Balanced Scoring Not Enough in Lopsided Defeat Against No. 1 Grace

WINONA LAKE, Ind. – Despite having five separate players scoring in double digits, Taylor fell to No. 1 Grace, 104-76, in Crossroads League action Wednesday night. 

Jackson Lewis led TU with 12 points, with Jackson Ullom notching 11 of his own. Anton Webb, Grant Niehaus, and Pete Combs joined the point guard duo in double digits as the balanced scoring attack led the Trojans to 76 points. 

The Trojans started the game brightly, with Webb splashing home a triple in their first possession. Taylor and Grace traded buckets, and TU held an 8-6 lead four minutes into the contest after Niehaus nailed two free throws. 

It continued to be close as Taylor was behind by the thinnest of margins at 16-15 after a Kaden Fuhrmann jumper. TU would get no closer as Grace went on a 19-2 run over the next five minutes for a comfortable 35-17 lead that proved insurmountable.

TU trailed 54-29 going into the break but bounced back with a strong second stanza, scoring 47 points, which was the fifth-most points put up in a half this season. 

Wes Hunt and Izaiah Day each had solid games off the bench in addition to the quintet of double-figure scorers. Hunt put up an equal seven points and rebounds, while Day did the same with six apiece. 

Taylor (5-9, 0-4 CL) returns to Odle Arena for a matchup against Spring Arbor (9-5, 2-2 CL) on Saturday, January 6, with tip-off set for 3:00 pm.