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Big Ten Foreign Tour Team Falls to C.B. Valls
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Brian Randle averaged 10.2 points and 5.4 rebounds during the five-game trip to Spain.
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Aug. 19, 2005
Barcelona, Spain - The Big Ten Men's Basketball Foreign Tour team wrapped up the 13th trip in league history on Thursday with a narrow 87-83 loss against the C.B. Valls Basketball Club. The conference squad completed the tour with a record of 2-3.
The Big Ten Foreign Tour Team arrived in Spain last week and dropped its first two contests in Barcelona. However, the conference squad bounced back, traveling to Valencia, Spain on August 16 and August 17 to pick up a pair of wins before returning to Barcelona for the tour finale on Thursday.
Against C.B. Valls, the Big Ten squad fell behind in the first period, as the Spanish club held the team to only 15 points for a 27-15 advantage. The visitors responded to narrow the gap to six points at the half (43-37) before falling behind again at the end of the third, 69-56. After C.B. Valls extended its lead to 75-56 early in the final stanza, the conference squad rallied to pull within two points in the final two minutes (85-83). The Tour squad tried twice to tie it, but was unable to convert and fell in the finale, 87-83.
Illinois sophomore Brian Randle scored eight points and had six rebounds, while UI freshman Calvin Brock totaled six points, four rebounds, three assists and four steals. Michigan's Ron Coleman led the Big Ten team in scoring against C.B. Valls with a tour-high 22 points.
For the five-game trip, Randle averaged 10.2 points and 5.4 rebounds, while Brock averaged 9.8 points and 4.2 rebounds.
The conference office has now sent teams overseas in 13 of the last 15 years, compiling an overall record of 51-34 (.600) and a mark of 15-6 (.714) during the last four trips in 2001, 2002, 2004 and 2005.
2005 BIG TEN MEN'S BASKETBALL FOREIGN TOUR SCHEDULE/RESULTS Date Opponent Site Result Aug. 13 Huesca Basketball Club Jaca, Spain L, 117-143 Aug. 15 VIC Barcelona Basketball Club Barcelona, Spain L, 104-110 Aug. 16 Alcora Basketball Club Valencia, Spain W, 99-82 Aug. 17 Pamesa Valencia Basketball Club Valencia, Spain W, 82-66 Aug. 18 C.B. Valls Basketball Club Barcelona, Spain L, 83-872005 BIG TEN MEN'S BASKETBALL FOREIGN TOUR STATISTICS School Player Pos. Yr. PPG RPG ILL Calvin Brock G FR 9.8 4.2 ILL Brian Randle G SO 10.2 5.4 IND Marco Killingsworth F SR 15.2 7.4 IOWA Mike Henderson G JR 4.0 0.0 MICH Ron Coleman F SO 13.0 3.0 MSU Goran Suton C FR 8.4 7.0 MINN Spencer Tollackson C SO 10.2 4.4 NU Evan Seacat G SR 7.6 0.0 OSU Matt Terwilliger F SO 5.0 3.2 PSU Brandon Hassell F SO 7.4 4.6 PUR Matt Kiefer F SR 6.4 4.2 WIS Jason Chappell F JR 4.3 3.3
