Chargers Shoot 55% to Rout Oakton 83-54 in Home Opener

  Aaron Frey
  Saturday, November 9, 2019 4:40 PM
  Athletics

Galesburg, IL

With former NBA standout Shaun Livingston on hand, the Carl Sandburg College men’s basketball team shot 55 percent from the field as it raced to an 83-54 victory over Oakton on Saturday afternoon at John M. Lewis Gymnasium in the Chargers’ home opener.

Sandburg (2-0), which shot 58 percent overall in its season-opening win Tuesday at Moraine Valley, hit on 33 of its 60 attempts Saturday against the Owls (1-2) for a 55 percent mark. The Chargers finished 7 of 15 from 3-point range. 

KEY MOMENTS

• Sandburg scored the first seven points of the game, and a 3-pointer from freshman Brock Bower-Preece (Mapleton, Ill./Illini Bluffs) put the Chargers ahead 14-2 just 6 minutes in.
• Leading 22-14 in the first half, Sandburg rattled off seven straight points to open up a double-digit lead it would never relinquish. A turnaround shot by freshman forward Cody Baer (Dunlap, Ill./Dunlap), followed by a three-point play and steal-and-layup from sophomore Noah Young (Colfax, Ill./Ridgeview) put the Chargers ahead 29-14 with 7:33 before halftime.

SANDBURG STANDOUT
Coming off the bench, freshman forward Vaughn Toyne (Petersburg, Ill./PORTA) tied sophomore Scott Gowan (Rockford, Ill./Rockford East) for the team lead with 16 points. Toyne went 5 of 9 from the field, 2 of 3 from beyond the arc and had a team-best three assists. 

OTHER TOP CHARGERS

• Gowan scored 16 while going a perfect 7 of 7 from the floor, including a pair of 3s.
• Freshman guard Jean Luc Wilson (East Moline, Ill./United Township) scored 10 while hitting 3 of 6 shots.
• Baer scored eight points and grabbed six rebounds.

FOR THE OWLS
Ali Sabet hit five 3s and scored a game-high 24.

IN LIVING(STON) COLOR
Three-time NBA champion Shaun Livingston was in attendance for much of the contest to watch his cousin, Sandburg freshman Cody Baer.

UP NEXT
The Chargers host St. Ambrose JV at 7:30 p.m. Monday in the back end of a men’s-women’s doubleheader. The Sandburg women’s basketball team faces Southeastern at 5:30 p.m. Monday in its home opener.

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Three-time NBA champion Shaun Livingston takes a photo with Sandburg women's basketball team during halftime of the Chargers men's basketball team's game against Oakton on Saturday. Livingston was in attendance to watch his cousin, Chargers freshman forward Cody Baer.