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A bad first quarter ended up haunting the Muskegon Big Reds in their matchup with Chicago Curie in the 
Muskegon Basketball Showcase on Saturday.
Curie grabbed a commanding 21-6 lead after one quarter and left town with a 57-48 victory at Redmond-Potter Gymnasium.
The middle quarters were pretty even,, with Muskegon grabbing an 11-8 advantage in the second quarter and Curie outscoring the Big Reds 13-8 in the third.
Muskegon had its best run in the fourth quarter, outscoring their out-of-state visitors 23-15, but it wasn’t quite enough to alter the outcome.
Willie Shanks Jr. paced the Big Reds with 14 points, nine rebounds and four steals. Eonte Tornes also scored 14 for Muskegon, which hurt itself by missing 16 of 30 free throws.
Maurice Commander had a game-high 16 points for Chicago Curie.
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- Muskegon’s Vern Nash makes the pass over the Chicago Curie defense. Photo/Joe Lane
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- DeAndre Carter Jr. defends against Chicago’s No. 3 Maurice Commander. Photo/Joe Lane
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- Muskegon Big Reds Coach Keith Guy talks with his team during a time out. Photo/Joe Lane
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- Monte Tornes goes up for the Muskegon shot. Photo/Joe Lane
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- Willie shanks looks to take the shot for Muskegon. Photo/Joe Lane
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- Clinton Jefferson Jr. makes the drive in the lane for Muskegon. Photo/Joe Lane
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- Muskegon’s Amari Saucier plays defense against Chicago’s Maurice Commander. Photo/Joe Lane
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- DeAndre Carter Jr. dishes a pass in the lane. Photo/Joe Lane
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- Monte Tornes fights off the full-court pressure of Chicago’s No. 23 Don Morgan. Photo/Joe Lane
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- Don Morgan applies pressure to Muskegon’s DeAndre Carter Jr. Photo/Joe Lane
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- Monte Tornes goes up for the layup on the Muskegon fast break. Photo/Joe Lane
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- Billie Roberts eyes the hoop during a free throw. Photo/Joe Lane
