Bisons blast Bluefield State 89-56

Saturday, January 30

Allen Arena

2:00 PM

Lipscomb University

11-8

Bluefield State College

1-4

Team	1	2	F
Bluefield State	35	21	56
Lipscomb	41	48	89

Bisons blast Bluefield State 89-56

1/30/2021 5:31:00 PM | Men's Basketball

Box Score

By: Kirk Downs

NASHVILLE – Any worries of an out-of-conference letdown was erased in the second half Saturday afternoon at Allen Arena as the Lipscomb men's basketball team steamrolled Bluefield State 89-56.

After a sluggish first 20 minutes where they fell behind by as many as eight, the Bisons outscored the Big Blue 48-21 after halftime and got 12 players in the scoring column.

Junior Ahsan Asadullah led all players with 19 points in only 19 minutes of action. He was 9-of-14 from the floor, pulled down five rebounds and dished a pair of assists.

Your @TarkHarwell Player of the Game is @ahsanasadullah after recording a team-high 19 points in just 19 minutes of action. #HornsUp ?? pic.twitter.com/ZHjBAp9Ytz
— LipscombMBB (@LipscombMBB) January 30, 2021

HOW IT HAPPENED
Without starters Romeao Ferguson and Greg Jones, the Bisons came out of the gate slow. The Big Blue (1-4) hit a couple 3-pointers to grab the advantage and led until the final two minutes of the first half when KJ Johnson scored seven consecutive points, including a triple from the corner, to take a 36-35 lead with 1:30 on the clock.

Jake Wolfe putting those shoulders to use. ?? pic.twitter.com/i6TTrXCxol
— LipscombMBB (@LipscombMBB) January 30, 2021

Back-to-back buckets from Asadullah and a free throw from Jake Wolfe sent Lipscomb (11-8) into the break, up 41-35.

The purple and gold quickly turned a 6-point lead into a 58-41 advantage on a tough layup from Wolfe after holding Bluefield State scoreless for more than five minutes early in the second half.

TOUGH @wakejolfe pic.twitter.com/m9vitJvs1M
— LipscombMBB (@LipscombMBB) January 30, 2021

Another defensive stance held the Big Blue scoreless for second stretch of five-plus minutes and the Bisons ballooned their lead to 28 after triples from Carson Cary and Tommy Murr with 7:30 on the clock.

Tanner Shulman came off the bench and drilled back-to-back 3-pointers in the final two minutes to stretch the lead to 86-54 before Jacob Hobbs' triple with 41 seconds remaining to wrap up the scoring.

FROM THE BENCH

Hear from @MurrTommy and @coachacuff after today's rout of Bluefield State. #HornsUp https://t.co/oXITe9wHri
— LipscombMBB (@LipscombMBB) January 30, 2021

HERD NOTES

Lipscomb shot 54.8 percent from the floor after knocking down 18-of-29 shots in the 2^nd half for a 62.1-percent clip. BSC was held to a 38.7 percent mark.
The Bisons hit 10 triples and went 11-of-17 off the line.
Joining Asadullah in double figures was Johnson with 13 and Cary with 11.
Murr matched his season high with nine points on 4-of-6 shooting in 16 minutes. He added three assists, three steals and two rebounds.
Will Pruitt scored seven points in his first-career start.
Shulman and Hobbs each recorded six points, while Kaleb Coleman contributed with five.
Asadullah, Johnson and Miles Miller each reeled in a team high five boards.
Alex Jones dished a team best five assists in 13 minutes off the bench.
Lipscomb swiped 12 steals and totaled 19 assists.