Ravens Fight Past Beavers with Five Double-Digit Scorers

The Anderson University men's basketball team (8-3, 3-1) finished with five double-digit scorers, fighting past Bluffton University (4-7, 0-4) with a 79-57 victory during Saturday's Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference (HCAC) matchup in Bluffton, Ohio.

HOW IT HAPPENED

• Tate Ivanyo scored the opening bucket for the Ravens. Jameel Cosby evened the score at 2-2 before the Ravens scored the next six points to go ahead 8-2.
• Trailing Anderson 12-6, Marcus Bruns provided five points to cut Bluffton's deficit to one.
• The Ravens held a 16-15 lead with 10 minutes, 42 seconds left in the first half. Anderson then went on a 6-0 run. Jordan Gadis contributed consecutive layups while Camden Smith added a layup.
• The Ravens held the Beavers for the final four minutes of the half, entering halftime with a 39-29 lead.
• Miguel Ringer opened the second half with a bucket-and-1 to trim Bluffton's deficit to 39-32.
• Anderson responded with a 10-0 run during the next 3:34 to go ahead by 17 points.
• Anderson's largest lead was a 23-point lead with 2:47 remaining.

INSIDE THE BOX SCORE

• Anderson lit up with a 58.5 percent (31-of-53) shooting performance while holding Bluffton to 34.4 percent (22-of-64) shooting.
• The Ravens outscored the Beavers 10-2 on fast-break points.
• Maurice Knight produced a team-high 20 points and shared the team lead with nine rebounds.
• Francis Uzorh tallied 11 points and shared a team-high of nine rebounds.
• Tate Ivanyo contributed 13 points, while Fred Shropshire and Jordan Gadis provided 10 points apiece to round out Anderson's five double-digit scorers.

COACH OWEN HANDY'S COMMENTS

• It felt good to get the first one under our belts coming back from break. We had a great week of practice leading up to this game, and I thought that showed in our offensive aggressiveness. We've been defending at a pretty high level this year, and we still have a lot of runway to keep getting better on offense.
• Tate Ivanyo, Fred Shropshire, and Jordan Gadis were really aggressive attacking downhill and that led to high percentage shots around the rim and quality perimeter looks as well.
• I'm excited by the fact that we have different people stepping up with important contributions in each new game that we play, and I think that's going to be key for us the rest of the season.

UP NEXT

Anderson is currently in a five-way tie for first place in the HCAC standings. The Ravens clash with Manchester University (5-6, 2-2) in HCAC action on Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. in O.C. Lewis Gymnasium.