by Erin Franklin | Apr 4, 2019 | News Slider, Sports
Garrison Mathews, Eli Pepper and Coach Casey Alexander met after practice to talk about their thoughts for tonight’s NIT Championship game against Texas in Madison Square Garden. Senors Mathews and Pepper also discussed the significance of tonight’s game for the five seniors on the team. Read Russell Vannozzi’s full story about Tuesday night’s game here....
by Mckenzi Harris | Apr 4, 2019 | Galleries
Lipscomb’s Office of Student Life hosted an NIT watch party in the Bison Cafe center Tuesday to allow students, faculty and alumni to gather together for the Lipscomb-Wichita State semifinal showdown on ESPN. At least 250 faithful Lipscomb supporters turned out for the party. The Bisons beat the Shockers 71-64 to advance to the NIT championship game, where they will face the Texas Longhorns Thursday at 6 p.m. CT. Lipscomb had about 400 supporters on the ground in New York, but the rest of the fans were in Bennett Campus Center or watching at home. Read full story...
by Erin Franklin | Apr 3, 2019 | Galleries
Things looked bleak for the Lipscomb men’s basketball team with 3:46 left in Tuesday’s NIT semifinal game at Madison Square Garden. Wichita State appeared to be in control, but the Bisons had a final surprise for the Shockers. Powered by senior leader Garrison Mathews, Lipscomb closed the game on a 14-0 run to steal a 71-64 victory and advance to the NIT title game. The Bisons will battle Texas for the championship Thursday at 6 p.m. CT on ESPN. Read full story by Russell Vannozzi here. Photos by Erin Franklin. « ‹ of 3 ›...
by Russell Vannozzi | Apr 3, 2019 | News Slider, Sports
NEW YORK CITY – Things looked bleak for the Lipscomb men’s basketball team with 3:46 left in Tuesday’s NIT semifinal game at Madison Square Garden. Wichita State appeared to be in control, but the Bisons had a final surprise for the Shockers. Powered by senior leader Garrison Mathews, Lipscomb closed the game on a 14-0 run to steal a 71-64 victory and advance to the NIT title game. The Bisons will battle Texas for the championship Thursday at 6 p.m. CT on ESPN and on Lumination Radio. “It says a lot about our program and the current state of it,” Lipscomb coach Casey Alexander said. “We’ve got some guys with three straight 20-win seasons and an NCAA Tournament last year, and three road wins in the NIT before we came here, so they have accomplished a lot.” Mathews led all scorers with 34 points, but he had to earn every bucket. The Shockers’ defense paid close attention to him and tried to deny the ASUN Player of the Year on the perimeter. But the Franklin native still managed to make five of his fifteen three-point attempts and 11 of his 12 free throws. He scored Lipscomb’s final seven points, including a go-ahead three with 1:10 remaining. “I went cold there for a little while, so it was good to finally knock one down for my team and help them kind of get over the hump,” he said. Rob Marberry also had 14 points for Lipscomb, and senior forward Eli Pepper surpassed 1,000 career rebounds by pulling down 15 boards. Lipscomb led 35-30 at halftime, but the Shockers responded with a...
by Russell Vannozzi | Mar 28, 2019 | News Slider, Sports
Garrison Mathews wasn’t ready for his college career to end Wednesday in the NIT quarterfinals at NC State. Instead, the Lipscomb senior dropped a career-high 44 points to lead the Bisons to a 94-93 upset victory over NC State in Reynolds Coliseum. But it was Kenny Cooper that made the game-winning shot, an off-balance jumper with 1.7 seconds remaining. That advanced Lipscomb to the NIT Final Four in New York City. “We’ve won big road games already. We’ve got a lot of experience,” Lipscomb coach Casey Alexander said. “Every time they came over to the huddle, they thought they were going to win. These guys believe in what they’re doing, they’re performing when their number is called and we got the result we wanted.” The Bisons (28-7) are set to battle Wichita State April 2 at Madison Square Garden. Tipoff is set for 7 p.m. ET on ESPN. Mathews set the tone by scoring Lipscomb’s first 11 points, and he didn’t stop there. The senior guard finished the first half with 20 points and added 22 more in the second half. That included eight three-point makes. “My teammates were giving me great passes, great screens,” he said. “They were helping me get open a little bit. It was just nice to get off to a little bit of a start, and it just kept going. NC State guard Torin Dorn nearly kept pace with Mathews and finished with 34 points, 21 of which came in the first half. Junior guard Markell Johnson scored all 19 of his points in the final 20 minutes for the Wolfpack. The contest was...
