MURFREESBORO, N.C. – The Lees-McRae College men's basketball team picked up its second straight win Saturday afternoon as it downed Chowan by a score of 79-74 on the road. The win improves Lees-McRae's record to 18-9 overall and 11-8 in conference action.
It took both teams a bit of time to get their respective offenses rolling on Saturday. Lees-McRae was first to do so as it built a 14-point lead on the Hawks with just under four minutes to play in the first half. Chowan, meanwhile, was able to close the gap a bit going into halftime closing the first half on an 8-0 run to make it 42-36 Bobcats at the break.
Chowan would continue its comeback attempt when the two teams returned for the second half. The Hawks eventually took the lead with 17:15 to go with a made free throw, 45-44. The two teams would battle for the lead for the remainder of regulation. Chowan had a 74-73 lead on Lees-McRae with 1:29 to go but 6-0 Bobcat run on the back of two made free throws each from Kamil Williams and Jerick Haynes to go along with a layup from Williams finished off the 79-74 Lees-McRae win.
Lees-McRae's 79 points on Saturday were the lowest for the team this season in a game it has won. Williams finished the night with a team-high 17 points. Quay Kimble added 13 and Haynes added 11 to round out the double figure scorers for the Bobcats.
The Bobcats will be back in action on Tuesday when they visit Emmanuel in their regular season finale. Tip-off for that matchup is set for 7:30 p.m.
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