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turnaround bringskey win over VolunteersBy CURT FELTON Sports EditorJohn A. Logan shot the lights out early in the hardwood contest Monday nisiht at Southeastern IllinoisCollege’s DeatonGymnasium, but a tenacious Falcon defense turned off the switch in the second half.The end result of the complete reversal by the Falcons was an 18-point GRAC win over the Vols, 88-70.Everybody got into the act for the Falcons.Willie Miller, Charles Turner and Lawrence Busselle crashed the boards, Jeff Evans collected a few steals and hit his stop-on-a-dime jumpers and Maurice Horton quarterbacked the club in his usual take-charge style while Maurice Campbell led the reserves with a solid performance.Throughout the first 16 minutes of the first half the Volunteers hit from long, mid and short range, putting the Falcons behind the eight ball early.CRASH TIME — Falcon cagers Jeff Evans (30) andLawrence Busselle (25) become skyscrapers to haul in an important rebound during action Monday night.(Register photo — Curt Felton)half.Evans got the Falcons offA Darnell Lowe layin, at to a fast start, scoring on athe 14:20 mark, gave Logan its first double-digit lead at 19-8, as the Vols made seven of their first eight floor attempts.couple of running jumpers that hit the bottom of the net.The Falcons increased their defensive pressure, mainly byfrom thegettinghelpgiving SIC its 18-point advantage.Turner was a horse on the offensive boards and Miller grabbed numerous caroms at both ends.“WE MADE some adjustments at halftime and theChad Vipond kept it an 11 - weakside to disallow the easy players responded,” Motsin-point edge, 23-12, with a soft turnaround jumper from thekeyhole. Lowe scored inside and the Vols collected theirbaskets the Vols were getting in the first half.Within the first fourminutes of the second half,ger said.‘‘Evans drove well early in the second half.‘‘Defensively we helped outbiggest lead of the first half at the Falcons had outscored the a lot better in the second half13,29-16.A Jeff Evans jumper brought the Falcons to within nine, 34-25, with 4:10 left inVols 15-6. A Turner banker off the glass tied the game at 47-47.Horton connected fromthe half, and the two squads rainbow land and SIC led byplayed it even until the inter- three, 50-47, never relinquish- y0ls in the second half 56-29.and on offense we stayed closer to the blocks to where we could pick their defenders better,” Motsingcr added.The Falcons outscored themission with Logan holding a41-32 edge.ttiting the lead after that.Busselle, laying the ball Offensively, in the first through the hoop instead ofgoing for the jam, gave SIC its first 10-point lead, 62-52, at the 10:50 mark.Once the momentum chan-half, we were out of synch,” Falcon coach Virgil Motsin-ger said.Matt Crain, former Carter-ville Lion eager, led Logan with 24.SIC’s Turner counteredLogan was forcing one ofwith a game performance. Teammates25-pointBusselle,our big men too far away ged, the Falcons kept pound- Evans, Horton and Millerfrom the basket and we were ing away at Logan, eventually contributed 19, 14, 11 and 10not getting the good picks underneath.gaining a 20-point edge at 82-62. Willie Miller blocked arespectively.With the win, Southeastern44Anotherfactorwasshot in the lane, grabbed the is now 22-8 and 10-6 ineverytime Busselle got the basketball and tossed it up- GRAC play. The win Mondayball at the top of the key or on court to Campbell who endedthe baseline the man guarding the play with a layin.him would back off and not let him drive to the basket,”Motsinger added.SOUTHEASTERN was adifferent team in the secondSoutheastern got the ball inside and scored due to the team’s excellent passing.Reserves Mike White and Eric Coleman ended the game with back-to-back hoops,night was a big one as the Falcons ended a conference losing streak and most likely solidified possession of third pi ace.The Falcons now enter post-season play on a winningnote.
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