Men's Basketball Edges Navy

Wednesday, November 30

Allen Arena

11:00 AM

Lipscomb University

5-2,0-0ASUN

Navy

5-2,0-0Patriot

Team	1	2	F
Navy	37	40	77
Lipscomb	41	41	82

11/30/2022 1:57:00 PM | Men's Basketball

Box Score

Final Score - Lipscomb: 82, Navy: 77
Location - Nashville, Tenn. (Allen Arena)
Records – Lipscomb: 5-2, Navy: 5-2

THE SHORT STORY

Lipscomb played to an 82-77 victory over Navy Monday morning in Allen Arena behind 18-point performances from Jacob Ognacevic and Derrin Boyd and a double-double from Ahsan Asadullah to improve to 5-2 on the season.

HOW IT HAPPENED

Lipscomb got on the board first with a pair of buckets in the post from Ahsan Asadullah for an early 4-0 Lipscomb lead.

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The teams traded buckets, but Navy settled in and eventually took its first lead, 12-10, of the morning.

Lipscomb, however, responded with a 9-0 run, highlighted by an A.J. McGinnis triple for an 18-12 lead with 11:30 remaining in the first half.

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Navy then stopped the bleeding with two-straight triples, tying things 18-18 with just over 10 minutes left in the first frame.

The Bisons held strong defensively and forced five Navy turnovers over the next four minutes, outscoring the Midshipmen 52-6 for a 33-24 lead with 3:52 left in the first half. Will Pruitt nailed a three-pointer at the end of the run, forcing a Navy timeout.

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Navy cut the Lipscomb lead back down to six, but Grant Asman converted an and-one opportunity for Lipscomb to push it back to a 41-32 lead with just over a minute left to play.

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Navy scored the final five points of the half and Lipscomb took a 41-37 lead into the halftime break.

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The Midshipmen came out of the halftime locker room hot, nailing a couple triples, cutting the Lipscomb lead to a pair, but the Bisons responded with buckets on the offensive end, including a pair of threes by Trae Benham and Derrin Boyd, to get back out to a nine-point, 51-42 lead.

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Navy then went on a 9-0 run to cut the Lipscomb lead to a possession, 54-51, but Ognacevic powered and completed the traditional three-point play to get the lead back out to a pair of possessions.

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Lipscomb started to struggle on the offensive end, going scoreless for nearly three minutes and Navy tied things back up at 59 a piece with eight minutes to go in regulation. Will Pruitt was able to stop the bleeding with a driving layup to put Lipscomb back ahead.

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Navy tied the game a couple more times in the next minutes, but Lipscomb used a 9-0 run over more than two minutes, getting back out to a 72-63 lead with 1:42 left and the ball.

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The Bisons closed things out with good work from the charity stripe down the stretch for an 82-77 victory over Navy.

HERD NOTES

Asadullah scored a season-high 14 points and collected 10 rebounds for his first double-double of the season.
Boyd and Ognacevic led scoring with 18 points apiece while Will Pruitt also had a double-digit night with 10 points.
Lipscomb outscored Navy in the paint 40-30 and had 24 points off turnovers to the Midshipmen's 11.
The score was tied six times throughout the game, but the lead only changed hands twice as Lipscomb led for more than 35 minutes of the game.

UP NEXT
Lipscomb will stay at home for another home matchup on Monday, December 5 against Trevecca. Tipoff is set for 7 p.m. CT.