Box score
WILSON, N.C. --- Gerald Boston (Burlington,
N.C.) tallied game-highs of 16 points and 12 assists to pace the
Barton College men's basketball team to a 93-76 win over Lees-McRae
College in Conference Carolinas play on Saturday night.
Barton (5-3, 2-1 CC) posted a field goal percentage of 50.7
percent on the night, including a 59.4 percent clip in the first
half, while converting 25 Lees-McRae (3-4, 0-2 CC) turnovers into
30 points. The Bobcats shot 43.1 percent in the game, including a
50 percent clip in the second half.
Boston and L.J. Dunn (Raleigh, N.C.) each posted a game-high 16
points, as Dunn pulled down a contest-best seven rebounds. Jaren
Haley (Woodbridge, Va.), Aaron Coats (Salemsburg, N.C.), and R.D.
Dowdy (Chapel Hill, N.C.) joined Boston and Dunn in double figures
with 14, 13 and 10 points, respectively, while Boston posted a
game-high five steals.
Sam Youse (Winston-Salem, N.C.) paced the Bobcats with 15
points, knocking down a game-high three shots from beyond the arc.
Gerry Hairston (Winston-Salem, N.C.) chipped in 14 points for the
Bobcats, while Daniel Sepokas (Illawong, Australia) and Jeremiah
Henry (Semmes, Ala.) each posted 13 markers. DeAndre Tillman
(Charlotte, N.C.) recorded a game-high two blocks, while Sepokas
paced the Bobcats with four assists.
Barton opened an early 8-4 lead before pushing the margin to
17-6 on a Boston layup at the 14:52 mark to cap a 9-2 run. The
Bobcats would cut the advantage to 17-11 with a 5-0 spurt before
Barton regained control, pushing the lead to 25-11 with an 8-0 run
that was capped by a Coats jumper with 11:11 left in the half.
The Bulldogs continued to dictate the flow of play, widening the
margin to 36-14 with an 11-3 run over the next four minutes.
Lees-McRae would battle back, cutting the advantage to 42-32 with
an 18-6 run over the next four minutes, a spurt which was capped by
a four-point play by Youse with 3:26 remaining in the half. Barton
then closed out the half with an 8-3 spurt to carry a 50-35 lead
into the intermission.
Barton would carry the momentum into the second half, opening
the period with an 18-4 run to take a 68-39 lead on a three-point
play by Coats with 15:16 remaining in the game. Lees-McRae battled
back, trimming the margin to 70-52 with a 13-2 run before cutting
the lead to 76-61 on a Sepokas layup at the 9:17 mark. The Bulldogs
would push the lead back to 23 points on a trio of occasions down
the stretch, before Lees-McRae closed out the game with a 7-1 run
to equal the final margin of 93-76.
Lees-McRae returns to the court next Saturday, Dec. 11 when the
Bobcats host Carson-Newman College in a non-conference matchup.
Tip-off is slated for 2 p.m. in Williams Gymnasium.
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