Sunday, February 22, 2009

KENNESAW, GA. – After six games on five different days of the week in a two week period, the Lipscomb University Bisons were ready to conclude their road schedule Sunday afternoon in Kennesaw, Ga.

The Bisons defeated Kennesaw State 61-44 with the support of 37 points off the bench in a sloppy game.

Lipscomb turned the ball over 20 times but easily walked away with the victory when Kennesaw, the cellar team in the A-Sun, shot an ice-cold 25.7 percent from the field.

Lipscomb took a 17-8 lead with 9:35 left in the first after back-to-back 3-pointers by Michael Teller and Jordan Burgason.

Kennesaw’s Mirza Medinic nailed a jumper in the paint on the next possession.  It was the last field goal of the first half for the Owls.  They missed 16 attempts before Jonathan Whipple connected on a layup a minute and a half into the second period.

Lipscomb was up 27-14 at the intermission.

Burgason, who was 3-of-4 from beyond the arc and finished with 13 points, drained a three with 12:48 left to put the Bisons up 38-22.  Michael Lusk added a layup to give Lipscomb an 18-point lead, their largest of the game, with 11:14 on the clock.

Kennesaw State whittled Lipscomb’s lead down to 12 with 5:16 remaining.  Kurtis Woods scored 10 of his team high 13 points in the second half as the Owls tried to close the gap.

The Bisons used a 6-0 run over a minute to go back up 18 with 3:47 left.

Adnan Hodzic and Brandon Brown each posted double-doubles for Lipscomb.  Hodzic finished with a game-high 15 points and 10 rebounds.  Brown posted 12 points and 10 boards.

Lipscomb held a 54-33 rebounding advantage.

Lipscomb finished shooting 21-of-48 (43.8 percent) from the field and 5-of-13 (38.5 percent) from the 3-point line.

The Bisons were 14-of-24 (58.3 percent) from the free throw line. 

Kennesaw was 4-of-27 (14.8 percent) from downtown.  The Owls were 4-of-9 from the charity line.

Lipscomb improves to 14-13, 10-8 in the A-Sun while extending its winning streak to six games.  Kennesaw State falls to 7-20, 3-15 in the A-Sun.

Lipscomb returns to Allen Arena this weekend for their final two regular season games.  Lipscomb faces Jacksonville at approximately 8:15 p.m. Thursday evening as part of a doubleheader with the Lady Bisons.

Jonathan Seamon and Benjamin Seamon will be on the call for the Lipscomb Sports Network.  Free online audio streaming is available at www.LipscombSports.com/sportsnetwork/.

Article by Trevor Garrett of the Lipscomb Athletic Office of Media Relations.