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GREG JONES
59
Lipscomb Lips 9-13,2-5 ASUN
66
Winner Jacksonville JVille 12-7,4-3 ASUN
Lipscomb Lips
9-13,2-5 ASUN
59
Final
66
Jacksonville JVille
12-7,4-3 ASUN
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
Lipscomb Lips 39 20 59
Jacksonville JVille 35 31 66

Game Recap: Men's Basketball |

Men's basketball struggles in the second half at Jacksonville

JACKSONVILLE, Fla – The road woes continue for the Lipscomb men's basketball team as the Bisons fell 66-59 at Jacksonville in ASUN Conference action Thursday night at Swisher Gymnasium.

The loss dropped the Bisons to 9-13 overall and 2-5 in league play, while also falling to 1-10 in true road games this season. Jacksonville improved to 12-7 and 4-3.

The purple and gold shot nearly 60 percent from the field in the first half and led by four at the break, but struggles from the floor in the final 20 minutes and a mismatch on the boards proved to be too much for the slumbering Bisons.

Greg Jones paced the scoring for Lipscomb with 14 points, but they all came in the first half as he finished 0-for-5 in the second. Will Pruitt, Jacob Ognacevic and KJ Johnson each finished with 10.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
Jones found his stroke early and often to help lead the Bisons in the first half. The senior buried the first shot of the game from long range and continued to connect. He then knocked down three more triples and tallied 11 of the team's first 12 points to lead by as many as seven points just five minutes into the game.

In the first half, the Bisons got 14 points from Jones in 13 minutes as he hit 4-of-6 from long distance. The offense was efficient in the first half behind a 58.3-percent clip that saw seven triples fall. Jacksonville dominated the boards 18-10 and turned nine offensive rebounds into 10 second-chance points.


Johnson scored six points in the half, followed by five from Will Pruitt and Jacob Ognacevic. The Bisons did that work despite just a single point from leading scorer Ahsan Asadullah, who picked up a pair of early fouls, forcing the big man to see the floor for just 10 minutes.

The second half was a complete flip of the script.

Pruitt and Ognacevic led the team with five points each and the Bisons struggled mightily from the floor. They hit just 8-of-27 field goals, shot 13 percent from three (2-15) and managed to get to the free throw line just four times.

The Bisons turned the ball over just four times in the second half, but the Dolphins managed to turn those miscues into 10 points. Couple that with six offensive rebounds and seven second-chance points, JU outscored Lipscomb 31-20 after halftime to get the seven-point victory.
 

 
BISON NOTES
  • Lipscomb shot 43 percent overall for the game, making 22-of-51 shots, and finished 12-of-27 from long distance.
  • Jacksonville won the rebounding battle 40-26, including 15-7 on the offensive end.
  • The Dolphins got 17 points off turnovers and 17 second-chance points, while the Bisons combined for 15 between the two.
  • Asadullah scored just six points, but led the team with 10 rebounds and three assists.
 
 
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UP NEXT
Lipscomb has a quick turnaround as it gets one day off before going across town to battle North Florida and close out the weekend trip to Jacksonville. The Bisons and Ospreys will tip things off at 4 p.m. CT inside UNF Arena on Saturday.

 
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