BISMARCK — With leading scorer Mike Renner unable to play because of a stomach flu, Uni lost to Fisher 60-42 Saturday night in the third-place game of the Hayden's Classic holiday tourney at Bismarck-Henning High School.

The Illineks, now 9-3 overall, finished the three-day, 12-team tournament in fourth place with a 3-2 record.

Last year Uni went 1-4 in the Hayden's Classic, placing eighth out of 12 teams. That Illinek squad entered the new year 5-9 overall.

In Saturday's contest, seniors Chumar Williams and Austin Rundus led Uni in scoring with 16 points each. Rundus sank 4 treys while Williams hit twice from 3-point range. No other Illinek scored more than 4 points.

Williams and Renner each made the all-tournament team, with Renner named MVP of the Heritage bracket. Fisher's Mitch Elkins, who scored a game-high 26 against Uni, was MVP of the Bismarck-Henning bracket.

Renner's absence from the Fisher game definitely made a difference on the scoreboard. The senior averaged 17.0 points per game in Uni's first four matches of the tournament.

In fact, his output improved with each contest: 10 vs. Heritage in the first game, 13 vs. Georgetown-Ridge Farm in the second, 19 vs. Salt Fork (a co-op team from Jamaica and Catlin high schools) in the third, and 26 (including 3 treys) vs. Atwood-Hammond in the fourth.

Still, even without Renner, the Illineks started strong against Fisher, building a 15-10 lead by the end of the first quarter. But the Bunnies outscored Uni 12-3 in the second period to take a 22-18 advantage into halftime.

The second half belonged to the Bunnies as they cruised to an 18-point victory, raising their record to 12-4. In the tourney championship game, Salt Fork defeated Bismarck-Henning 62-58.

The Illineks will be back on the court Friday at Kenney Gym as they host Decatur Christian in an East Central Illinois Conference game. The JV will play at 6 p.m., with varsity action to follow.

Although Uni has a 1-0 record in the ECIC, the upcoming game will be the first time the varsity has played a conference match this season, since it was the JV who took the floor in the Illineks' 40-23 win over varsity-only Buckley Christ Lutheran on Dec. 18.

HAYDEN'S CLASSIC RESULTS AT A GLANCE

2007-08 VARSITY RECORD: 9-3
Hayden's Classic tourney record: 3-2 (second place, Heritage bracket; fourth place overall)
Note: Tournament results are listed in chronological order

All-tournament team: Mike Renner (MVP, Heritage bracket), Chumar Williams

1 p.m. THURSDAY: Uni 67, Heritage 32

• HHS: 08 08 10 06 —32
• Uni: 16 16 18 17 —67

TEAM STATS

• Field goals: 29
• Three-pointers: 3 (Renner, Rundus, Williams)
• Free throws: 6-10

INDIVIDUAL STATS

• Isaac Radnitzer: 7-2-16
• Chumar Williams: 5-0-11 (1 trey)
• Mike Renner: 4-1-10 (1 trey)
• Malcolm Taylor: 3-0-6
• Austin Rundus: 2-0-5 (1 trey)
• Dan Lilly: 2-1-5
• Ammar Rizwan: 2-0-4
• Nile Hamer: 2-0-4
• Frankie McFarland: 1-2-4
• Alan Kessler: 1-0-2
• Neil Pearson: 0-0-0

6:30 p.m. THURSDAY: Uni 63, Georgetown-Ridge Farm 41

• GRF: 09 19 07 06 —41
• Uni: 23 18 14 08 —63

TEAM STATS

• Field goals: 22
• Three-pointers: 3 (Lilly 2, Williams)
• Free throws: 16-24

INDIVIDUAL STATS

• Frankie McFarland: 6-5-17
• Mike Renner: 3-7-13
• Dan Lilly: 4-2-12 (2 treys)
• Chumar Williams: 5-0-11 (1 trey)
• Isaac Radnitzer: 3-0-6
• Alan Kessler: 1-0-2
• Malcolm Taylor: 0-2-2
• Austin Rundus: 0-0-0

10 a.m. FRIDAY: Salt Fork 71, Uni 64

• Uni: 13 14 20 17 —64
• SF: 12 26 20 13 —71

TEAM STATS

• Field goals: 24
• Three-pointers: 4 (Renner, Rundus, Taylor, Williams)
• Free throws: 12-16

INDIVIDUAL STATS

• Mike Renner: 6-6-19 (1 trey)
• Frankie McFarland: 5-5-15
• Isaac Radnitzer: 7-0-14
• Chumar Williams: 4-1-10 (1 trey)
• Austin Rundus: 1-0-3 (1 trey)
• Malcolm Taylor: 1-0-3 (1 trey)
• Alan Kessler: 0-0-0
• Dan Lilly: 0-0-0
• Ammar Rizwan: 0-0-0

5 p.m. FRIDAY: Uni 59, Atwood-Hammond 42

• Uni: 12 13 18 16 —59
• AH: 09 18 08 07 —42

TEAM STATS

• Field goals: 20
• Three-pointers: 6 (Renner 3, Lilly, Rundus, Williams)
• Free throws: 13-18

INDIVIDUAL STATS

• Mike Renner: 8-7-26 (3 treys)
• Frankie McFarland: 3-3-9
• Chumar Williams: 3-2-9 (1 trey)
• Isaac Radnitzer: 3-0-6
• Austin Rundus: 1-0-3 (1 trey)
• Dan Lilly: 1-0-3 (1 trey)
• Alan Kessler: 1-0-2
• Ammar Rizwan: 0-1-1

6 p.m. SATURDAY: Fisher 60, Uni 42

• Uni: 15 03 11 13 —42
• FHS: 10 12 17 21 —60

TEAM STATS

• Field goals: 17
• Three-pointers: 7 (Rundus 4, Williams 2, Lilly)
• Free throws: 1-2

INDIVIDUAL STATS

• Austin Rundus: 6-0-16 (4 treys)
• Chumar Williams: 7-0-16 (2 treys)
• Dan Lilly: 1-1-4 (1 trey)
• Isaac Radnitzer: 1-0-2
• Frankie McFarland: 1-0-2
• Alan Kessler: 1-0-2
• Ammar Rizwan: 0-0-0
• Nile Hamer: 0-0-0
• Neil Pearson: 0-0-0
• Malcolm Taylor: unable to play
• Mike Renner: unable to play