Ravens Bring Home Victory against Grizzlies

On Saturday, the Anderson University men's basketball team brought home an 83-69 victory against the Franklin College Grizzlies in a Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference (HCAC) contest.

The game, which took place in Franklin, saw the Grizzlies (9-12, 5-9) make the first basket before the Ravens (15-6, 10-4) took the lead immediately after for the remainder of the game.

HOW IT HAPPENED

• Neither team got on the board until 17 minutes, 37 seconds remained in the half as the Grizzlies made a free throw. The Ravens quickly answered as Maurice Knight nailed a three just 26 seconds later to put Anderson up 3-1. From this moment on, Anderson held the lead for the entirety of the game.
• Franklin would come close to Anderson lead multiple times throughout the first half, but the Ravens held strong to never allow a tie or lead change to happen.
• With 10:22 remaining in the half, a basket by Francis Uzorh gave the Ravens a 18-14 lead.
• Franklin came within one, making the score 18-17 in favor of Anderson before the Ravens tacked on six points between 6:19 and 5:57.
• Maurice Knight drained another 3-pointer to send the teams into the locker room for halftime with the Ravens leading the Grizzlies 39-21.
• The Grizzlies hit a jump shot to start the half before Tate Ivanyo quickly answered for the Ravens with a three. Between 19:01 and 17:25, neither team would hit a basket.
• As 10 minutes remained in the game, Anderson led Franklin 56-41.
• Although both teams continue to hit baskets for the remainder of the game, Anderson's early lead proved to be enough to secure them the victory against the Grizzlies.

INSIDE THE BOX SCORE

• Anderson shot 29-of-71 (40.8 percent) from the field, 9-of-21 (42.9 percent) behind the arc, and 16-of-25 (64 percent) in free throws. The Ravens held the Grizzlies to 22-of-57 (38.6 percent), 3-of-16 (18.8 percent), and 22-of-32 (68.8 percent) respectively.
• The Ravens outrebounded the Grizzlies 51-to-29.
• Leading the way for the Ravens once again this season was senior Maurice Knight. Knight ended with 22 points, nine rebounds, and four assists.
• Coming off the bench to contribute 13 points was Camden Smith. Smith also added nine rebounds, and four assists.
• Tate Ivanyo and Fred Shropshire both tallied 11 points on the day. Ivanyo added on six rebounds, one steal, and one block.

COACH OWEN HANDY'S COMMENTS

• We played a great first half. Our consistency on defense and aggressive patience on offense were really good. I thought we controlled the game in all phases during the first half.
• In the second half, we did a great job of keeping our composure and staying disciplined in a very physical, choppy 20 minutes.
• Maurice Knight has been great all year for us, and [Saturday] was no different. We also got a really important chunk of minutes from Phil Bessick. If you just look at his line in the box score it dramatically understates the impact he had on the game.

UP NEXT

Anderson now turns their attention to Defiance College (8-9, 6-5). The Ravens take on the Yellow Jackets on Wednesday in Defiance, Ohio at 7:30PM.