VALPARAISO, Ind. (AP) - Ryan Broekhoff and Will Bogan scored 13 points apiece and LaVonte Dority added 12 off the bench, leading hot-shooting Valparaiso to an easy 82-60 victory over Eastern Kentucky on Saturday afternoon.
Kevin Van Wijk chipped in 11 points, and Ben Boggs had 10 points and seven rebounds, for the Crusaders (22-7), who shot 68 percent from the floor to help them overcome 18 turnovers.
Corey Walden had 20 points and Mike DiNunno 19 for the Colonels (22-7), who took their only lead, 25-24, on DiNunno's free throws 5:32 before halftime. But the Crusaders closed the first half on a 15-4 run to lead 39-29 at halftime, then steadily pulled away from there.
Although the series between the schools dates to the 1923-24 season, Saturday's game, part of the BracketBusters series, was only the fifth meeting between Eastern Kentucky and Valparaiso. The Colonels now hold a 3-2 lead in the series.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| Eastern Kentucky (22-7) | 29 | 31 | 60 |
| Valparaiso (22-7) « | 39 | 43 | 82 |
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| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| E. Stutz, F | 25 | 3-5 | 4-4 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 10 |
| M. DiNunno, G | 37 | 7-18 | 3-3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 19 |
| G. Cosey, G | 31 | 1-10 | 2-2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| C. Walden, G | 26 | 7-13 | 3-3 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 20 |
| T. Johnson, G | 21 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| M. Lewis | 23 | 0-4 | 0-0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| T. Knipp | 18 | 1-3 | 1-1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| J. Johnson | 12 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| D. Muff | 5 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| R. Stenzel | 2 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 20-61 | 13-13 | 22 | 8 | 19 | 60 | |
| 32.8% | 100% | ||||||
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| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| R. Broekhoff, F | 20 | 3-4 | 6-6 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 13 |
| K. Van Wijk, F | 20 | 5-5 | 1-1 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 11 |
| W. Bogan, G | 30 | 4-6 | 2-2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 13 |
| E. Buggs, G | 30 | 3-4 | 0-1 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| M. Kenney, G | 24 | 2-4 | 1-2 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 5 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| L. Dority | 26 | 3-6 | 5-5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 12 |
| B. Boggs | 20 | 4-5 | 0-0 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 10 |
| B. Capobianco | 14 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| V. Fernandez | 10 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| J. Coleman | 6 | 3-4 | 0-1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| Totals | 30-44 | 15-18 | 36 | 14 | 18 | 82 | |
| 68.2% | 83.3% | ||||||
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