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November 30, 2007 Pueblo, CO – Saint Martin’s had four players in double figures but it wasn’t enough as they fell to Colorado State University-Pueblo 90-77 Friday Night in their first game of the Chuck Stephens Classic. Jake Linton led the Saints with 22 points. Bill Richardson had 12 while Brendan Campbell added 10. Galen Squiers came off the bench to pick up 10 for the Saints. “Galen played really well as did Blake (Poole) again, we got some really good production from the bench,” said head coach Keith Cooper. The Saints scored 11 of the first 14 point to take an early eight point advantage but the ThunderWolves battled back to take the lead. Up by 2 at 30-28 with five minutes left in the half Pueblo went on a 12-3 run to take an 11 point lead into the break. Saint Martin’s was unable to recover in the second half. They pulled to within five at the 16:23 mark but that was as close as they would get as CSUP went up by as much as 16 in the half. SMU shot 50 percent from the field but the ThunderWolves posted a 56.5 shooting percentage. “Offensively we played okay and shot the ball well, but we didn’t defend very well especially on the perimeter,” said Cooper. “In the second half we scrambled and played with them but we can’t give up a double figure lead in the first half.” The Saints take on Regis University on the final day of the tournament tomorrow.
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