Friday, January 8
Louisville, Ky.
6:00 PM
Lipscomb University
at
Bellarmine
Men's Basketball Opens ASUN Road Play at Newcomer Bellarmine
1/7/2021 5:57:00 PM | Men's Basketball
Friday, January 8
Time: 6:00 p.m. – Lipscomb (6-6, 1-1 ASUN) at Bellarmine (3-3, 0-0 ASUN)
Location:Â Freedom Hall | Louisville, Ky.
Links:Â ESPN+Â |Â Live Stats
Saturday, January 9
Time: 4:00 p.m. – Lipscomb (6-6, 1-1 ASUN) at Bellarmine (3-3, 0-0 ASUN)
Location:Â Freedom Hall | Louisville, Ky.
Links:Â ESPN+Â |Â Live Stats
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. – After wrapping up the opening weekend of ASUN Conference play, the Lipscomb men's basketball team hits the road this weekend to take on league-newcomer Bellarmine at historic Freedom Hall.
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In the first-ever games as an ASUN member, the Knights and Bisons will tip at 6 p.m. Friday and at 4 p.m. Saturday. Both contests will air on ESPN+ with Nick Curran handling the play-by-play and Forrest Smallwood as the color analyst.
SERIES HISTORY
KNOW YOUR OPPONENT
ABOUT THE BISONS
HERD NOTES
Time: 6:00 p.m. – Lipscomb (6-6, 1-1 ASUN) at Bellarmine (3-3, 0-0 ASUN)
Location:Â Freedom Hall | Louisville, Ky.
Links:Â ESPN+Â |Â Live Stats
Saturday, January 9
Time: 4:00 p.m. – Lipscomb (6-6, 1-1 ASUN) at Bellarmine (3-3, 0-0 ASUN)
Location:Â Freedom Hall | Louisville, Ky.
Links:Â ESPN+Â |Â Live Stats
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. – After wrapping up the opening weekend of ASUN Conference play, the Lipscomb men's basketball team hits the road this weekend to take on league-newcomer Bellarmine at historic Freedom Hall.
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In the first-ever games as an ASUN member, the Knights and Bisons will tip at 6 p.m. Friday and at 4 p.m. Saturday. Both contests will air on ESPN+ with Nick Curran handling the play-by-play and Forrest Smallwood as the color analyst.
SERIES HISTORY
- Friday's matchup will be the seventh meeting all-time between the programs and the first with both as Division I members.
- Bellarmine leads the series 5-1.
- The last matchup came December 16, 2000 (93-78, BU).
- The Bisons only win came February 5, 1977 in a 79-69 victory.
KNOW YOUR OPPONENT
- An intriguing feature of Bellarmine's ASUN debut is the coaching matchup that pits Lipscomb's Lennie Acuff against the Knights' Scott Davenport. Â The reason it's so intriguing is that when Davenport made his collegiate heading coach debut 16 years ago, he did it against Alabama-Huntsville, who was coached by Acuff.Â
- Bellarmine enters the weekend on a 2-game win streak after taking down DIII Transylvania and Mount St. Joseph last weekend by a combined 102 points.
- Junior Pedro Bradshaw paces the Knights in both scoring (14.7) and rebounding (6.8).
- Fellow junior Dylan Penn has also been dependable, averaging 13.0 ppg while leading the team in assists at 3.5 per game.
- As a team, the Knights are leading the ASUN in both overall field goal percentage (53.7) and 3-point field goal percentage (43.2).
ABOUT THE BISONS
- Lipscomb features a balanced attack, with four players scoring in double figures, seven players averaging at least 5.0 points and 12 players averaging at least 10 minutes per game.
- KJ Johnson leads a group of four players scoring in double figures at 13.7 PPG followed by Ahsan Asadullah (12.5 PPG), Romeao Ferguson (12.0 PPG) and Greg Jones (10.4 PPG)
- Johnson averaged 14.0 ppg in two games against Liberty and is shooting a blistering 54.7 percent on the year … He is also averaging 3.3 rebounds and 2.8 assists each time out, compiling 17 assists to only eight turnovers.
- Romeao Ferguson continued his hot streak over the weekend and ranks third on the squad averaging 12.0 points … He has scored in double figures in six straight outings and in 11-of-12 on the season … He leads the team with 17 steals and has swiped at least two in seven outings … He is one of four players to make at least 20 free throws on the year.
- Junior center Ahsan Asadullah is leading the team in rebounding (7.7) and assists (4.1) … He is second on the team in scoring at 12.5 ppg after posting 24 and 15 points, respectively against the Flames – both team highs ... His 49 total assists are the most among any center in the nation after registering at least three in eight of the 12 games this season … He also ranks fifth in scoring and ninth in rebounding among centers … He has pulled down two double-doubles this season after totaling an ASUN-leading 15 last season … Asadullah currently ranks fourth in the ASUN for assists and rebounds per game.
- Greg Jones returned from injury over the weekend and scored 13 points on Friday in the opener behind four three-pointers made with five rebounds … His 21 made triples are most on the Bisons and is shooting 38.9 percent from deep …His 29.4 minutes per game are tops on the team.
HERD NOTES
- Of Lipscomb's 12 games thus far this season, six have been decided by 10 points or less.
- The Bisons are in their 17th season of play in the ASUN Conference after joining the league as a full-time member in 2003-04.
- Lipscomb has won 4-straight ASUN road openers, including a 66-63 victory at Stetson on Jan. 2, 2020.
- Lipscomb's 181 total assists on the year rank 24th in the country. The team's 15.1 assists per game total is the 3rd-best total in the ASUN.
- The Bisons are among the league leaders in free throws made (148) and attempted (214). The rank first in FT's made and second in attempts.
- Lipscomb shoots it from deep at a 37.3 percent clip, the 2nd-best mark in the ASUN and 56th in the country.
- Lipscomb returns 10 letter winners and three of its primary starters from a squad that finished 16-16 overall and 9-7 in ASUN
- Lennie Acuff is in his 2nd season at the helm of the program and his 31st overall as a head coach. His 16 wins last season were the most by a first-year head coach in Lipscomb's Division I era.
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