Box score
HARTSVILLE, S.C. --- The Coker College men's
basketball team out-rebounded Lees-McRae College by a 38-28 margin,
and held the Bobcats to a 35 percent mark from the field en route
to an 81-61 win in Conference Carolinas action on Saturday
evening.
Coker (5-9, 3-4 CC) connected on 51.8 percent of its field goal
attempts and 62.5 percent of its chances from beyond the arc, while
limiting the Bobcats (3-11, 0-7 CC) to a 35.3 percent clip from the
floor. The Cobras won the battle on the glass by a 38-28 margin,
including a 26-17 advantage on the defensive boards, while also
outscoring the Bobcats by a 32-14 spread in the paint. The Bobcats
also converted 18 Cobra miscues into 26 points in the contest.
Adam McFerran (Stow, Ohio) poured in a game-high 22 points for
the Bobcats, connecting on 7-of-15 attempts from the floor and
going 8-for-11 at the free throw line. The senior guard also pulled
down a game-high seven rebounds. Sam Youse (Winston-Salem, N.C.)
and Daniel Sepokas (Illawong, Australia) joined McFerran in double
figures with 15 and 13 points, respectively, as Youse posted
game-highs of three assists and four steals.
Delonte Doles (Roswell, Ga.) paced the Cobras with 18 points on
6-of-10 shooting, while Tom Wright (Sydney, Australia) and Liam
Kyle (Cleveland, Ohio) chipped in 12 and 11 markers, respectively.
Wright pulled down a team-high six rebounds, while Doles and Kyle
each chipped in a game-high three assists. David Short (Darlington,
S.C.) also recorded a game-high four steals for the Cobras.
Coker took control early, launching an 18-1 run following a
game-opening triple by Sepokas to take an 18-4 lead on a Ryan Aijan
(Santa, Barbara, Calif.) layup with 11:38 to play in the half. The
Bobcats would answer with a 14-10 run, cutting the margin to 28-18
at the 6:05 mark following four-straight triples from Youse.
The Cobras pushed the lead back to 13 points on a Aijan triple
at the 3:01 mark, taking a 37-24 advantage before the Bobcats
closed out the half with a 4-0 spurt, capped by a last-second
McFerran layup to trim the margin to 37-28 heading into the
intermission.
Coker reclaimed the momentum early in the second half, pushing
the lead to 46-32 on a Kyle jumper before the Bobcats answered with
a quick 5-0 spurt to cut the margin to 46-37 on a McFerran layup
with 15:53 to play. After Lees-McRae cut the lead to 49-41 on a
pair of free throws by Tevin Friday (Gastonia, N.C. at the 13:47
mark, the Cobras answered with a 20-7 run to take a 69-48 lead on a
Doles three-point play with 6:46 to play.
The Bobcats would fight back with a 9-2 run, cutting the margin
to 71-57 on the heels of a five-point spurt by Sepokas with 4:45
left on the clock. Coker reclaimed the momentum and quelled the
rally from there, closing out the win with a 10-4 run to equal the
final margin of 81-61.
Lees-McRae returns to the court on Wednesday when the Bobcats
host Belmont Abbey College in Williams Gymnasium at 7:30 p.m.
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