by KJ Lauck | Feb 28, 2016 | News Slider, Sports
The Lipscomb women’s basketball team (5-24, 2-12) fell to Kennesaw State (11-18, 6-8) 68-64 Saturday on senior day in Allen Arena. Seniors Ashley Southern, Chandler Cooper, and Kelli Smith were honored as they played their final game for the purple and gold. “We’ll miss them more as people than players,” head coach Greg Brown said. Southern finished with a double-double with 20 points and 12 rebounds. Cooper finished with five points to go along with two assists and two rebounds. Smith pulled down six rebounds and made two free-throws for Lipscomb. Aareon Smith led the Owls with 15 points going 5-7 from behind the arc. Three other Owls scored in double-figures as well. The Lady Bisons found themselves down by eight at halftime, 33-25. But in the third quarter Lipscomb took a 47-41 lead. The Lady Bisons held a one-point lead at the end of the third quarter, 49-48. “The second half was much better offensively,” Brown said. The first three minutes of the fourth quarter was all Kennesaw State, as the Owls held a 54-49 lead. Southern went on a personal mission and gave the Lady Bisons a one-point lead with under five minutes remaining. “You want to put yourself in position to win one at the end like that,” Brown said. Alex Banks hit back-to-back threes late in the fourth quarter to give the Bisons a 64-58, lead. But a 10-0 run from the Owls gave Kennesaw State the lead for good. “We just had too many key defensive breakdowns, like that lay-up at the end,” Brown said. The Lady Bisons will play at Jacksonville for the first round of the...
by KJ Lauck | Feb 16, 2016 | News Slider, Sports
The Lipscomb Lady Bisons (5-21, 2-9) lost to the Jacksonville Dolphins (16-10, 8-3) 76-55, on Monday night in Allen Arena. Senior Chandler Cooper gave the Lady Bisons a quick three-pointer at the beginning of the game. However, the Dolphins took control on the interior and earned a 21-12 lead in the first quarter. The Bisons were down by nine in the second quarter and the Dolphins increased their lead to 10 points at halftime, 38-28. “We gotta work on the rhythm of our offense,” head coach Greg Brown said. The lead increased to 18 points in the third quarter. The Dolphins were led by Jasmyn Brown and Christin Mercer, who finished with 14 and 19 points, respectively. The duo also pulled down a combined 13 rebounds. By the start of the fourth quarter the Dolphins lead was 19 points and the score sat at 61-42. The rebounding differential was 33-19 and resulted in a 40-20 scoring advantage in the paint. “It’s a mentality; there’s not enough reps to go through, so we’ve just got to commit and have the mentality to pursue the ball,” head coach Greg Brown said. “There’s some you’re not going to get, but you have to go every time.” The Bisons were unable to make a run in the fourth quarter as Jacksonville stymied the Lipscomb offense. “They disrupted the rhythm by taking ‘Lo’ [Loren Cagle] out a little bit,” Brown said. “We just gotta work on the simple things as far as execution and movement offensively.” The Lipscomb offense was held to 34% shooting from the field and just 4-11 from three. “They’re solid, they’re athletic, and they’re strong,” Brown...
by KJ Lauck | Feb 14, 2016 | News Slider, Sports
Both Lipscomb men’s and women’s basketball teams defeated North Florida on Saturday afternoon in Allen Arena. The Lady Bisons (5-20, 2-8) won their second consecutive A-Sun game 78-71. Senior Ashley Southern led Lipscomb in scoring 17 points and nine rebounds. Six other Bisons scored in double-figures in a balanced scoring attack. Sophomore Loren Cagle approached scored 12 points, nine rebounds and six assists. Senior Chandler Cooper and sophomore Amber Fuqua each scored 12 points. “It’s great to see stuff she [Fuqua] does in practice carry out in the game, and that’s what you want,” head coach Greg Brown said. The team hit 12 threes and had 23 assists on 28 baskets. “The biggest thing it showed was how each individual player has improved while [Southern] was out,” Brown said. “You have to be thankful for the adversity and then learn from the adversity and grow from it, and I certainly think we have.” The Lady Bisons are now in seventh place in the A-Sun conference and just a game behind North Florida (6-19, 2-8) for the sixth seed in the A-Sun tournament. The Lady Bisons will play again Monday night in Allen Arena against Jacksonville. The men’s basketball team has now won six of eight Atlantic-Sun games after starting 0-3 in conference play, defeating the North Florida Ospreys, 94-87, in the second leg of the double-header. Four Bisons scored in double-figures. Sophomore Nathan Moran and freshman Garrison Mathews led the way for Bisons with 24 and 23 points, respectively. Mathews and sophomore George Brammeier both notched double-doubles. The Bisons were down by as many as 13 and 10 at the half. However, head coach...
