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LMU top Wake Forest at Jamaica Classics

Published:Sunday | November 20, 2022 | 10:05 PM- Ashley Anguin/Gleaner Writer -
Members of the Loyola Marymount University basketball squad celebrate after they won the first Jersey Mike's Jamaica Classics Championship game at the Montego Bay Convention Centre on Sunday.
Ashley Anguin
Members of the Loyola Marymount University basketball squad celebrate after they won the first Jersey Mike's Jamaica Classics Championship game at the Montego Bay Convention Centre on Sunday.

WESTERN BUREAU

Loyola Marymount University (LMU) won the Jersey Mike's Jamaica Basketball Classics Championship Game One on the final day at the Montego Bay Convention Centre on Sunday.

They defeated Wake Forest University 77-75 in overtime.

Freshman Chance Stephens put the icing on the cake in a very close match as he made an incredible three-pointer which led his team to victory in overtime.

A layup attempt by Wake Forest's Tyree Appleby to send the game into double overtime was blocked by LMU's Michael Graham.

Three players from LMU had double-digit scores. Chance Stephens scored 23 points, Cam Shelton had 20 points, six rebounds and four steals and Justin Ahrens scored 11 points, grabbed five rebounds and made three steals.

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