Box Score
Box score
NEWBERRY, S.C. - Despite holding Newberry to more than 21 points
less than its season average, Anderson saw the Wolves use a
second-half outburst to outpace the Trojans, 74-59, in South
Atlantic Conference men's basketball action Saturday afternoon at
Eleazer Arena.
Anderson slipped to 2-5 overall and 1-3 in the conference, while
Newberry (8-0, 4-0 SAC), which is ranked 22nd nationally in the
latest weekly D2SIDA National Poll, snapped a seven-game skid at
the hands of the Trojans.
Senior center Chris Ross led Anderson with a season-high 15
points on 5-of-8 shooting from the field, while pulling down a
game-high 10 rebounds for the Trojans' first double-double of the
season. Sophomore Lex Davis added nine points in 13 minutes off the
bench, while senior guard Myson Jones scored eight points.
Freshman James Stepp led three Wolves in double figures with 15
points, while senior forward Dondray Walker added 14 points and
sophomore guard Gerald Evans tossed in 13 points.
Anderson shot just 35.4 percent from the field, but the Trojans'
defensive effort held the Wolves to less than 32 percent accuracy
from the field. However, Newberry out-rebounded Anderson, 48-38,
and turned a season-high 23 Trojan turnovers into 22 points.
Both teams got off to a slow start on the offensive end, with
Newberry holding an 11-7 edge at the 14:41 mark of the opening
half. Neither team scored for the next three minutes, with Jones
snapping the drought with his second 3-pointer of the night from
the left side to trim the deficit to one.
Following a short jumper from Newberry's James Ashby, AU's Alani
Adekambi countered with a pair of free throws to again cut the
Newberry advantage to just one, but it was as close as the Trojans
would get the rest of the way, as the Wolves led wire-to-wire on
their home hardwood.
After the Wolves built a 20-12 lead with just less than nine
minutes left in the opening frame, Ross answered with a close
basket and Davis dropped in four straight points for AU, as the
Trojans closed within one possession. However, the Wolves closed
the half with an 8-2 run to take a 28-20 lead at intermission.
The two teams traded seven-point runs early in the second half,
with the Trojans striking first. AU's Nick Jackson opened the
scoring with his first trey of the night, with Ross adding four
points to again pull the Trojans within one, at 28-27, with 18:24
left in the game.
But the Wolves countered with a pair of seven-point runs in
quick succession and claimed their first double-digit advantage
with 12:12 on the clock when Walker rattled home the second of two
free throws. Freshman Kendall Henry's layup less than two minutes
later pulled Anderson within 44-38. But the Wolves answered with a
14-2 surge to break the contest open with more than eight minutes
on the clock.
The Trojans open their longest homestand of the season by
welcoming nonconference foe Limestone to the Abney Center on
Wednesday. Tip-off versus the Saints is slated for 7 p.m.