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Warriors Best Southwest Minnesota State

Story by: Winona State Sports Information Office


WINONA, MN -- Winona State University scored the last nine points of the game and came up with a 76-65 Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference win over Southwest Minnesota State University at McCown Gymnasium.

The No. 5-ranked Warriors were threatened by the Mustangs, who trail by only two points, 67-65, with 2:38 to play. But SMSU would never add any more points to the board as Quincy Henderson hit four free throws, Travis Whipple came up with a three-point field goal and Curtrel Robinson put an exclamation point to the game with a jarring dunk with 11 seconds left to play.

During the game the scored was tied four times and the lead changed hands nine times only to have the Warriors lead 36-33 at halftime and outscore the Mustangs 40-32 in the second half.

For the third straight game the Warriors had five players finish in double figures, led by the 18 points from John Smith, who had his third straight double-double game by adding 11 rebounds.

Henderson finished the game with 15 points, Jonte Flowers came up with 13, David Johnson rounded out the starters in double figures with 11 and Robinson came off the bench to score 10 points.

The Warriors extended their conference winning streak to 34 games.

(Boxscore)

Last Modified: Friday, January 04, 2008 22:25 by Michael Herzberg