Anderson Routs Conference-Leading Hanover

The Anderson University men's basketball team put on a dominating performance on Wednesday as they defeated the conference-leading Hanover College Panthers in Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference (HCAC) action by a final score of 91-71 inside O.C. Lewis Gymnasium.

Before the contest, the Ravens (14-6,9-4) and the Panthers (15-3,11-2) joined the National Association of Basketball (NABC) and teams around the country in participating in the "This Game is No Secret" event.

HOW IT HAPPENED

• The Ravens started off hot out of the tip off. Maurice Knight quickly put the Ravens up five with a jump shot followed by a 3-pointer at 18 minutes, 54 seconds.
• Then the trio of Fred Shropshire, Maurice Knight, and Tate Ivanyo added on seven more points, putting the Ravens up 12-0 with 16:26 on the clock. Just over a minute the Panthers finally got their first points up on the board.
• Hanover slowly started to creep in on the Ravens lead. With 10:59 remaining in the half, the Panthers Noah Williams made two free throws to make it a 17-17 game.
• Between 8:52 and 7:13, the threes were rolling for the Ravens. Jordan Gadis, Maurice Knight, and Tate Ivanyo each knocked one down as the Ravens now led 28-20.
• Heading into the locker rooms for halftime, Anderson led Hanover 46-32.
• Alex Hunt opened up the second half with a layup. Neither team would get another basket until 17:56 remained when the Panthers made a jumper of their own. The Ravens led 48-34 at this moment.
• The Ravens continued to build their lead over the Panthers through the remainder of the half. With 9:32 left in the game, the Ravens held a comfortable 72-53 lead.
• After a dunk by Francis Uzorh that rocked the gym, and a free throw made by Maurice Knight, the Ravens held their largest lead of the night over the Panthers as they led Hanover by 22 points. This gave the Ravens a 91-69 lead with 2:37 remaining.
• Hanover added two free throws before the final horn blew and the Ravens secured a 91-71 victory.

INSIDE THE BOX SCORE

• From the field, Anderson finished 33-of-63 (52.4 percent). Then, from 3-point range, the Ravens hit 16-of-27 (59.3 percent) of their attempts. Hanover was held to just 27-of-70 (38.6 percent) from the field and 4-of-23 (17.4 percent) from the perimeter.
• The Ravens held a slight edge on the boards, outrebounding the Panthers 40-37.
• Four Ravens ended the game with double-digit points. Maurice Knight led the way with 21 points followed by Tate Ivanyo with 19. Camden Smith came off the bench to add 16 while Fred Shropshire finished with 15.
• Maurice Knight drained 5-of-7 (71.4 percent) shots from the perimeter. He also picked up five rebounds, seven assists and two blocks.
• Tate Ivanyo also knocked down 5-of-7 (71.4 percent) attempts from behind the arc. He also provided two rebounds and three assists.

HEAD COACH OWEN HANDY'S COMMENTS

• I couldn't be prouder of our team. We had a tough loss on Saturday where I didn't think we competed very well. This was a great bounce-back effort.
• Obviously, anytime you go 16-of-27 on 3's, you've got a pretty good chance to win the game. The way Hanover defends, you've got to make perimeter jump shots to win, and we did that in a big way.
• We had a great stretch in the first half where Camden Smith was getting to the rim and Tate Ivanyo was hitting shots from the perimeter. That really staked us the lead that we sat on for most of the rest of the game.

UP NEXT

Anderson will now head to Franklin to take on the Franklin College Grizzlies (9-11, 5-8) in HCAC action on Saturday at 3PM.