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76
Winner Lipscomb LIP 1-0,0-0 ASUN
73
Lamar University Lamar 0-3,0-0 Southlan
Winner
Lipscomb LIP
1-0,0-0 ASUN
76
Final
73
Lamar University Lamar
0-3,0-0 Southlan
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Lipscomb LIP 30 46 76
Lamar University Lamar 30 43 73

Game Recap: Men's Basketball | | Kirk Downs

Team Effort Leads Bisons To Season-Opening Win

NEW ORLEANS, La. –  The Lipscomb men's basketball team opened its 2020-21 campaign with a 76-73 win over Lamar at Avron B. Fogelman Arena in the Devlin Fieldhouse in the Tulane Classic Saturday evening.

The Bisons (1-0) put four in double figures, led by 15 points from junior Ahsan Asadullah and senior Romeao Ferguson. Despite having to shake off some rust in the first half, the team shot 55.6 percent from the floor, marking the highest percentage for Lipscomb in a season opener in the last decade.
 
 
HOW IT HAPPENED:

After a Lamar triple opened the game, Asadullah scored back-to-back buckets and Ferguson followed with a jumper to put the Bisons on top for the first time at 6-5. Carson Cary sank the team's first trey and scored five of Lipscomb's next 11 points to push the lead to 17-12 at the 9:40 mark.

Lamar regained the lead with a quick 6-0 run before the sides began trading makes the remainder of the half. Five lead changes over the final five minutes sent the teams into the break tied, 30-30.

Asadullah led all scorers with 10 points in the first half, going 5-of-8 from the floor, while Cary went 3-for-3 to add seven.

The Bisons put their foot on the gas to open the second half as all five starters scored during an 11-2 run, highlighted by three-pointers from Greg Jones and Alex Jones. Following another quick burst from the Cardinals to make it a one-possession game, Lipscomb caught fire from behind the arc. Cary and Greg Jones combined to nail four triples in leading the Bisons on a 20-5 spurt that opened their lead to 17 points at 63-46 with 8:55 to play.

Lamar began chipping away at the deficit and eventually got it back to single digits with just under four minutes on the clock, forcing the Bisons to try and seal the game at the free throw line. However, the visitors from Music City failed to put the game away after missing 10 free throws in the final 48 seconds. The Cardinals eventually pulled to within two after Quinlan Bennett's jumper with 23 seconds.

Jake Wolfe and Ferguson managed to sink enough to keep the Bisons on top for good.


COACH ACUFF'S THOUGHTS  
NOTES
  • Lipscomb's win was just the sixth time in the program's NCAA era that it won its road opener.
  • Asadullah finished the night 7-of-11 from the field with five rebounds and a team-high seven assists.
  • Ferguson played 31 minutes in his Bison debut and chipped in four rebounds with his 15 points.
  • Cary finished a perfect 5-for-5 shooting. He scored 13 points with three triples in 19 minutes.
  • Greg Jones scored all 12 of his points in the second half after going 4-for-4 from long distance. He also pulled down a pair of rebounds and dished five assists in the win.
  • Jake Wolfe played in his first game since Dec. 20, 2019 and tallied five points, two rebounds and an assist.  
  • Alex Jones earned the first start of his career, and saw the floor for the first time since Nov. 30, 2019. He scored three points in 18 minutes.
  • Senior Parker Hazen played a team-high 26 minutes off the bench. He scored four points and reeled in a team-high eight rebounds to go along with three assists.
  • Miles Miller added nine points, five assists and two rebounds in 22 minutes.
  • The Bisons shot 66.7 percent (16-of-24) in the second half, and drained eight of their 10 three-point attempts.
  • Lipscomb was outrebounded 33-30, but managed to outscore Lamar 34-32 in the paint.
  • The Bisons 23 assists marked the most dimes since Lipscomb's NIT quarterfinal victory over North Carolina State in 2019 (24). They reached 20 just once last season (Kennesaw State).
  • Lipscomb forced 16 Lamar turnovers, including six steals.
  • Eight Bisons saw action Saturday, and all eight scored at least three points.


UP NEXT

Lipscomb will make it a quick turnaround as the Bisons match up with Tulane at 1 p.m. Sunday on ESPN+.


 
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