Quakers Fend Off Ravens

On Saturday in Richmond, the Anderson University men's basketball team (13-6, 8-4) couldn't produce numbers as they fell short to the Earlham College Quakers (7-9, 3-6) by a score of 78-68 in a Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference contest.

HOW IT HAPPENED

• Francis Uzorh recorded the first points of the game, making a layup with 18 minutes, 38 seconds on the clock.
• Anderson held and Earlham would share the lead during the opening minutes, going back-and-forth with a couple of ties before the Quakers took an 8-6 lead at 15:21 and held onto it for the remainder of the game. 
• The Quakers were able to build up a 19-8 lead over the Ravens with 12:41 on the clock. Anderson spent the next four minutes cutting the Quakers' lead within two, making it a 23-21 game.
• Heading into halftime, the Ravens kept it a close game as they trailed the Quakers 36-31.
• Coming out of the locker rooms, the Quakers slowly built their lead back up over the Ravens. With 11:54 remaining in the game, the Quakers' Jaden Terry made two free throws to give them a 59-42 lead over the Ravens. This 17-point difference marked the Quakers' largest lead of the game.
• Between 6:32 and 1:17, the Ravens made a 13-2 run.
• Anderson was able to cut the deficit some, but it proved to be too much as Earlham secured a 10-point, 78-68 victory over the Ravens.

INSIDE THE BOX SCORE

• Anderson shot 26-of-59 (44.1 percent) from the field and 4-of-21 (19.0 percent) behind the arc while Earlham respectively went 29-of-57 (50.9 percent) and 4-of-8 (50 percent).
• Earlham forced Anderson into 19 turnovers while the Quakers committed 10.
• Leading the Ravens in each of the following categories was Francis Uzorh with 18 points, 10 rebounds, three blocks, and two steals.
• Maurice Knight ended Saturday's game with 15 points, seven rebounds, one steal, and one block.
• Tate Ivanyo and Camden Smith each tallied 11 points, four rebounds, and two assists for the Ravens.

HEAD COACH OWEN HANDY'S COMMENTS

• There is no way to dress this one up and make it look pretty. They played better than we did and deserved to win.
• Nineteen turnovers is too many to win on the road. We had a +9 on the offensive glass, but gave them all those possessions back because we didn't handle their defensive pressure well.
• We've got to drop some 3-point shots in the bucket. We were 4-for-21 [on Saturday] and 2-for-18 on Wednesday. That's a pretty bad shooting week for a team that had been in the upper 30s. On Wednesday we defended well enough to make it stand up; [Saturday] we were really inconsistent executing at that end.

UP NEXT

Anderson is back in O.C. Lewis Gymnasium on Wednesday as they welcome the Hanover College Panthers (15-2, 11-1) for a Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference battle. Tipoff between the Ravens and Panthers is set for 7:30PM.