Covenanters Play Key Roles in Basketball Action

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YOUNGSTOWN, OH (December 4, 2003)  – Craig Anderson of Northwest Covenant  Church in Mount Prospect, Illinois, helped his Youngstown State  University men’s basketball team tie a school record for 3-point shots  in a game, making two treys in a 106-69 home win over Slippery Rock (PA)  Wednesday night.

Anderson, an All-Area player at Prospect High School last year, scored  six points overall. His Penguins hit 14 shots from 3-point range in  raising their record to 2-3 for the season.

Meanwhile, in Evanston, Illinois, another Covenanter was hitting  long-range shots in a losing cause. John Clark of Redeemer Covenant  Church in Tulsa, Oklahoma, made two 3-point shots for six points in a  69-61 loss at Northwestern University. Clark’s Bucknell University team is 0-4 on the season.

As Anderson and Clark make a name for themselves in Division I men’s  basketball, another with Covenant connections continues to shine for  North Park University in Division III basketball action. On Wednesday,  Cal Ecker had 17 points and eight assists as the Vikings defeated Judson  College 87-73 to move to 4-1 overall.

Ecker, who is from Arden Hills, Minnesota, made three shots from 3-point  range and his team made 14 overall, one short of a school record for a  game. Four family members have played basketball at North Park in the  past. Lamar Townsend had 20 points to lead the Vikings in scoring.

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