Burgess scores 10 in NABC All-Star game

Staff Reports

Bradford Burgess was in New Orleans this weekend for the college basketball version of NBA All-Star Weekend, participating in the three-point contest and starting for the West in the all-star game devoted to seniors with hopes of professional careers.

Burgess scored 10 points and had six rebounds in 23 minutes as the West fell to the East 103-99 on Friday night at the Louisiana Superdome, the site of the Final Four. He was one of 11 players to record double figures in the contest, five of whom were on his team.

On Thursday at the skills competition, Burgess was eliminated in the first round of the three-point contest after picking up 12 of 30 possible points. After a slow start to the round, Burgess gained steam but was unable to complete the final rack of balls before the alotted 60 seconds was up. He was one point short of advancing to the second round. John Shurma of Northwestern won the event with 21 points in the final round. CT