Rigby reaches 1,000 points at IU East
PIPPA PASSES, Ky. - Tyler Rigby wasn't thinking about the 1,000-plus
points he has now scored during his Indiana University East career.
He was thinking about the two more points he wished he had scored
Feb. 13 at Alice Lloyd College - two points that might have helped the
Red Wolves avoid a 69-68 Kentucky Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
loss.
Rigby (Bryant, Ind./Jay County High School) scored 23 points to surpass the 1,000-point mark for his IU East career, but it wasn't enough as the Red Wolves (12-12, 4-6 KIAC) dropped their third consecutive game.
"I was told I had 1,001, but I wish it was 1,003 because that means we would have won the game," Rigby said.
Rigby is the first IU East men's basketball player to score 1,000 points in NAIA competition.
Brandon Hayes' free throw with 1:02 remaining broke the game's eighth tie and proved to be the winning point for Alice Lloyd (7-17, 2-8), which snapped a six-game losing streak.
IU East had six shots to take the lead in the final 62 seconds, but missed all six.
The Red Wolves had one last chance to pull out the win after Michael Lindon missed two free throws with nine seconds remaining, but Hayes blocked IU East's last shot at the buzzer.
Rigby scored his last 13 points in a five-minute flurry that helped IU East erase a seven-point deficit midway through the second half.
There were six ties and five lead changes in the final 10 minutes.
IU East took a 63-58 lead on Brent Burris' 3-pointer with 6:26 remaining, but the Red Wolves managed just five more points the rest of the way.
Nick Brumback led Alice Lloyd with 20 points. The Eagles avenged an 89-65 loss in Richmond last month.