CHAMINADE SILVERSWORDS

Chaminade Silverswords

Chaminade Silverswords VS. Missouri Tigers

Recap: Chaminade vs. Missouri

Maui, HI (SportsNetwork.com) - Namon Wright had 21 points on 7-of-7 shooting to lead Missouri to a 74-60 victory over Chaminade in the seventh place game of the Maui Inviational.

Montaque Gill-Caesar added 18 points to help Missouri (3-3) end the event on a high note after being dealt lopsided losses to Arizona and Purdue over the previous two days. Ryan Rosburg contributed nine points and five rebounds for the Tigers.

Tournament host Chaminade (2-3) registered its sixth eighth-place Maui Invitational finish in the last seven years despite Lee Bailey's game-high 22 points. Kuany Kuany finished with 14 in the loss.

Missouri led from start to finish and owned an 18-point advantage late in the first half after a 7-0 run staked the Tigers to a 34-16 cushion.

Chaminade managed to pull within 38-28 at the break on Kuany's 3-pointer near the buzzer, then cut the margin to single digits in the second half when seven straight points from Bailey made it a 52-46 game with 9:15 left.

The Tigers finally put the Division II Silverswords away later on, with Gill- Caesar burying a three treys during a 13-3 spurt that expanded the lead to 67-51 with under three minutes to go.