Category: Fighting Scots

Off to its best start in school history, the Grinnell College men’s basketball team won a hard fought 102-90 come-from-behind victory over Monmouth College before 875 fans. The Pioneers are now a program-best 14-1 on the season while improving to 10-1 in the Midwest Conference. They’ll take that mark into Saturday afternoon’s contest at Lake Forest College, a team that is 11-0 in the league. Junior guard Griffin Lentsch led Grinnell with 30 points, hitting 5-of-12 from 3-point land. Also in double figures for the Pioneers were Patrick Maher with 16 points and Matt Chalupa with 10. Kenny Foster, Michael DeDecker and David Altman led the Fighting Scots in scoring with 14 points each. The Pioneers had 13 steals and forced 35 turnovers with there tenacious man-to-man defense.

-Bob

Grinnell College Wins Hard Fought Game in Midwest Conference Over Fighting Scots

The St. Norbert Green Knights came into Bobby Woll Memorial Stadium with fire in there eyes and they thrashed Monmouth College 48-2 in a Midwest League game Saturday afternoon. The statistics tell the tale, all in favor of the Green Knights. St. Norbert (3-2, 3-1) had 22 first downs to Monmouth’s eight, outgained the Fighting Scots (2-3, 2-2) 229 yards to 50 on the ground and 231-126 through the air and also nearly doubled Monmouth in time of possession. The St. Norbert defense also forced 7 Fighting Scots turnovers.

-Bob

Monmouth Fighting Scots Dominated by Green Knights

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