Ravens Record Win against Lions

In a game that saw five ties and six lead changes, the Anderson University men's basketball team recorded an 84-74 victory against the Mount St. Joseph Lions on Saturday.

The Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference (HCAC) battle in O.C. Lewis Gymnasium saw the Ravens (12-5, 7-3) pull away from the Lions (6-10, 2-7) in the final minute of play to earn the victory.

HOW IT HAPPENED

• Francis Uzorh opened the game with a layup to get things started.
• Mount St. Joseph's Alex Totton quickly answered with a three to put the Lions on the board.
• Both teams continued to make their shots through the beginning minutes.
• With 15 minutes, nine seconds left in the half, the game was tied 10-10, but a few seconds later, Fred Shropshire drained a three to give the Ravens a lead. Jordan Gadis then extended the Ravens lead with a three of his own at the 14:11 mark.
• Anderson would hold the lead for the remainder of the half before heading into halftime leading the Lions 43-38.
• Coming out of the locker rooms, the Lions slowly began to chip away at the Ravens lead.
• With 8:47 left in the game, the Lions tied the game up 61-61 off a layup by Dayne Gardner.
• Camden Smith and Tate Ivanyo would give Anderson their lead back but it wouldn't last long as the game once again became tied, this time at 65 apiece with 7:33 on the clock.
• After a Maurice Knight free throw, Devin Young made a bucket for the Lions to put Mount St. Joseph ahead 69-66. Knight would then immediately drain a 3-pointer to make it a 69-69 game.
• Mount St. Joseph went up by two with 2:21 left. Fred Shropshire then gave the Ravens their final lead of the game off a 3-pointer with 2:01 on the clock.
• Starting with 55 seconds remaining in the game, Anderson concluded with a 11-2 run over the Lions to seal the victory.

INSIDE THE BOX SCORE

• Anderson finished the game 30-of-54 (55.6 percent) in the field, 13-of-22 (59.1 percent) behind the arc, and 11-of-15 (73.3 percent) in free throws.
• Mount St. Joseph outrebounded Anderson by a 35-26 margin.
• Maurice Knight's 28-point game and seven rebounds led the Ravens. Knight also tallied four rebounds and two steals.
• Tate Ivanyo finished with 19 points, two rebounds, one assist, and one steal.
• Francis Uzorh and Fred Shropshire each tallied 11 points. Uzorh ended with a double-double after picking up 12 rebounds.

HEAD COACH OWEN HANDY'S COMMENTS

• Coming into the game, we felt like we were going to see a great effort from Mount St Joseph. They outcompeted us in many ways and that is apparent immediately from looking at the team rebounding numbers and their points in the paint.
• Maurice Knight played such a complete game at the offensive end. As we have improved offensively, he has been more and more willing to trust his teammates giving the ball out of double-teams and they keep proving worthy of his trust.

UP NEXT

Anderson is set to host Bluffton University (5-9, 1-6) on Wednesday in O.C. Lewis Gymnasium. Tipoff or the Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference match is scheduled for 7:30PM.