Bengals claw Bears Reed leaves game with knee injury

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MILWAUKEE – Senior guard David Schroeder scored 22 points and became Idaho State’s all-time 3-point shooting leader in a 66-57 victory over the University of Maine men’s basketball Tuesday in a consolation game of the CBE Classic.

Schroeder, who also had nine rebounds, shot 8-of-12 from the floor and 3-of-7 from 3-point range for the Bengals. Senior guard Akbar Abdul-Ahad added 10 points and seven assists for Idaho State (1-1).

Former Bangor High standout Mark Socoby of Houlton led Maine (0-3) with 24 points, including five 3-pointers.

Idaho State never trailed sin the game. The Bengals had a 31-21 lead at halftime and went up 43-30 with 11:18 left in the game although Socoby kept Maine within striking distance midway though the second half.

The Black Bears cut the deficit to nine points when Socoby hit a pair of free throws with 2:38 remaining, then cut the Idaho State lead to 63-57 when Jon Sheets (nine points, five assists) drained a 3-pointer with 34.8 seconds remaining in the game.

It was as close as the Black Bears would get.

Maine senior guard Kevin Reed injured his right knee in a scramble with 12:47 to go in the first half. Reed, who sat out the 2005-06 season as a medical redshirt after suffering a stress fracture in his left foot in October 2005, fell and immediately grabbed his knee. After several minutes, he was helped off the court and sat at the end of the Maine bench where he received medical attention.

He did not return in the second half.

Idaho State opened with a 17-3 run capped by two 3-pointers by Austin Kilpatrick and one by Matt Stucki. A 3-pointer by Logan Kinghorn put the Bengals ahead 41-24 with 14:31 left, and they maintained a double-digit lead until Maine got the lead under 10 points in the final minute.

Socoby also had two steals, two assists and three rebounds. He was 8-for-10 from the floor, including 5-of-7 from 3-point range, but the Bears went 20-for-57 (35.1 percent) overall. His 24 points was a season-high for the team.

The Black Bears managed to make just eight of 15 attempts (53.5 percent) from the free-throw line.

Philippe Tchekane Bofia and Christian Cavanaugh each grabbed six rebounds to lead the Black Bears. Idaho State had a 36-33 edge on the boards.

Junior Bernal added eight points, five rebounds and two steals.

Maine forced 13 turnovers while committing 10.

Schroeder now has 138 3-pointers, topping the career mark of 136 by Jeff Gardner from 2003-05.

BENGALS 66, BLACK BEARS 57

Idaho State (1-1) Maine (0-3)

Player G AG F AF TP Player G AG AF TP

Kinghorn 3 5 0 0 7 Bofia 1 5 2

Ofoegbu 3 5 2 2 8 Ahvniemi 1 2

Abdul-Ahd 2 7 4 4 10 Sheets 3 11 9

Schroeder 8 12 3 5 22 Bernal 3 13 8

Stucki 2 6 0 0 5 Reed 0 2 0

Morgan 0 1 1 2 1 Bruff 3 9 8

Carlson 1 4 1 1 3 Socoby 8 10 24

Moore 0 0 0 0 0 Hartnett 0 0

Kilpatrick 2 6 0 0 6 Cook 0 0 0

O’Brien 0 1 0 0 0 Cvnaugh 1 5 4

Rhodes 2 3 0 0 4

Totals 23 50 11 14 66 Totals 20 57 15 57

Idaho State 31 66

Maine 21 57

3-pt. goals – Idaho State (9-25): Kinghorn 1-1, Abdul-Ahad 2-6, Schroeder 3-7, Stucki 1-3, Morgan 0-1, Carlson 0-1, Kilpatrick 2-6; Maine (9-22): Bofia 0-1, Sheets 3-10, Reed 0-2, Bruff 1-1, Socoby 5-7, Cavanaugh 0-1

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