VALPARAISO, Ind. (AP) - Kevin Van Wijk scored 16 points and Jordan Coleman was to lead Valparaiso to an 85-54 victory over Georgia Southern on Friday night in the season opener for both teams.
Van Wijk was 5 of 8 from the field, and made 6 of 7 free throws. He led the team with three steals. Jordan Coleman made 4 of 4 3-poin shots, finishing the game with 15 points. Ryan Broekhoff scored 14 points for the Crusaders.
Valparaiso led 40-21 at halftime.
The Crusaders were 85 percent at the free throw line and were 13 of 24 on 3-pointers. Valparaiso scored 36 points off of Georgia Southern turnovers.
Cleon Roberts led the Eagles with 18 points, including a 3-pointer and 9 of 12 free throws. Eric Ferguson added 16 points and Tre Bussey scored 10, including two 3-pointers.
Valparaiso won both of its exhibition games by 28 points.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| Georgia Southern (0-1) | 21 | 33 | 54 |
| Valparaiso (1-0) « | 40 | 45 | 85 |
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| Georgia Southern Eagles | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| E. Ferguson, F | 33 | 5-13 | 6-9 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 16 |
| M. Baynham, F | 18 | 2-2 | 2-2 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| T. Bussey, G | 30 | 4-5 | 0-0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 10 |
| C. Reed, G | 27 | 0-4 | 1-2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| C. Roberts, G | 25 | 4-7 | 9-12 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 18 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| J. Pernell | 23 | 1-5 | 0-0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| C. Baskerville | 16 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| B. Holmes | 15 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| K. Dunnican | 10 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| C. Daniels | 3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 16-39 | 18-25 | 23 | 8 | 20 | 54 | |
| 41% | 72% | ||||||
| Valparaiso Crusaders | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| R. Broekhoff, F | 23 | 4-5 | 4-4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 14 |
| K. Van Wijk, F | 20 | 5-8 | 6-7 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 16 |
| E. Buggs, G | 30 | 2-6 | 2-2 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 6 |
| W. Bogan, G | 26 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 6 |
| B. Boggs, G | 21 | 3-8 | 0-0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| M. Kenney | 25 | 2-6 | 2-2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| J. Coleman | 24 | 4-8 | 3-4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 15 |
| V. Fernandez | 20 | 2-2 | 1-2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| A. Rossi | 11 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9 |
| Totals | 27-51 | 18-21 | 31 | 19 | 17 | 85 | |
| 52.9% | 85.7% | ||||||
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