Men’s Basketball comes up short at Covenant
Final | 1 | 2 | T | |
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Huntingdon (2-17, 0-8 USAS) | 38 | 32 | 70 | |
Covenant (11-10, 4-6 USAS) | 35 | 46 | 81 |
Covenant
Game Statistics | Huntingdon | Covenant |
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Field Goals | (20-53) | (24-58) |
Field Goal % | 37.7% | 41.4% |
Rebounds | 36 | 38 |
Assists | 11 | 14 |
Turnovers | 21 | 16 |
Pts off Turnovers | 18 | 19 |
2nd Chance Pts | 8 | 8 |
Pts in the Paint | 24 | 14 |
Fastbreak Pts | 2 | 4 |
Bench Pts | 20 | 11 |
LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN, Ga. – The Huntingdon men's basketball team battled Covenant for 40 minutes on Thursday but fell to the Scots 81-70.
Huntingdon led 38-35 at the half and never trailed by more than seven points until the final three minutes of the game. With Covenant leading 65-61 with 5:17 to play, the Scots pulled ahead to a 72-61 lead with 2:29 remaining.
Huntingdon (2-17, 0-8 USA South) cut the Scots' lead to six points three times in the final 1:03, the final time on a pair of Andre Ashley free throws that cut Covenant's lead to 76-60 with 23 seconds left. The Scots (11-10, 4-6 USA South) sealed the game with five free throws in the final 20 seconds.
Ashley was 6-of-9 from the field and 6-for-6 at the free-throw line to finish with 19 points. Brandon McLean added 13 points and Scotty Chadwick pulled down a game-high eight rebounds.
Huntingdon returns to action at home on Saturday against Piedmont at 2 p.m.