Warriors start Golden Rule Shoot-out with loss to Griffins

November 18, 2005

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CALDWELL, Idaho – In their second game of a three-game weekend, Corban’s men’s basketball team opened the 2005 Golden Rule Shoot-out with a 79-66 loss to Westminster (Utah) on Friday evening on the campus of Albertson College of Idaho.

Senior All-American Eric Fiegi (Medford, Ore.) scored a game-high 26 points and pulled down a team-high 9 rebounds for Corban, while shooting 11-for-22 (50.0%) from the field and a perfect 4-for-4 from the free throw line.  Thanks to the South Medford High School graduate’s 47 points over the past twenty-four hours, former Warrior and current assistant coach Don Hiebenthal only has a 7-point cushion between himself (2,460 career points) and Fiegi (2,453 career points) for 3rd on the all-time career points list in Corban history.

Along with Fiegi (pictured right), senior Chris Lynn (Kent, Wash.) and junior Ryan Heil (Medford, Ore.) scored 17 and 7 points respectively.  Heil aided Fiegi on the boards with 5 rebounds, while a trio of Warriors grabbed 2 rebounds each.

Corban shot 25-for-64 (39.1%) from the field, which was a drop from the previous night when they shot a season-high 54.1% from the field against Walla Walla College.  Westminster shot 28-for-62 (45.2%) from the field, including 15-for-23 (65.2%) from the free throw line.  The two teams combined to shoot 17-for-51 (33.3%) from behind the 3-point line, as Corban made 9 shots from beyond the arc and the Griffins canned 8 shots from long distance.

Westminster was led by Danny Reeder’s team-high 25 points, while Jared Ruiz and Nick Booth scored 20 and 16 points respectively.  Ruiz led all players with a game-high 13 rebounds, while Reeder and Booth grabbed 12 and 7 rebounds respectively.

With the loss, Corban falls to 2-2, while Westminster improves to 4-1.  The Warriors are next in action on Saturday, November 19th, when they take on Bethany (Calif.) in their second game at the Golden Rule Shoot-out beginning at 6:00 p.m. (MST) in Caldwell, Idaho, on the campus of Albertson College.