CHICAGO (AP) - Ryan Broekhoff had 21 points and 10 rebounds as Valparaiso pulled away late for a 75-70 victory against Illinois-Chicago on Wednesday night.
LaVonte Dority added 18 points and Kevin Van Wijk 16 for the Crusaders (12-5, 2-1 Horizon League).
Gary Talton had 25 points and Josh Crittle 16 for the Flames (10-6, 1-2).
In a constantly-close game - there were 13 ties, with the largest lead by either team nine points - Valpo gained a late foothold with consecutive baskets by Broekhoff, Dority and Van Wijk for a 67-61 cushion with 54 seconds remaining. Each time Illinois-Chicago cut the margin to four points, the Crusaders answered.
Valpo went 6 for 6 from the free-throw line in the final 12 seconds.
Daniel Barnes had eight steals for the Flames, tying a school record.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| Valparaiso (12-6) « | 33 | 42 | 75 |
| Illinois-Chicago (11-6) | 30 | 40 | 70 |
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| Valparaiso Crusaders | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| R. Broekhoff, F | 31 | 7-13 | 4-5 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 21 |
| K. Van Wijk, F | 23 | 4-5 | 8-8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 16 |
| W. Bogan, G | 29 | 0-5 | 2-2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| M. Kenney, G | 28 | 0-2 | 4-4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| E. Buggs, G | 25 | 2-3 | 0-1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| L. Dority | 25 | 6-11 | 3-4 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 18 |
| B. Capobianco | 16 | 2-3 | 2-4 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 6 |
| J. Coleman | 16 | 0-1 | 2-2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| B. Boggs | 7 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Totals | 22-44 | 25-30 | 31 | 11 | 16 | 75 | |
| 50% | 83.3% | ||||||
| Illinois-Chicago Flames | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| M. Brown, F | 30 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| H. Humes, F | 29 | 5-10 | 0-0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 12 |
| J. Crittle, C | 30 | 6-14 | 4-4 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 16 |
| D. Barnes, G | 36 | 3-9 | 0-0 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| G. Talton, G | 32 | 6-8 | 11-11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 25 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| J. Miller | 14 | 1-2 | 1-1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| J. Parker | 12 | 2-5 | 2-2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| A. Fells | 8 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| W. Simonton | 6 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| J. Wiegand | 3 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Totals | 24-56 | 18-18 | 26 | 11 | 22 | 70 | |
| 42.9% | 100% | ||||||
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