MBB CIT CHAMPIONSHIP BROADCAST

                            

MBB v UIC

On cam :00 take vid nat snd und (vo) Lasts: 1:05 On cam

(Anchor) THE BEARS ARE THE 20-18 C-I-T CHAMPIONS… U-N-C’S MEN’S BASKETBALL TEAM WON THE COLLEGE INSIDER DOT COM TOURNAMENT FRIDAY WITH A 76 TO 71 VICTORY OVER ILLINOIS-CHICAGO.  (vo) THE TWO TEAMS STARTED OFF SLOW, BUT THE BEARS WENT ON AN EARLY SEVEN OH RUN TO TAKE A 12 TO FOUR LEAD. THE FLAMES RESPONSED WITH THEIR OWN BIG RUN, AND THAT’S WHEN JUNIOR JORDAN DAVIS TOOK MATTERS INTO HIS OWN HANDS. J-D SCORED 16 OF U-N-C’S NEXT 18 POINTS, AND THE TEAM WENT INTO THE LOCKER ROOM UP 35 TO 26. THE BEARS KEPT THEIR LEAD TO AROUND 10 WITH SEVEN MINUTES REMAINING, BUT THAT’S WHEN U-I-C BEGAN TO COME BACK. THE FLAMES SCORED 18 OVER THE NEXT FIVE MINUTES, CUTTING THE DEFICIT TO ONE. WITH TWO MINUTES REMAINING, U-N-C REELED OFF TWO ELECTRIC PLAYS TO WAKE UP THE 3,198 FANS INSIDE BANK OF COLORADO ARENA.   DAVIS DID WHAT HE DOES BEST, DUNKING A PASS FROM ANDRE SPIGHT TO GIVE THE BEARS A THREE POINT ADVANTAGE. J-D THEN THREW A DEEP PASS TO JALEN SANDERS WHO DUNKED IT IN, SEALING THE VICTORY. IT WAS ANOTHER NIGHT FULL OF MILESTONES, AS THE TEAM’S 26 WINS ARE A PROGRAM RECORD THE WIN IS THE FIRST POSTSEASON TOURNAMENT CHAMPIONSHIP FOR BOTH NORTHERN COLORADO AND THE BIG SKY CONFERENCE. SPIGHT WAS NAMED TOURNAMENT M-V-P, CONTRIBUTING 23 POINTS IN THE VICTORY. DRE ALSO SET A BIG SKY SINGLE-SEASON SCORING RECORD WITH 855 POINTS AND TIED THE RECORD FOR THREE-POINTERS MADE WITH 128. (Anchor) ALL OF US AT BEAR ZONE WOULD LIKE TO CONGRATULATE THE BEARS ON A TERRIFIC SEASON.