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January 6, 2006

Men's Basketball Rolls After Christmas Break

The Spartans responded after a two week Christmas break with a 104-67 pounding on Concordia Seminary. The Spartans, who are ranked 13th in the latest NAIA national polls, improve to 13-4 on the season.

MBU was led by Ryan Byrne’s 19 points and Joe Rothweiler, who added 18 points. Three other Spartans reached double figures on the evening. The Spartans added to new faces to the roster. Waldis Serrano had eight points in his MBU debut and Isaiah Johnson who had two points in his season opening game. The Spartans were 15 for 25 from the three point line, good for 60%.

MBU will host Park University on Saturday January, 7th at 3:00 pm and will enter AMC play on Thursday January, 12th. MBU will open conference play as the two time defending AMC champions and are preseason number two in the conference polls.