Box Score
Box score
GREENVILLE, S.C. - The guard duo of Chandler Hash and CJ Gleaton
combined for 76 points, as third-seeded Anderson outlasted No. 7
seed Coker, 100-89, in the semifinals of the 2014 Food Lion South
Atlantic Conference Men's Basketball Tournament Saturday afternoon
at Timmons Arena.
Anderson (22-8) has won four of its last five and will face will
face top-seeded and 13th-ranked Lincoln Memorial in the tournament
championship contest, which is slated for 1:30 p.m. Sunday
afternoon at Timmons Arena. The Trojans will be making their second
appearance in the title contest since joining the league for the
2010-11 campaign.
Coker, bidding for its first appearance in the SAC Championship
contest in the Cobras' inaugural season in the league, saw its
season end with a 15-13 overall record.
Hash and Gleaton posted career highs of 44 points and 32 points,
respectively, while Gleaton pulled down 10 rebounds for his ninth
double-double of the season. Hash set a new SAC Tournament record
by going 17-of-18 from the free throw line. Junior guard Myson
Jones added eight points and shared game-high honors with five
assists.
Guard Errick Bethel led four Cobras in double figures with 31
points, with Julian Nelson chipping in 16 points. Forward Eren
Moses netted 14 points and 11 boards, while Trey Marshall scored
10.
The contest featured eight ties and 13 lead changes, including
four before the first media break, with Anderson holding a narrow
10-8 edge with 15:51 on the clock.
Neither team was able to build more than a six-point lead in the
first 17 minutes, with the Trojans gaining a 16-10 edge on
Gleaton's second 3-pointer from deep in the left corner.
The Cobras forced a pair of turnovers and battled back to even
the score at 18 apiece before Hash regained the lead for AU with a
pair of free throws and followed a Coker miss with a jumper to
boost the Trojans' advantage back to 22-18 with less than nine
minutes left in the half.
Bethel's traditional three-point play at the 7:56 mark regained
the lead for the Cobras and the two teams exchanged the lead twice
before Dante Samuels' two free throws gave Coker a 27-24
advantage.
After the Trojans regained a brief one-point lead, Coker
answered to push back out to a double-digit, 40-30, lead on a five
straight from Bethel, before Hash drained a 3-pointer just before
the buzzer to trim the Cobras' lead to 40-33 at intermission.
Anderson opened the second half with a 9-2 surge to reclaim a brief
43-42 lead before Bethel answered with a 3-pointer from the left
with less than 17 minutes left in the game.
Hash and Gleaton combined to score seven straight for Anderson,
as the Trojans claimed a 58-53 lead that they would not relinquish
and AU pushed out to a 66-58 lead midway through the final
half.
After AU opened its largest lead of the game at 76-64, Bethel's
rare four-point play with 3:28 left in the game trimmed the Trojan
lead to just four, but AU countered with six unanswered to push
back out to a double-digit 92-82 lead and sealed the victory by
connecting on five consecutive free throws in the final
moments.