Robinson’s Double-Double Helps Sandburg Men Hold Off MATC

  Aaron Frey
  Wednesday, November 14, 2018 9:31 PM
  Athletics

Galesburg, IL

Deandrey Robinson (Peoria, Ill./Peoria) hit a pair of key shots down the stretch and finished with a double-double as the Carl Sandburg College men’s basketball team held off Milwaukee Area Technical 79-73 on Wednesday night at John M. Lewis Gymnasium.

 KEY MOMENTS

• Leading 68-64 with 3 minutes to go, freshman Scott Gowan (Rockford, Ill./Rockford East) found Robinson at the elbow for a jumper that pushed the Chargers’ lead to six. After a Yuri Swinford basket on the other end for the Stormers (2-3), Nick Hanner (Athens, Ill./Athens) fed Robinson at the top of the key for a 3-pointer and a 73-66 lead with 1:45 to play.
• MATC answered with another Swinford bucket, but Elias Akale (Ashdad, Israel/Mekif Tet) made a baseline drive with a minute left that gave the Chargers a 75-68 advantage.
• Sandburg closed the first half on an 11-2 spurt to go into the locker room ahead 41-32. The Chargers’ lead grew to 51-33 early in the second as they opened the half on a 9-2 stretch.

SANDBURG STAR OF THE GAME
Robinson led the Chargers (4-2) in scoring in rebounding while recording his third double-double in the last four games. The sophomore forward scored 19 points and pulled in a season-best 13 rebounds. No other Charger had more than five boards. Robinson also had a block and two steals.

OTHER TOP CHARGERS

• Gowan scored 17 on an efficient 6-for-8 shooting, including a 3-for-4 night from 3-point range.
• Akale had a perfect shooting night, going 4 for 4 from the floor as well as the free-throw line for 13 points.
• Point guard Kellian Thomas (Dunlap, Ill./Dunlap) scored 10 and tied Gowan for the team lead in assists with three.

FOR THE STORMERS
Swinford scored a game-high 22 points to lead three MATC players in double figures. Shannon Sanford added 15 points and Justin Briley scored 11.

UP NEXT
The Chargers will host Knox JV at 5 p.m. Friday before traveling to take on Madison (Wis.) at 3 p.m. Saturday in the back end of a men’s-women’s doubleheader.

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