Men's Basketball Falls On The Road At North Alabama

Thursday, January 23

Florence, AL

6:00 PM

Lipscomb University

13-7,5-2ASUN

University of North Alabama

13-7,5-2ASUN

Team	1	2	F
Lipscomb	33	31	64
North Ala.	36	38	74

Men's Basketball Falls On The Road At North Alabama

1/23/2025 8:09:00 PM | Men's Basketball

Box Score

Final Score: Lipscomb: 64, North Alabama: 74
Location: Florence, Ala. (Flowers Hall)
Records: Lipscomb: 13-7 (5-2, ASUN), North Alabama: 13-7 (5-2, ASUN)

THE SHORT STORY

Lipscomb fell 74-64 on the road at North Alabama on Thursday in front of a hostile road crowd, suffering its second loss in ASUN play.

HOW IT HAPPENED

The matchup started at a frenzied pace with a lot on the line for both squads. North Alabama came out at an aggressive pace, but the Bisons held its own. North Alabama held a 9-7 advantage at the first media timeout of the half.

Joe doing what he does #IntoTheStorm ?? | #HornsUp ?? pic.twitter.com/EvdeJ3cxcB
— Lipscomb Men's Basketball (@LipscombMBB) January 24, 2025

Out of the break, Lipscomb scored the next four points to take an 11-9 advantage, its first of the night. The Bisons went on to hold a 15-13 advantage at the under-twelve media timeout.

The back-and-forth action continued with both teams fighting on both ends of the floor. At the final media timeout of the frame, North Alabama held a slight 29-27 advantage.

BOOM #IntoTheStorm ?? | #HornsUp ?? pic.twitter.com/Ziz2IbOS3K
— Lipscomb Men's Basketball (@LipscombMBB) January 24, 2025

A 10-0 North Alabama run saw the Lions get out to a 34-27 advantage with just under two minutes left in the half.

The Bisons punched back with back-to-back triples from Joe Anderson and Gyasi Powell, to pull back within a point.

Just how we drew it up #IntoTheStorm ?? | #HornsUp ?? pic.twitter.com/0jiswHDYCz
— Lipscomb Men's Basketball (@LipscombMBB) January 24, 2025

North Alabama scored the last bucket of the half and took a 36-33 advantage into the halftime break.

The Lions scored five-straight out of halftime for a 41-33 lead before Will Pruitt scored from the charity stripe, getting Lipscomb back on the board. At the first media timeout of the second frame, the Lions held a 44-37 advantage.

Lipscomb went cold, not scoring for almost two and a half minutes which allowed UNA to swell its lead 51-37 forcing a Lennie Acuff timeout.

The Bisons hung in and got the deficit back down to 55-44 at the under-twelve media timeout with the help of another Powell triple.

North Alabama continued to take advantage of poor shooting by the Bisons to balloon its lead back out 62-46 with just over seven minutes to play.

Lipscomb steadily chipped away at the lead, getting back within double-digits when Anderson nailed a triple, cutting the advantage 64-56 with just over four and a half to go.

Drained it#IntoTheStorm ?? | #HornsUp ?? pic.twitter.com/7fwYf2dINT
— Lipscomb Men's Basketball (@LipscombMBB) January 24, 2025

The deficit proved to be too large as the Bisons ultimately fell 74-64 on the road.

HERD NOTES

Anderson scored a game-high 21 points. Other double-digit Lipscomb scorers were Will Pruitt (10), Powell (16) and Ognacevic (15).
Pruitt was Lipscomb's leading rebounder with five on the night.
The Bisons shot 42-percent on the game to UNA's 47-percent.
Lipscomb was out-rebounded 41-26.

UP NEXT
Lipscomb will continue its road stint on Saturday, Jan. 25 at Central Arkansas. Tipoff in Conway, Ark. Is set for 1 p.m. CT.