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The Big Ten Foreign Tour Team arrived in Spain last week and dropped
its first two contests in Barcelona. However, the conference squad
bounced back, traveling to Valencia, Spain, on Tuesday and Wednesday
to pick up a pair of wins before returning to Barcelona for the tour
finale on Thursday. Against C.B. Valls, the Big Ten squad fell
behind in the first period, as the Spanish club held the team to
only 15 points, for a 27-15 advantage. The visitors responded to
narrow the gap to six points at the half, 43-37, before falling
behind again at the end of the third, 69-56.
After C.B. Vails extended its lead to 75-56 early in the final
stanza, the conference squad rallied to pull within two points in
the final two minutes, 85-83. The tour squad tried twice to tie it
but was unable to convert and fell in the finale 87-83.
Michigan's Ron Coleman notched a tour-high 22 points to lead the
squad in scoring for the first time, going 6-of-11 from the 3-point
line. Indiana's Marco Killingsworth posted a double-double with a
personal tour-best 20 points and 10 rebounds, while Minnesota's
Spencer Tollackson chipped in 10 points and five rebounds.
The Hoosiers' Killingsworth became only the second Indiana player
in tour annals to lead the squad in scoring, after tallying double
figures in all five contests to post a team-best 76 points (15.2 ppg).
Three other league standouts averaged more than 10 points per
game: Michigan's Coleman with 13.0, Illinois' Brian Randle with 10.2
and Minnesota's Tollackson with 10.2.
Killingsworth also grabbed a team-leading 37 rebounds (7.4 rpg),
while Michigan State's Goran Suton followed with an average of 7.0
boards per contest, including a tour-best performance of 15 rebounds
on Tuesday.
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 The conference office has now sent teams overseas in 13 of the
last 15 years, compiling an overall record of 51-34 (.600) and a
mark of 15-6 (.714) during the last four trips in 2001, 2002, 2004
and 2005.
The Big Ten Foreign Tour Team left Spain on Thursday and returns
to the United States on Friday.
2005 Big Ten Men's Basketball
Foreign Tour schedule and results
- Aug. 9 -- Depart for Spain
- Aug. 10 -- No game
- Aug. 11 -- No game
- Aug. 12 -- No game
- Aug. 13 -- L, 143-117, Huesca Basketball Club, Jaca, Spain
- Aug. 14 -- No game
- Aug. 15 -- L, 110-104, VIC Barcelona Basketball Club,
Barcelona, Spain
- Aug. 16 -- W, 99-82, Alcora Basketball Club, Valencia, Spain
- Aug. 17 -- W, 82-66, Pamesa Valencia Basketball Club,
Valencia, Spain
- Aug. 18 -- L, 87-83, C.B. Valls Basketball Club, Barcelona, Spain
- Aug. 19 -- Depart for United States
Individual statistics
|
School |
Player |
Pos. |
Yr. |
PPG |
RPG |
|
Ill. |
Calvin Brock |
G |
Fr. |
9.8 |
4.2 |
|
Ill. |
Brian Randle |
G |
So. |
10.2 |
5.4 |
|
Iowa |
Mike Henderson |
G |
Jr. |
4.0 |
0.0 |
|
Ind. |
Marco Killingsworth |
F |
Sr. |
15.2 |
7.4 |
|
Mich. |
Ron Coleman |
F |
So. |
13.0 |
3.0 |
|
MSU |
Goran Suton |
C |
Fr. |
8.4 |
7.0 |
|
Minn. |
Spencer Tollackson |
C |
So. |
10.2 |
4.4 |
|
NU |
Evan Seacat |
G |
Sr. |
7.6 |
0.0 |
|
OSU |
Matt Terwilliger |
F |
So. |
5.0 |
3.2 |
|
PSU |
Brandon Hassell |
F |
So. |
7.4 |
4.6 |
|
Purdue |
Matt Kiefer |
F |
Sr. |
6.4 |
4.2 |
|
Wis. |
Jason Chappell |
F |
Jr. |
4.3 |
3.3 |
[Robin Jentes,
Big
Ten Conference associate director of communications] |
