Anderson Withstands Lions’ Second-Half Surge

The Anderson University men's basketball team (3-5, 1-0) withstood Mount St. Joseph University's (1-5, 0-2) second-half surge to secure a 67-65 victory during Saturday's Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference (HCAC) contest in O.C. Lewis Gymnasium.

HOW IT HAPPENED

• Anderson held a 36-27 lead at halftime. The Ravens led the Lions 47-30 with 16 minutes, 26 seconds remaining.
• The Lions made it back within striking distance after putting together a 16-2 during the next 5:34 to cut the deficit to 49-46.
• Jack Kolar knocked down a 3-pointer to tie the game at 58-58 with 5:36 remaining. Trey Dunn dished out his 10th assist of the game with that basket.
• Anderson responded with a 7-0 run. Camden Smith hit a free throw, Gavin Dowling made a bucket-and-1 and Fred Shropshire drained a three.
• The Ravens scored their final points at 3:29 remaining to go ahead 67-61. The Lions scored and cut the score to 67-63 on the next possession, but they came up empty on the following three possessions.
• With 1.8 seconds to go, Kelvin Turner was fouled while shooting a 3-pointer. He made his first two free throws, needing an offensive rebound to tie the game, Turner missed the third free throw, but Tate Ivanyo collected the rebound to seal the win.

INSIDE THE BOX SCORE

• The Ravens outscored the Lions 12-0 on fast-break points.
• Anderson converted 27-of-57 (47.4 percent) shots from the field while Mount St. Joseph knocked down 25-of-57 (43.9 percent) attempts from the floor.
• The Lions hit 10-of-26 (38.5 percent) shots from 3-point range while the Ravens made 9-of-23 (39.1 percent) attempts from behind the arc.
• Tate Ivanyo – 16 Points
• Camden Smith – 12 Points, 4 Assists
• Gavin Dowling – 11 Points, 9 Rebounds
• Elijah Mattingly – 6 Points, 2 Blocks
• Fred Shropshire – 6 Points
• Bryson Huckeby – 5 Points
• Alex Hunt – 5 Points
• Jordan Gadis – 3 Points
• Brayton Cain – 3 Points

COACH CARTER COLLINS'S COMMENTS

We were far from perfect [on Saturday], but were good enough in stretches to get the job done against a good Mount St. Joseph squad. We need to continue to work on playing a full 40 minutes - that will be key for us to get to where we want to be.

UP NEXT

The Ravens take on NCAA Division I's University of Southern Indiana (3-4) in an exhibition on Wednesday at 8 p.m. ET/7 p.m. CT in Evansville.