High Point 66, Wofford 56
HIGH POINT, N.C. – On Sunday afternoon, the Wofford men’s basketball team was defeated 66-56 by High Point in the Millis Center. The Panthers had a four point lead at the half and outscored the Terriers by six in the second half for the ten point win.
Wofford is 1-4 to open the season and High Point is 3-2 overall. The two teams will meet again on December 30 in Spartanburg. Spencer Collins led the Terriers with 13 points, while freshman Jaylen Allen added 11 points. Karl Cochran led all players with nine rebounds. The Panthers were led by Big South Preseason Player of the Year John Brown with 22 points, 18 of them in the second half, and eight rebounds.
“We showed some resiliency and hung in there and got a couple shots down with good possessions late,” said head coach Mike Young. “We had guys making the proper cuts and reading the defenders so that was encouraging. We did not shoot the ball well from the line in the first half and should have been up I thought. We have to get back home. Four of the first five on the road to start is not easy. It will be nice to get back home and figure some things out.”
The Panthers scored the first four points of the game before a jumper by Spencer Collins made it 4-2 after two minutes. A three pointer gave High Point a 9-2 advantage at the four minute mark. Jaylen Allen hit a three pointer for Wofford with 14:20 on the clock to make it an 11-5 contest. A three by Karl Cochran and a lay-up by Jaylen Allen cut the lead to 13-11 at the mid-point of the half. Wofford made it a 7-0 run and tied it at 13 with a floater by Justin Gordon.
High Point scored the next six points to lead 19-13 at the 7:26 mark of the first half. A three pointer by Jaylen Allen cut the lead to 21-17 with six minutes left. The Panthers had a 25-20 advantage before a pair of free throws by C.J. Neumann with 3:56 on the clock made it a three point game. After High Point made three straight free throws, Eric Garcia answered with a three for a 28-25 score with ninety seconds remaining. The Panthers hit a three on the other end before Wofford had two free throws by Karl Cochran for a 31-27 score at the break.
To open the second half, the Panthers went on a 12-4 run that included ten points by John Brown for a 43-31 lead at the 15:36 mark. A pair of free throws by Karl Cochran with 11:22 on the clock cut the score to 45-37, but the Panthers pushed the lead back to 53-39 two minutes later. Jaylen Allen hit a three pointer to make it 53-42 score with eight minutes remaining.
After Wofford cut the score to 53-44, the Panthers had four straight points from John Brown for a 57-44 lead with five minutes remaining. A three for High Point gave them a 62-48 advantage at the four minute mark. C.J. Neumann added a bucket for the Terriers a minute later and Lee Skinner had a three with 54 seconds left for a 62-53 score. After a turnover, Lee Skinner hit another three at the 49 second mark to make it a 62-56 game. High Point scored the next four points for the 66-56 final score.
Wofford shot 33.3 percent from the floor while High Point shot 54.2 percent overall. The Terriers were 7-of-27 from with three, while the Panthers were 3-of-10 from behind the arc. High Point was 11-of-16 from the line while Wofford was 11-of-20 on free throws. High Point had a 40 to 30 lead on the glass. Wofford had 14 turnovers on the night, while High Point had 17. Justin Gordon fouled out for Wofford with 5:48 left in the game.
New Mexico 79, Davidson 58
CHARLESTON, S.C. – Cameron Bairstow finished with a game-high 18 points and frontcourt mate Alex Kirk recorded a double-double with 16 points and 14 rebounds to lead No. 19/20 New Mexico to a 79-58 victory over Davidson in the third-place game of the Charleston Classic Sunday at TD Arena.
Playing their third ranked opponent on the young season, the Wildcats fall to 1-5 overall, while the Lobos improve to 4-1.
Despite the setback, Davidson got double figures from its backcourt trio of Brian Sullivan (17), Tyler Kalinoski (16) and Jack Gibbs (11).
Cullen Neal and Kendall Williams also hit the 10-point plateau for the Lobos with 15 and 12, respectively.
After the Wildcats used a small run to cut an eight-point deficit to 27-25, the Lobos closed the opening period on a 12-4 spurt to take a 39-29 lead into the half.
The Lobos shot 50 percent after intermission to finish the contest at 48.3 percent, while going 16-of-19 at the charity stripe.
New Mexico opened the second half on a 12-2 run to extend its advantage to 20. Trailing 61-41, Davidson got eight straight points from Gibbs to make it a 14-point game, but the Lobos responded with five unanswered and eventually stretched the margin to as many as 22, with under a minute to play.
The short-handed Wildcats shot just 35.6 percent from the field and struggled at the free-throw line for the second consecutive contest going 8-for-17.
The Lobos, who had a pair of players record double-digit rebounds, finished with a 48-28 advantage on the glass.
Davidson will enjoy a six-day break before heading to Stetson on Saturday, November 30 for a 1 p.m. tip.
UCLA 106, Chattanooga 65
LOS ANGELES, Calif.---The Chattanooga Mocs (2-4) dropped a 106-65 decision at No. 22 UCLA in historic Pauley Pavilion. The Bruins used two early scoring runs in the first half to take control of the game.
After Z. Mason (Nashville, Tenn.) got the scoring started, UCLA went on a 12-0 run for an early 12-2 lead. Greg Pryor (Memphis, Tenn.) cut the lead to six, 14-8, with a layup at 13:37 before the Bruins out-scored the Mocs 14-2 over the next three-plus minutes for an 18-point cushion, 28-10, capped by a Zach LaVine dunk.
Mason scored back-to-back baskets to cut the margin to 28-14, but that’s as close it got. The Bruins pulled away for a 47-25 halftime lead and never looked back.
Martynas Bareika (Kedainiai, Lithuania) led the way with 17 tonight making a career-best five 3pt baskets. He hit all five in the second half where he scored 15 of his 17. Mason added 15 points and two blocks, while Casey Jones (New Orleans, La.) chipped in 10 points and a team-high six rebounds.
Jordan Adams paced four Bruins in double figures with 22 tonight. Norman Powell and Zach LaVine had 19 apiece, as Kyle Anderson tallied 17 points, 10 rebounds and seven assists.
UCLA shot a sizzling 62.9 percent (44-70) from the field including four-of-nine (44.4%) from 3pt range. Conversely, the Mocs shot just 35.1 percent (26-74) from the floor, 30 percent (9-30) from beyond the arc. The Bruins held a 48-33 advantage on the glass.
“Tonight was embarrassing,” Head Coach Will Wade said. “I am not going to sugar-coat it. It was an embarrassment for us and our program. I am not going to act like we fought back, because we should have never been down like that. We didn’t compete like we needed to and it’s the first game all year where we didn’t come and compete like we needed to.
“Give UCLA credit because they took us out of a lot of things and did some really good things, but we didn’t do what we needed to do.”