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PARKVILLE, Mo. – The Lyon College men's basketball team had its season come to an end in the American Midwest Conference Tournament Quarterfinals on Thursday night as the No. 7-seed Scots fell to No. 2-seed Park, 60-45. The Scots finished the season at 17-14 overall. The 17 wins during the regular season tied for the most wins in a regular season since 1997-98 for the Scots. With the win, Park improved to 19-10 and will host No. 3-seed Hannibal-LaGrange, who earned an 84-69 win over No. 6-seed Harris-Stowe, on Saturday in the semifinals of the AMC Tournament.
Prior to the game, five Scots – Antanas Krimelis, Faris Verlasevic, Chave Zackery, Jacob Smith and Emir Sabic - were honored for being named to the AMC All-Academic Team. Verlasevic was also named to the AMC Champions of Character Team.
(Photos courtesy of Dale Grosbach, Park Athletics)
Park set the tone early against the Scots as the Pirates raced out to an 8-0 lead just under three minutes into the game. The Scots cut the deficit in half with four straight points by Blake Bradshaw, but the Pirates responded with a big run to extend their lead to 18-6 after a three-pointer by Jacob Kline. Verlasevic was the key to another comeback by the Scots as the sophomore nailed a triple and a jumper to pull the Scots back within five at 18-13 with 7:50 left in the half. The Scots kept the deficit to single-digits until a three by Zach Rutland gave Park a 31-21 lead at the half.
Park began to pull away from the Scots late in the second half. A 9-3 run by the Pirates gave Park their largest lead of the game at 53-33 with 3:24 remaining. Lyon attempted one final comeback as a put-back by Eric Koludrovic cut the deficit to 15, but time ran out on the Scots' comeback attempt.
Bradshaw finished with a team-high 10 points to lead the Scots offensively. Rutland paced the Pirates with a game-high 12 points, while Allen Hyatt added 10.
Men's Basketball Contact: Matt Jagodzinski
870-307-7516 | matthew.jagodzinski@lyon.edu
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