MURFREESBORO, N.C. –
Drew Gardner scored a season-high 22 points on 8-16 from the field as Lees-McRae men's basketball dropped a 91-83 contest to Chowan on Saturday afternoon.
THE BASICS
FINAL SCORE: Chowan – 91; Lees-McRae – 83
LOCATION: Hawks Athletic Center – Murfreesboro, North Carolina
RECORDS: Lees-McRae (2-6/0-2), Chowan (4-3/2-1)
HOW IT HAPPENED:
- Jaylin Stewart got the Bobcats on the board with 16:07 left in the first half as Lees-McRae trailed 8-2 heading into the first media timeout. Gardner knocked his first triple of the game to cut the deficit to three, but Chowan pushed the lead back to six at the 14:23 mark.
- The Bobcats went on an 8-0 to take the 23-19 lead after a three by Timon Jones with 9:10 remaining in the first, but Chowan answered with a ten-point run after a three-point play by Preston Le Gassick at 32-28.
- Lees-McRae continued the back-and-forth contest with a lead of its own after a made free throw by Williams Onyeodi as the Bobcats regained the lead at 43-42.
- In the second half, the Bobcats grew their lead to five points after a jumper by Brandon Brown with 17:14 remaining in the contest. Chowan went on a 6-0 run after a made layup by RJ Wilson at the 13:58 mark. Chowan staked out to a 68-63 advantage with 10:24 left in regulation as the Hawks held off Lees-McRae win 91-83 on Saturday.
- Gardner posted a game-high 22 points after going 8-16 from the floor and making four three-pointers for the Bobcats. Timon Jones joined Gardner in double figures with 16 on 5-7 from three-point range.
- Lees-McRae shot 43.1% (31-72) from the field with 13 triples and 8-11 from the free-throw line. The Bobcats scored 46 points off the bench and had 29 points off 20 Chowan turnovers.
FOR THE HAWKS:
- Christian Koonce led Chowan on the day with 20 points on 7-11 shooting and three steals. Chase Barnett followed with 17 points and six rebounds as Le Gassick tallied 11 points. Isaac Hipolyte recorded 10 points and hauled in seven rebounds for Chowan also.
- Chowan went 44.4% (32-72) field with nine three-pointers ands recorded 26 second-chance points off 20 offensive rebounds.
UP NEXT:
Lees-McRae men's basketball returns to the McNair & Debi Tornow Court on Thursday, Dec. 8 for a non-conference matchup with Johnson (Tenn.). The game is slated to tip off at 7 p.m. in Banner Elk.
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