime 
                  period, The Master’s College defense limited USF (8-6) to 
                  seven points. USF didn't hit a field goal in the in the last 
                  4:06.<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp; USF freshman Trey Eaton led all scorers with 24 points, though he 
                  made just 7 of 27 shots including 2-for-13 shooting from 
                  3-point range. John Gensic added 21 points for USF.<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp; &quot;Probably the key to the game was that they got 19 offensive 
                  boards,&quot; USF Coach Jeff Rekeweg said. &quot;They probably got away 
                  with some pushin' inside, but we've got to toughen up there.<br>
&nbsp; &quot;We've got a 3-point lead with 20 seconds to go and they've got to foul 
                  us, and we miss the front end of the 1-and-1. They came down, 
                  called time out, we defended them well and they had to call 
                  another timeout with 7 seconds to go. We couldn't have 
                  defended it much better. They hit a fall-away 3 . . . I wasn't 
                  worried about the shot going in, a one-handed shot. I thought 
                  Chase (Holden) might foul the guy, and it goes in with no time 
                  on the clock.&quot;<br>
&nbsp; The Cougars will play Mount Marty College today at 3 p.m. (Fort Wayne 
                  time). The game can be heard on WLYV, 1450 AM starting at 
                  around 2:45 p.m. Mount Marty dropped an 83-78 verdict in the 
                  second game of the day to St. Ambrose, which is ranked No. 10 
                  in the most recent NAIA ratings (Dec. 2). Mount Marty, located 
                  in Yankton, S.D., is 7-7 and has lost three games in a row and 
                  lost on Friday despite shooting 60 percent from the field.</font></p>
                  <p align="center"><b><font face="Arial" size="2">-- GO USF --</font></b></td>
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