(RV) Ravens Pull Away from Quakers

The Anderson University men's basketball team (13-3, 8-1) pulled away from Earlham College (1-15, 1-8) with a 103-74 victory during Saturday's Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference (HCAC) matchup in O.C. Lewis Gymnasium.

Anderson is receiving votes in the latest D3hoops.com poll.

Tate Ivanyo eclipsed 1,500 career points, becoming the 10th Raven in program history to do so. The senior from Valparaiso currently sits at 1,522 career points, which is tied with 2018 graduate Trevor Lucas for the career scoring record in Anderson's D-III era (1993-present).

HOW IT HAPPENED

• Earlham jumped out to a 27-15 lead in the opening 11 minutes, 4 seconds. Walker scored 17 points during the span, knocking down 4-of-6 (66.7 percent) shots from 3-point range and 6-of-10 (60 percent) attempts from the field.
• The Quakers held the Ravens to a 1-of-13 (7.7 percent) start from the perimeter.
• After starting 1-of-13 (7.7 percent) from behind the arc, Anderson drained 11 (52.4 percent) of its final 21 attempts from 3-point range.
• Anderson converted 37-of-82 (45.1 percent) shots from the field for the game while Earlham hit 21-of-59 (35.6 percent) attempts from the floor.
• The Ravens knocked down 12-of-34 (35.3 percent) attempts from 3-point range for the game while the Quakers made 10-of-29 (34.5 percent) shots from the perimeter.
• Anderson outrebounded Earlham 53-36.
• Walker paced the Quakers with 28 points. He hit 7-of-15 (46.7 percent) shots from behind the arc.

INSIDE THE BOX SCORE

• Raven of the Game – Tate Ivanyo – 27 Points, 6 Rebounds, 5/9 (55.6%) 3FG
• Rob Davidson – 11 Points, 12 Rebounds, 7/7 FT, 2 Steals
• Marco Beverly – 9 Rebounds, 4 Points, 4 Blocks, 3 Steals
• Bryce Williams – 14 Points, 4 Assists
• Elisha Moore – 6 Rebounds, 5 Points, 4 Assists
• Kenney Troutman – 15 Points, 3 Assists
• Nolan Swan – 9 Points, 5 Rebounds, 4 Assists, 2 Steals
• Axel Laby – 6 Points
• Jacob Scruggs – 5 Points
• Josiah Cox – 3 Points
• Cole Duncan – 2 Steals
• Cedric Anderson – 2 Points
• Ayden Brobston – 2 Points
• Josiah Marshall – 2 Steals

COACH CARTER COLLINS'S COMMENTS

I didn't think that we opened [Saturday's] game with the type of intensity and energy that you need to win college basketball games and Earlham made us pay right away; they were prepared and ready to go. I thought around ten minutes into the game, we turned things around from a mentality perspective and played pretty well for the remainder of the game. We need to continue to work on getting off to the right type of starts in games.

UP NEXT

Anderson faces off with Franklin College (12-4, 8-1) in HCAC action on Wednesday in O.C. Lewis Gymnasium. Both teams are tied for first in the HCAC standings and would gain the outright lead in the conference with the win.