Lipscomb men’s basketball lost 73-57 in their final regular season game against Kennesaw State on Thursday evening.
“Tonight was a miserable performance and a miserable night on our bench,” Lipscomb head coach Casey Alexander said. “We’ve got some soul searching to do or it will be a quick tournament appearance for us next week.”
The Owls took control of the first half (39-36) as they managed to shift the energy in their favor after trailing the Bisons by 10 points at the beginning.
“We never really had any momentum,” Alexander said. “We were able to keep the game close but we weren’t doing anything spectacular by any shape or form – we got what we deserved.”
The Bisons made only 4-of-32 three pointers on the night.
“We say the right things but there wasn’t anyone at this game tonight that saw the right things from my team.” Alexander said. “We got to play more, we got to play harder, execute better and just perform better.”
The Purple and Gold were led by freshman guard Garrison Mathews with 16 points. Last week Mathews received the Atlantic Sun Newcomer of the week. He was joined by sophomore George Brammeier, who scored 15 points.
Lipscomb’s defense play kept them in the game, but they were unable to turn it around.
“We weren’t making any plays,” Alexander said. “There was never a moment in the game where we felt things were turning in our direction.”
Lipscomb honored J.J. Butler, Talbot Denny, Dylan Greene, Charles Smith and David Wishon in a pregame ceremony in their final home regular season game.
The Bisons open the 2016 A-Sun Championship as the No. 6 seed at No. 3 seed Jacksonville on Tuesday night in Jacksonville, Florida at 6 p.m.
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