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Illinois State’s second-half comeback fizzled in a 65-59 loss to Kent State in Saturday’s consolation game of the Chicago Invitational Challenge at the Sears Centre.
The Golden Flashes (3-2) led by nine at halftime, but Osiris Eldridge, Boo Richardson and Emmanuel Holloway made three-pointers to instigate a rally. Illinois State (3-2) tied the score 47-47 on Mike Vandello’s basket. Then the Redbirds’ shooting went south, squelching the counterattack.
T.J. Carter’s 23 points led North Carolina-Wilmington to a 78-57 rout of Coppin State in the fifth-place game. Southeast Missouri State got 22 points from Roderick Pearson and 19 from sub Brandon Foust en route to defeating Longwood 82-78 for a seventh-place finish.