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Boys basketball: Showdown with Decatur Christian will have to wait

By Gargoyle sports staff
Published: Wednesday, January 30, 2008 - 12:20am
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URBANA — The showdown between Uni High and Decatur Christian for the East Central Illinois Conference title will have to wait a little longer.

Tonight's game in Decatur was canceled because of bad weather. A combination of snow, high winds, and poor visibility made travel on I-72 a risky proposition. No word yet on a rescheduled date for the game.

Uni, which is seeking its fourth straight conference title, is 16-5 overall, 6-1 in the ECIC. Decatur Christian is 17-2, 8-0.

Back on Jan. 4, the visiting Warriors handed the Illineks their only conference loss of the season, a 63-60 overtime defeat at Kenney Gym.

That was Uni's first game of the new year, coming a week after the team went 3-2 in the Hayden's Classic winter tournament. The Hayden's tourney was capped by a 60-42 loss to Fisher in the third-place game, which leading scorer Mike Renner had to sit out because of stomach flu.

The Warriors are led by Demeatrio Wade, a 6-foot-5 senior from Jamaica who came to America this year to attract the attention of college scouts, according to a profile of him published by the Decatur Herald & Review. Wade scored 10 points in his initial meeting with Uni.

“The first time we played them we weren't at the top of our game,” said senior Isaac Radnitzer, who scored 8 points and grabbed 8 rebounds in that contest. “We were coming off the winter tournament. We had a tough loss to Fisher there, so we weren't fully energized. We think we could have beaten them, but they're a good team, so I think this is going to be a good game. I think the key to the game is going to be limiting their big recruit from Jamaica.”

Whenever the game is rescheduled, it will be played at the Skywalker International Sports Complex, 400 E. Eldorado, Decatur. For directions, click here.

THE VARSITY SEASON SO FAR

2007-08 BOYS VARSITY BASKETBALL: 16-5 overall, 6-1 ECIC
(home matches listed in bold)

Nov. 19: Shiloh (Central Illinois Turkey Tourney), W 80-32

Nov. 20: Buckley Christ Lutheran (Central Illinois Turkey Tourney), W 69-17

Nov. 23: Bement (Central Illinois Turkey Tourney), W 73-59

Nov. 24: Martinsville (Central Illinois Turkey Tourney championship game), W 74-43

Nov. 30: at Shiloh, W 72-23

Dec. 4: St. Thomas More, W 63-45

Dec. 14: at Oakwood, L 67-54

Dec. 18: Uni JV vs. BCL Varsity, W 40-23 (counts toward Uni's ECIC record only)

Dec. 27: Heritage (Hayden's Classic at Heritage), W 67-32

Dec. 27: Georgetown-Ridge Farm (Hayden's Classic at Heritage), W 63-41

Dec. 28: Salt Fork (Hayden's Classic at Heritage), L 71-64

Dec. 28: Atwood-Hammond (Hayden's Classic at Heritage), W 59-42

Dec. 29: Fisher (Hayden's Classic at Bismarck-Henning), L 60-42

Jan. 4: Decatur Christian, L 63-60 (OT)

Jan. 5: Lexington, L 51-48

Jan. 8: at Normal Calvary Baptist, W 74-51

Jan. 11: at DeLand-Weldon, W 70-25

Jan. 12: at Fisher, W 71-60

Jan. 15: Paxton-Buckley-Loda, W 71-57

Jan. 17: Decatur Lutheran School Association, W 69-56

Jan. 22: Judah Christian, W 71-49

Jan. 24: at Georgetown Notre Dame de LaSalette, W 81-52

Jan. 25: Uni JV at BCL Varsity, W 46-33 (counts toward Uni's ECIC record only)

2007-08 schedule: Click here for the Gargoyle Scoreboard, which includes remaining varsity games.

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