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85
Winner Chattanooga UTC 7-1,0-0 SoCon
64
Lipscomb Lips 5-4,0-0 ASUN
Winner
Chattanooga UTC
7-1,0-0 SoCon
85
Final
64
Lipscomb Lips
5-4,0-0 ASUN
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
Chattanooga UTC 38 47 85
Lipscomb Lips 18 46 64

Game Recap: Men's Basketball | | Kirk Downs

Ognacevic's 23 not enough for Bisons against experienced Chattanooga squad

NASHVILLE – Lipscomb men's basketball returned home Sunday afternoon and dropped an 85-64 in-state decision with Chattanooga inside Allen Arena.

The Bisons (5-4) rallied back from 20 points down early in the second half to cut their deficit to four, but with seven 3-pointers over the final 13 minutes from the Mocs (7-1), it was too much to overcome for the purple and gold.

For the fourth-consecutive game, Jacob Ognacevic led Lipscomb in scoring with 23 points. The Sheboygan, Wisconsin native went 9-of-14 from the floor and shot 5-for-5 at the stripe.

Greg Jones was the only other Bison in double-figures with 12 points after a career best 7-for-7 night at the free throw line.
 
FIRST HALF
  • Chattanooga jumped out to an 11-4 lead in the first five minutes behind the experienced one-two punch of Malachi Smith and David Jean-Baptiste.
  • Jones then converted an and-one while JO buried a jumper at 11:28 to make it a two-point game.
  • After another jumper from Ognacevic cut UTC's lead to 15-12, the Mocs reeled off a 13-0 run to take their advantage to 16 with just under six minutes to play.
  • A.J. Caldwell connected on Chattanooga's fifth triple before a free throw from Silvio Desousa pushed the Mocs lead to 38-18 entering the break.
  • Ognacevic scored a team high eight points, while Jones added three.
  • The Bisons shot just 28 percent (7-25) from the floor and failed to hit a three-pointer (0-8).
  • UTC shot 48.3 percent (14-29) overall and shot 5-of-12 from long distance.
 

SECOND HALF
  • Lipscomb came out and put up a strong defensive effort to begin the second half, allowing the Bisons a chance to get back into the game.
  • After a pair of free throws from Jones, Ognacevic scored seven consecutive points and Lipscomb used a 13-0 run of its own to pull the Bisons back to within 42-36 at the 14:12 mark.
  • Less than a minute later, Will Pruitt buried a triple from the corner following an offensive board from Ognacevic to make it a four-point game (44-40) at 13:07.
  • Over the next couple of minutes, the two sides traded buckets as the score fluctuated from six to nine points.
  • The Mocs got hot from long range and quickly pushed their advantage back out to 15, putting the game away.
  • Chattanooga used runs of 11-3, 8-2 and 10-4 over the last 10 minutes and the Bisons could never get any closer than 11 points.
  • Ognacevic scored a team-high 15 points in the final 20 minutes on 5-7 shooting and grabbed four boards.
  • Jones and Pruitt each added nine points in the half, while KJ Johnson chipped in six.
  • The Bisons shot 50 percent from the field (12-24), 81.8 percent from the line (18-22) and 44.4 percent from deep (4-9).
  • Parker Hazen blocked three shots in the second half.
  • Seven of the 18 field goals made in the second half by UTC were from long distance.
  • Jean-Baptiste scored 18 points on 5-of-6 from three, while Smith added 13 on 6-of-10 overall.
 

NOTES
  • Lipscomb shot a season low 38.8 percent from the floor.
  • The team's 19 field goal makes and four three-pointers were also the fewest of the season.
  • Pruitt finished with nine points, while Johnson added eight.
  • Hazen grabbed a team-high eight rebounds and blocked a career high four shots.
  • With 22 free throw makes, it marks five times the Bisons have connected on 20+ at the stripe.
  • The five blocks were a season high for the Bisons.
  • The 10 turnovers were the second-fewest of the season.
  • Lipscomb has allowed 19 three-pointers over the last two games, and four times now an opponent has connected on 10+ from long range in a game.
 
FROM THE BENCH



UP NEXT
Lipscomb heads to South Beach for a midweek matchup with Miami on Wednesday.  The Bisons and Hurricanes tip at 6 p.m. CT.


 
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