MACOMB, Ill. (AP) - Terell Parks had 15 points and seven rebounds and Ceola Clark scored 12 points to lead Western Illinois to a 71-39 victory in its season opener against Wabash College on Saturday night.
Adam Link added 10 points for the Leathernecks, who took control of the game with an 18-2 run to close the first half. Western Illinois led 34-15 at the break.
Ross Sponsler scored 14 points and Kasey Oetting 13 for the Little Giants. Wabash, a Division III school in Crawfordsville, Ind., classified the game as an exhibition.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| Wabash (0-1) | 15 | 24 | 39 |
| Western Illinois (1-0) « | 34 | 37 | 71 |
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| Wabash Little Giants | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| D. Purvlicis, F | 34 | 2-10 | 1-2 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| K. Oetting, F | 19 | 4-12 | 3-4 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 13 |
| P. Nicksic, C | 18 | 1-4 | 1-2 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 3 |
| R. Sponsler, G | 35 | 5-12 | 3-3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 14 |
| E. Johnson, G | 15 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| A. Hawn | 22 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| C. Craigin | 15 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| M. Kammrath | 13 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| J. Surenkamp | 13 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| J. Wagner | 9 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| A. Jarrett | 4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| K. Sanford | 3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Totals | 13-42 | 8-11 | 27 | 6 | 26 | 39 | |
| 31% | 72.7% | ||||||
| Western Illinois Leathernecks | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| A. Link, F | 30 | 3-6 | 4-5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 10 |
| J. Houpt, F | 26 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| T. Parks, C | 25 | 6-10 | 3-9 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 15 |
| C. Clark III, G | 30 | 4-8 | 1-2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 12 |
| J. Hawthorne, G | 29 | 3-7 | 0-0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| J. Foster | 20 | 2-5 | 4-4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 8 |
| D. McAvoy III | 19 | 2-4 | 2-4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| M. Ochereobia | 14 | 1-3 | 7-10 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 9 |
| J. Walker | 4 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| I. Duncan | 3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 22-46 | 21-34 | 33 | 13 | 11 | 71 | |
| 47.8% | 61.8% | ||||||
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