Bisons Fall Short At Tulane

Sunday, November 29

New Orleans, LA

1:00 PM

Lipscomb University

1-1,0-0ASUN

Tulane University

2-0,0-0AAC

Team	1	2	F
Lipscomb	34	32	66
Tulane	33	35	68

11/29/2020 4:11:00 PM | Men's Basketball

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By: Kirk Downs

NEW ORLEANS, La. – A trio of Bisons reached double figures on Sunday, but it wasn't enough as Tulane pulled out a 68-66 victory over Lipscomb in the championship game of the Tulane Classic at Avron B. Fogelman Arena in the Devlin Fieldhouse.

Romeao Ferguson and Greg Jones led the team with 18 points and the Bisons had the ball on the game's final possession, but were unable to get a shot to fall. The loss moves the Purple and Gold to 1-1 after the opening weekend.

The @TarkHarwell Player of the Game is @DatBoyFerg after going 6-of-12 from the floor for 1?8? points in 33 minutes.#HornsUp | #OnTheMove pic.twitter.com/k7L5NiHauf
— LipscombMBB (@LipscombMBB) November 29, 2020

HOW IT HAPPENED:
It was all Lipscomb in the early going as six different Bisons etched their names in the scoring column when Ferguson buried a turnaround jumper from the paint to give the visitors their largest lead of the game at 16-7 at the 11:39 mark.

Tulane (2-0) settled in with a 10-2 run to even the score at 22 before Ferguson scored five-straight points to put the Bisons back in front by seven with just over six minutes to play in the half.

Back-to-back buckets from @ahsanasadullah followed by 5? straight points from @DatBoyFerg push @LipscombMBB's lead to 7.#ASUNMBB | #HornsUp ???? pic.twitter.com/N8zGSLefBV
— #ASUNMBB ?? (@ASUN_MBB) November 29, 2020

Lipscomb managed to take a 34-33 into halftime, but it was a 16-minute stretch between halves that ultimately did the Bisons in.

From the 6:20 mark in the first half to 9:54 of the second, the purple and gold connected on just 4-of-23 attempts from the floor. The Green Wave used a 31-11 run to turn a 7-point deficit into a 53-40 lead.

But just as the Bison fans have come accustomed to, the Herd never backed down. Ferguson injected life into the squad with five straight points off feeds from Asadullah, and Lipscomb reeled off a 12-0 run to tie the score at 59. Asadullah finished a strong and-one play and Greg Jones bookeded the run with a triple and a pair of free throws.

?? @ahsanasadullah with the AND-1??

Bisons on a 10-0 run and we have a one-possession game!

Tulane 59, Lipscomb 57 | 2H - 3:27 #HornsUp?? pic.twitter.com/hZCOo09OLd
— LipscombMBB (@LipscombMBB) November 29, 2020

The home team seemed to deliver down the stretch. A 9-2 surge by the Green Wave saw Lipscomb down 68-61 with 37 seconds left. Greg Jones hit from deep and then made 2-of-3 from the stripe to pull the Bisons back to within 68-66.

A strong defensive effort on the ensuing inbounds forced Tulane to call a timeout and then turn the ball to give the Bisons one final chance at a win or overtime.

Out of a timeout, Tulane's defense forced Greg Jones to heave a long triple and then R.J. McGee came up with a huge block on Asadullah's putback at the buzzer to seal Lipscomb's fate.

POSTGAME THOUGHTS

"I feel a lot better about our team today than I did yesterday" - @coachacuff https://t.co/emv9vUWlpr
— LipscombMBB (@LipscombMBB) November 29, 2020

NOTES

Asadullah closed the game with 13 points, nine rebounds and seven assists. He shot 6-for-11 in 36 minutes.
Ferguson added seven rebounds and two steals with his 18 points. He also made a pair of threes and went 4-for-4 at the line.
Greg Jones drilled a team-high four treys and registered 18 points, three rebounds and two assists in a team-high 37 minutes.
Parker Hazen scored seven points and pulled down four boards in 24 minutes.
Jake Wolfe added eight points, while Alex Jones scored two.
Lipscomb shot 43.1 percent (22-of-51) overall, 30.0 percent (6-of-20) from deep and 84.2 percent (16-of-19) off the stripe.
The Bisons were outrebounded for the second night in a row, 31-29. They registered 14 assists to 11 turnovers.

UP NEXT
Lipscomb gets a few days of rest before making the trek to Cincinnati on Wednesday, Dec. 2 to face the Bearcats in their season opener on ESPN+. Game time is set for 4 p.m.