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Justin Clark scored 11 points Sunday and Illinois State defeated Jacksonville State 60-47 to win the Global Sports Roundball Classic.
Alex Rubin and Blake Mishler scored 10 points each for the Redbirds (5-1), who were 3-0 in the four-team round-robin tournament.
Illinois State led 23-19 at halftime. Rubin did make two 3-pointers in the half, but overall the Redbirds were just 9-for-27. But Illinois State scored the first five points in the second half and eventually opened up a 46-34 lead.
Nick Murphy led the Gamecocks (2-5) with 16 points, and Stephen Hall added 15. Jacksonville State shot 38 percent (17-of-45) from the field while Illinois State was 21-for-50 at 42 percent.
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