WHITING, Ind. --- Four of five starters scored in double figures and the University of St. Francis men's basketball team hit the 80-point mark for the second straight contest in claiming an 80-60 Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference victory over Calumet College of St. Joseph on Tuesday afternoon. The win was the third in a row for the Fighting Saints and enabled them to gain the two-game season sweep of the Crimson Wave.
Darius Wright topped the list of double-figure scorers with 17 points, 12 of which came in the first half when USF built a 38-29 lead.
Carter Fayhee and
Aitor Anabitarte fueled a 42-point second half. Fayhee collected 11 of his 15 points after the break, while Anabitarte totaled nine of his 14 points.
Anabitarte also registered a double-double with his game-high ten rebounds, while Fayhee produced eight boards and four assists.
EJ Charles added a season-high 14 points.
The Saints (5-4, 4-3 CCAC) shot 50 percent both overall (28-of-56) and from three-point range with their 12 treys in the contest tying a season-high mark. On the opposite end of the court, Calumet St. Joseph was limited to just 39.2 percent shooting from the field (20-of-51).
The Crimson Wave (2-8, 2-6) was led by Oshawn Lee's game-high 21 points.
A 16-2 run that commenced late in the first half and extended into the first 74 seconds of the second half turned a 30-27 advantage into a 46-29 lead for the Saints. Head coach
Ryan Marks' club scored on seven straight possessions during the run with back-to-back three-pointers by Fayhee opening the second half.
Calumet St. Joseph, which had its biggest lead at 20-15 early on, never recovered from USF's surge, trailing by double digits for all but two-plus minutes of the closing half.
Notes: Wright and Anabitarte have scored 10-or-more points in eight of their first nine contests played this season … Anabitarte's double-double was his fourth of the campaign … The Saints' 50 percent shooting mark from beyond the arc was a season-high effort … Tuesday marked the third time this season that USF has held an opponent under 40 percent shooting from the field … USF won the first meeting between the two schools, 71-66, in the season opener on Nov. 9 … The Saints have the next eight days off before hosting NAIA No. 2 nationally-ranked Thomas More University (Ky.) to open the Fighting Saints New Year's Classic on Dec. 29.
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