DEARBORN, Mich. -  The Cornerstone men's basketball team claimed the WHAC regular season title outright today thanks to a dominating 103-70 win over host UM-Dearborn. The victory is the seventh straight for the Golden Eagles as they improve to 26-3 overall and 18-1 in conference play. CU will finish out the regular season on Saturday at home with a 3 p.m. contest against Lawrence Tech. Cornerstone will celebrate five seniors – Marquise Hatter, Michael Bradshaw, Lance Martin, Joey Blauwkamp and Kyle Steigenga before the tip-off.
 
Game Flow
It was all Cornerstone for the entire first half as the offense posted 56 points, led by 20 from senior Michael Bradshaw. The sharpshooter made seven of his first eight shots from the field, including three out of four from behind the arc and that only covered the first 9:10 of the game. The lead grew to as many as 23 in the opening 20 minutes and CU would eventually lead 56-38 at the break.

The lead slowly grew to open the second as Cornerstone used balanced scoring from Kyle Steigenga, Sam Vander Sluis and Christian Rodriguez to up the margin to 30 points just 4:07 into the half. A Rodriguez triple pushed the lead to 31 and the largest it would get would be 35 with under two minutes to play.
 
Say What?
"Tonight was a lot of fun for me. It was great getting off to an early start and after that my teammates kept looking for me and getting me open and I kept knocking down shots. Felt good to get my shot back tonight" – Senior Michael Bradshaw
 
By the Numbers
32 – Career high points for Michael Bradshaw on 12/18 shooting (20 in the first half)
103 – first time since 2/13/16 CU has gone over 100 points
54.1 – CU shot a blazing 67.6% in the first half and concluded by making 40/74 shots from the field
22 – Assists for Cornerstone – Christian Rodriguez had team-high seven, Vander Sluis had five
10-2 – Cornerstone finishes the season 10-2 in true road games
10 – Number of regular season WHAC titles
 
 
 
Up Next
Cornerstone will conclude the regular season on Saturday at home vs. Lawrence Tech. CU will celebrate senior day before the 3 p.m. tip inside Mol Arena.
 
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