KIRKWOOD MEN

By Tyler Loring

Correspondent

DANVILLE, Ill.

- Kirkwood trailed much of regulation last night against Lewis & Clark in the third-place game of the NJCAA Division II men's basketball tournament.

With the game on the line, the Eagles turned to their sophomores in an 81-72 double-overtime victory.

"The sophomore leadership surfaced," Coach Doug Wagemester said.

"We left our sophomores out there for the final five minutes and the two overtime periods." Sophomore Jarvis Wil­liams scored 17 points and freshman Trevell Rivers added 11 points and 12 rebounds.

Williams sealed the game for the Eagles with a spectacular 3-point play. "I knew that this being my last game as a Kirkwood Eagle I had to step up," Williams said. "We made up our mind we were going to come out and go hard, it's the last one." Kirkwood closes its season at 28-8.

The Eagles had three other players in doublefigure scoring: Jordan Stoermer 13, Kaylon Williams 12 and Brandon Pullman 11.

"It was a team effort. It feels good to go out that way," Wagemester said.