{"id":95774,"date":"2025-12-21T01:04:14","date_gmt":"2025-12-21T01:04:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/95774\/"},"modified":"2025-12-21T01:04:14","modified_gmt":"2025-12-21T01:04:14","slug":"board-games-pusateri-grabs-21-rebounds-in-lcu-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/95774\/","title":{"rendered":"Board Games: Pusateri Grabs 21 Rebounds in LCU Win"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>                    &#13;<br \/>\n                        &#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<p>                <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/hilltoppers-logo.png\" alt=\"West Liberty\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                Next Game:<\/p>\n<p>vs. West Liberty<\/p>\n<p>12\/21\/2025 | 1:30 P.M. PT \/ 3:30 P.M. CT<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n                    Dec. 21 (Sun) \/ 1:30 P.M. PT \/ 3:30 P.M. CT&#13;\n                <\/p>\n<p>                    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sidearm-story-template-next-game-opponent-logo\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/hilltoppers-logo.png\" alt=\"West Liberty\"\/><\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n                        vs.\u00a0West Liberty&#13;\n                    <\/p>\n<p>                    <a class=\"sidearm-story-template-next-game-details-history\" href=\"https:\/\/lcuchaps.com\/sports\/mens-basketball\/opponent-history\/west-liberty\/391\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">History <\/a><\/p>\n<p>                             &#13;<\/p>\n<p>                    LAS VEGAS (December 20, 2025) \u2014 \u00a0Lubbock Christian University basketball team dominated on the glass on the way to a route of Dominican (NY), 85-65 at South Point Arena on Saturday.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Senior forward <a href=\"https:\/\/lcuchaps.com\/sports\/mens-basketball\/roster\/antonio-pusateri\/4928\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"4928\" target=\"_blank\">Antonio Pusateri<\/a> led the way on boards, pulling down a career-high 21. It is the most by an LCU player since Feb. 7, 2013, when Eli Baker also had 21 against St. Gregory&#8217;s setting the Rip Griffin Center record. The last time a Chap had more than 21 was Nov. 20, 1990 when Ron Ranger set the program record with 25 against Oklahoma Panhandle State. Pusateri also finished with a career-high 23 points.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Lubbock Christian improved to 11-2 with their victory. Dominican is now 6-4 overall.<\/p>\n<p>The Chaps started strong, leading early thanks to their three-point shooting. Back-to-back threes fron Alex Anaekwe five minutes in gave LCU a four-point lead, and they lead by five at the 12:40 mark, but Dominican responded the Crusaders responded to tie the game and even take their own four-point lead with just under nine minutes left in the half.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>A layup from <a href=\"https:\/\/lcuchaps.com\/sports\/mens-basketball\/roster\/kendall-dow\/4358\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"4358\" target=\"_blank\">Kendall Dow<\/a> at the 8:32 mark sparked an 11-3 Lubbock Christian run, and the Chaps took a lead that they would not relinquish the rest of the game. A jumper from <a href=\"https:\/\/lcuchaps.com\/sports\/mens-basketball\/roster\/amondo-miller-jr-\/4437\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"4437\" target=\"_blank\">Amondo Miller Jr.<\/a> with 2:55 to go put LCU ahead by as many as nine, but \u00a0DU scored the final basket of the half, sending the teams to the break with the Chaps up seven.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Pusateri already had his double-double through 20 minutes with 12 points and 10 rebonds in the first half, and <a href=\"https:\/\/lcuchaps.com\/sports\/mens-basketball\/roster\/amondo-miller-jr-\/4437\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"4437\" target=\"_blank\">Amondo Miller Jr.<\/a> went to the locker room with 18 points already.<\/p>\n<p>A dunk from Pusateri on the first possession of the second half set the tone, as LCU opened on a 6-0 run to push the gap to double-digits. Dominican cut it back to 12 at the 12:26 mark, but that was the closes they would get the rest of the way.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Miller Jr. hit a jumper with 8:33 remaining to get the lead to 20, and his two free throws at the 6:31 mark gave them their widest lead at 24 points. The Chaps outscored the Crusaders 38\u201325 in the half, cruising to an 85\u201365 victory as the game concluded.<\/p>\n<p>Miller Jr. scored 29 points and collected 16 rebounds, making 11 of 20 field goal attempts. Pusateri added 23 points and posted 21 rebounds, converting 10 of 20 shots. <a href=\"https:\/\/lcuchaps.com\/sports\/mens-basketball\/roster\/kendall-dow\/4358\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"4358\" target=\"_blank\">Kendall Dow<\/a> recorded 13 points and five assists, finishing 6 of 10 from the field.<\/p>\n<p>GAME NOTES:<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n&#8211; Pusateri&#8217;s 21 rebounds are the most by a Lone Star Conference player this season and tied for the second-most in all of Division II<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n&#8211; The double-double is the California native&#8217;s seventh of the season, which leads the Lone Star Conference and is tied for the fifth-most nationally<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n&#8211; The Chaps&#8217; rebound advantage of 19 is their highest in a game this season<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n&#8211; Miller Jr. also had a new career high in rebounds with 16, surpassing his previous high of 15 set on Jan. 16, 2025, against UT Permian Basin<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n&#8211; After starting the game 3-5 on three-pointers, the Chaps hit just 2 of their final 13 attempts, including an 0-for-5 showing in the second half<\/p>\n<p>NEXT UP:\u00a0<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nThe Chaps will wrap up play at the Holiday Hoops Classic and play their final game before the Christmas break at 1:30 p.m. Sunday against West Liberty.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#13; &#13; &#13; Next Game: vs. West Liberty 12\/21\/2025 | 1:30 P.M. 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