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CHICAGO, Ill. --
University of Saint Francis guard Nate Bojrab scored a
career-high 32 points and had 10 steals in the Cougars'
99-62 win over Algoma University on Friday afternoon in the
fifth-place game of the St. Xavier Holiday Tournament.
Bojrab was named to
the All-Tournament team for his performance after averaging
22.3 points per game in the Cougars' three games. He scored
21 points on Thursday in the 90-82 win over St. Ambrose
giving him back-to-back career scoring bests. He came into
the tournament averaging 8.8 points a game with a
season-single game best of 16.
Bojrab also led USF
rebounding with eight boards in 36 minutes of play.
He had ample
assistance on offense with 17 points from Kreigh Hentrup and
13 apiece from Matt Edmonds and Zach Christlieb. The Cougars
shot 56 percent for the game and outscored the Canadian
institution 38-10 off turnovers and 24-4 off fastbreak
opportunities.
"The last two
games as a team, we've produced our two best field goal
percentage games this season and it's been fun to see the
way this team has executed and worked together," USF coach
Jeff Rekeweg said. "A team can fold under the adversity
we've had to deal with or they can come closer together. Our
guys have really come together. Our communication has been
the best we've had all season."
As far as individual
achievement was concerned, Rekeweg marveled at Bojrab's
accomplishment against Algomon.
"As long as I've
played and coached, I don't know if I've ever seen a line
like Nate had tonight. That's a remarkable line at any
level. (Mike) Steinau only five points, but played a great
game getting the ball to the open man in a position to
score. Kreigh (Hentrup) did a great job Thursday and Friday
after only playing about 20 minutes in our first 11 games of
the season. (Zach) Christlieb, (Aaron) Gardner and Matt
(Webb) had all played limited minutes, but they all made
major contributions along with Matt (Edmonds) and Jason
(Malone)."
Steinau scored 41
points in three tournament games and leaped from No. 14 on
the USF 1,000-point list to No. 11 with 1,305 points.
Box Score
-- Go USF
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