Iiro Tenngren poured in 18 and Morten Szmiedowicz added 13 to led VES over Timberlake Christian in the Holiday Classic Friday. VES will move on to face Holy Cross in the tournament finals and TCS will square off against Lynchburg Christian.
Tenngren sank eight field goals and was a perfect 2 of 2 from the line to lead the Bishops (3-0) to their third straight win of the season. Jay Vaughn also reached double figures for VES with 10 points.
The Bishops took a commanding 32-19 lead into the half and didn't let up, outscoring the Tornadoes 39-21 in the second.
Steve Glass led TCS with 10 points.
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| Score by quarter | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Total | |
| Timberlake Christian | 5 | 14 | 5 | 16 | 40 |
| VES | 12 | 20 | 20 | 19 | 71 |
| Team stats | ||
|---|---|---|
| TCS | VES | |
| Points | 40 | 71 |
| FGs made | 13 | 32 |
| 3pt FGs made | 4 | 2 |
| Free throws | 9-11 | 5-8 |
| Total fouls | 13 | 16 |
| TCS player statistics | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | FG | 3PT | FT | PTS |
| Steve Glass | 4 | 0 | 2-2 | 10 |
| Jason Leverett | 3 | 3 | 0-0 | 9 |
| Matt Durand | 1 | 0 | 6-6 | 8 |
| Andrew Loring | 2 | 0 | 0-0 | 4 |
| Barret Hepler | 1 | 1 | 0-0 | 3 |
| Nathan Williams | 1 | 0 | 0-0 | 2 |
| Mike Gossler | 1 | 0 | 0-2 | 2 |
| Jon Kelley | 0 | 0 | 1-2 | 1 |
| Totals | 13 | 4 | 9-11 | 40 |
| VES player statistics | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | FG | 3PT | FT | PTS |
| Tenngren | 8 | 0 | 2-2 | 18 |
| Szmiedowicz | 6 | 0 | 1-1 | 13 |
| Vaughn | 4 | 2 | 0-0 | 10 |
| Deatherage | 4 | 0 | 1-3 | 9 |
| Reel | 3 | 0 | 0-0 | 6 |
| Neel | 2 | 0 | 0-0 | 4 |
| Wykle | 2 | 0 | 0-0 | 4 |
| Dalton | 1 | 0 | 1-1 | 3 |
| Koerner | 1 | 0 | 0-0 | 2 |
| Ray | 1 | 0 | 0-0 | 2 |
| Patterson | 0 | 0 | 0-1 | 0 |
| Totals | 32 | 2 | 5-8 | 71 |