FORT WAYNE, Ind. (AP) - Ceola Clark scored 11 points and Western Illinois, despite not scoring in the last 8 minutes of the game, held on to beat IPFW 43-40 Thursday night.
Remy Roberts-Burnett added 10 points for the Summit League-leading Leathernecks (16-4, 8-1 Summit). Jack Houpt's 3-pointer with 12:49 left was Western Illinois' last field goal, and the Leathernecks didn't score after Don McAvoy's free throws made it 43-31 with 8:35 to play.
Mario Hines led the Mastodons (9-13, 2-6) with 13 points and seven rebounds. Joe Edwards scored with 1:34 left to get Fort Wayne within three, but the Mastodons' Luis Jacobo missed a pair of 3-point tries in the final minute.
Western won the first meeting between the teams 62-50 on Dec. 29 in Macomb, Ill.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| Western Illinois (16-4) « | 24 | 19 | 43 |
| IPFW (9-13) | 20 | 20 | 40 |
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| Western Illinois Leathernecks | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| A. Link, F | 39 | 3-6 | 2-4 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 8 |
| J. Houpt, F | 32 | 1-6 | 4-4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| T. Parks, F | 26 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 2 |
| C. Clark III, G | 38 | 4-10 | 0-0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 11 |
| R. Roberts-Burnett, G | 34 | 4-9 | 2-2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 10 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| D. McAvoy III | 20 | 1-3 | 2-2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| J. Foster | 9 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| M. Ochereobia | 2 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Totals | 14-39 | 10-12 | 26 | 8 | 11 | 43 | |
| 35.9% | 83.3% | ||||||
| IPFW Mastodons | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| M. Hines, F | 31 | 6-7 | 1-4 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 13 |
| L. Jacobo, F | 30 | 3-11 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| F. Gaines, G | 35 | 1-8 | 5-6 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 8 |
| P. Bland, G | 25 | 1-2 | 0-2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| J. Edwards, G | 23 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| I. McCray | 23 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| M. Kibiloski | 19 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| J. Reed | 14 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Totals | 15-43 | 6-12 | 28 | 5 | 12 | 40 | |
| 34.9% | 50% | ||||||
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