Men's Basketball Fall on the Road at Grinnell

Grinnell, IA- Men's Basketball made another weekend trip, this time to Iowa Saturday to take on legendary program Grinnell College. Grinnell Pioneers best known for their extreme uptempo pressing and three point shooting attack took on the Crusaders. The Pioneers jumped out quick on the Crusaders before GLCC would settle in. It was back and forth game in the first half before Grinnell would go on a spurt to build their lead to 19 points in the first half. The Crusaders remained composed and chipped away at the Pioneer lead to cut it 7 at the half. 

In the second half the Crusaders jumped out on the Pioneers and was able to build their lead to five in the first 6 minutes of the first half forcing the Pioneers to burn two quick timeouts. The Crusaders lead was at 1 when Grinnell would go on 10-0 run over 45 second period and 4 turnovers from GLCC. The Crusaders were able to cut the lead to 7 a couple of times before GLCC ran out of gas with about 8 minutes to go in the first half. Grinnell relentless pressure on defense the boards and offense just wore down GLCC to win 116-90.

Inside the Box Score:

• Isiah Reed scored his 1000th career point in the game.
• Crusaders turned it over 27 times for the game including 16 in the second half; Grinnell turned it over 19 times for the game
• Grinnell went 18/58 from three compared to the Crusaders going 0/5 from three
• Grinnell outrebounded the Crusaders 56-54 on the game including 31 offensive rebounds.
• Crusaders had 5 guys in double figures.

What Coach Says:

"My guys gave me everything they had today. I am proud of them. This score is not indicative of how close this game was. We had lead for a period in the second half, we had them on the ropes. Unfortunately we had a bad one to two minute spurt and Grinnell made us pay. Fatigue definitely became a factor in this game. I thought our gameplan was sound, but our depth wasn't what we needed today." On bench, "I thought we had some great minutes from Evan Anderson. He really played well today it was unfortunate he was in foul trouble I thought he was very impactful. JaQuin Jones was also very solid, after that we need some guys to step up. We have a lot freshmen and we will keep working with them but we will need some consistency from those guys as we continue to get deeper in this season." On Isiah Reed 1000 points, "Obviously big accomplishment from a big time player. He has a chance to go down as one of, if not the best player to wear a Crusader uniform. I am very proud of him, and cannot wait to see what he accomplishes next."

What's Next:

Crusaders will take on #4 William Penn at WPU Sunday afternoon at 3:00pm EST.