FORT WAYNE, Ind. – After being held to a career-low five points in the Golden Eagles' win over Aquinas Wednesday night, junior Kyle Steigenga exploded for a new high of 38 today to help No. 2 Cornerstone defeat Indiana Tech 72-54. The victory is the tenth straight for CU as they are now 10-1 overall and 4-0 in the WHAC. CU will remain on the road next Wednesday when they travel to Lourdes for an 8 p.m. tip.
 
Game Flow
The Warriors, which were ranked as high as No. 20 in the country just a week ago, saw CU take early control of the game thanks to some balance on the offensive end from Cory Cox, Marquise Hatter and Steigenga as the Golden Eagles built a 16-11 lead. Indiana Tech then used 20-10 run to open their own 5-point lead but CU closed the half by scoring the final four points to make it 31-30 Warriors at the break.

The teams would trade buckets in the early part of the second half as Indiana Tech maintained a slim 41-38 lead with 12:51 to play. Cornerstone then went on a 9-0 spurt, with all points coming from Kyle Steigenga, to lead 47-41 and the margin never got any closer than four the remainder of the game.
 
Say What?
"Winning at Indiana Tech is never easy but we got a big game out of Kyle and so many other players did what we needed them to do." Head coach Kim Elders
 
By the Numbers
38 – Career high points for Kyle Steigenga – his previous high was 32 on two different occasions
36 – Points in the paint for the Golden Eagles
6 – Career-high six assists for Michael Bradshaw
33-30 – CU outrebounded the Warriors by three
11 – Season high 11 steals for the Golden Eagles – Steigenga and Michael McLaughlin had three each
 
Up Next
Cornerstone will remain on the road for their next outing when they take on Lourdes in Sylvania on Wednesday evening.
 
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