Danville, KY - Men's Basketball traveled to Danville, Kentucky over the holiday break to take part in the Lee's Classic tournament hosted by Centre College. The Terriers would take on Centre College in their first scheduled game of the tournament on Monday, December 29th, but would ultimately fall short to the Colonels by a final score of 63-89.
How it Happened:
- Centre College would claim the early lead to open the 1st half, but buckets on back to back possessions from TJ Blackmon would get the Terriers offense going shortly after.
- The Colonels would hold a 16-4 lead midway through 1st half, but a strong finish in the paint from Blackmon and made jumper Isaiah Godley would look to give the Terriers offense some momentum.
- Points from Nate Hebert and Faron Cureton would make it an 11-28 game minutes later.
- Cole Perkins and Payton Mitchell would close out the half with strong finishes in the paint, but the Terriers would find themselves down 21-41 heading into the half.
- Despite a rough 1st half, the Terriers would continue to battle coming out of halftime with quick buckets from Godley and Blackmon.
- But Centre College would continue to keep pace shortly after with a scoring run of their own.
- The Terriers would complete a 10-0 run midway through the second thanks to points from Blackmon and Ibramhim Doumboya.
- Spencer Minihan, Lance Crowell, and Landon Voros would continue to chip away at the Terriers deficit late in the 2nd half, each knocking down three-pointers minutes later to make it 49-81.
- Colby Mitchell would take over the Terriers offense late in the 2nd half, scoring 7 straight points in just over two minutes.
- The Terriers would continue to battle until the end close out the final four minutes of play with 14 points.
- But Centre College would ultimately hold on to hand the Terriers a 63-89 loss in their first game of the Lee's Classic tournament.
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What's Next:
- Men's Basketball will look to bounce back on Tuesday, December 30th, taking on the Berea College Mountaineers in their second contest of the Lee's Classic tournament. Tip-off is scheduled for 1:00 PM.
