Bisons skid extends to four at Eastern Kentucky

Tuesday, January 18

Richmond, KY

6:00 PM

Lipscomb University

8-12,1-4ASUN

Eastern Kentucky

9-10,1-4ASUN

Team	1	2	F
Lipscomb	37	35	72
Eastern Ky.	41	45	86

Bisons skid extends to four at Eastern Kentucky

1/18/2022 8:36:00 PM | Men's Basketball

Box Score

RICHMOND, Ky. – Long-range shooting proved to be the difference as the Lipscomb men's basketball team fell 86-72 to Eastern Kentucky Tuesday night at the McBrayer Arena.

The Colonels (9-10, 1-4 ASUN) made 16-of-37 shots from beyond the three-point line, which included nine triples in the second half. It is the fifth straight game the purple and gold have allowed its opponent to hit 10+ threes and the 11^th time this season.

The Bisons (8-12, 1-4 ASUN) trailed 41-37 at the intermission and EKU stretched its advantage out to as many as 18 at the 3:49 mark of the second half.

Down, but not out, Lipscomb tried to stage a comeback midway through the period, but it was not enough as a three from Michael Moreno with 13:14 remaining put the Colonels up by double digits for the remainder of the game.

The Bisons were able to cut it to 10 on a Parker Hazen layup at 9:20, but another three-pointer on the other end of the floor stretched EKU's lead back out and Lipscomb was never able to recover.

Will Pruitt led the Bisons in scoring for the second-straight game, pouring in 17 points on 6-of-11 shooting, including three long balls. Freshman Trae Benham got hot and finished with a career high 16 points on 6-of-11 field goals. The Concord, North Carolina native led the team with four 3-pointers (4-7) in just 18 minutes.

Hazen also reached double figures and just missed out on a double-double with 11 points and a team-high eight rebounds.

Quincy Clark ?? Trae Benham ????

The duo has combined for 1?6? points. #IntoTheStorm?? | #HornsUp?? pic.twitter.com/55PuPpU83y
— Lipscomb Men's Basketball (@LipscombMBB) January 19, 2022

HERD NOTES

Pruitt also grabbed six boards and matched his career high with three 3-pointers.
Hazen led the Bisons in rebounding for the fifth time this season.
Ahsan Asadullah was held in check as the big man finished just 3-of-6 shooting for six points, five rebounds and five assists.
Quincy Clark provided Lipscomb a spark off the bench. The freshman scored six points, all in the first half, snatched two boards and tied his career high with four dimes.
Starters KJ Johnson and Greg Jones combined for just three points, all from the former. The duo went just 1-of-7 from the floor, but Jones did haul in a season-high tying five rebounds.
Lipscomb shot 43 percent from the field (26-61) and went 9-of-27 from long distance. The Bisons did hit 11-of-15 at the stripe.
EKU connected on 31-of-69 field goals (45%) and its 16 triples were the third most in a game this season. That number marks the 2^nd-most the Bisons have allowed this season (17 – Belmont).
Lipscomb won the battle of the boards 39-37 and grabbed 11 offensive rebounds, its second most of the season.
The Bisons turned the ball over 12 times and allowed 21 EKU points off those miscues. Lipscomb scored just six off seven forced turnovers.
EKU had 10 steals and eight blocks (matches season high allowed for Lipscomb).

Asadullah ?? Hazen for a slam before Pruitt ?? from deep.

EKU leads 79-64 with 3:30 to play.

#IntoTheStorm?? | #HornsUp?? pic.twitter.com/WulANZfoxl
— Lipscomb Men's Basketball (@LipscombMBB) January 19, 2022

UP NEXT
The Bisons are back in Allen Arena on Saturday as they welcome the red-hot Kennesaw State, who is undefeated in ASUN Conference play at 3-0.

The game time has been adjusted and tipoff is now set for 1:15 p.m. on ESPN+.