Monday, November
19, 2001
PRESBYTERIAN
SHOOTS PAST ALLEN 81-66
Blue Hose’s Dellinger scores career-high 19 points in
victory
CLINTON,
SC — Presbyterian College sophomore guard Andrew Dellinger (Mauertown,
VA) scored a career-high 19 points on five-of-seven shooting
from three-point range to lead the Blue Hose to a 81-66
victory over Allen University Monday night.
The Blue Hose opened up a
seven-point lead at intermission after a close first half with
five leads changes. The game was tied 27-27 with 3:51
remaining before PC went on a 12-7 run to take a 39-32 lead
into halftime.
The first half saw the
Yellow Jackets stay close by hitting four-of-12 three-pointers
led by sophomore guard Brian
Branham (Winnsboro, SC) who scored 12 points on
four-of-seven three pointers. PC was led by a pair of juniors
center Rod
Isom (Anderson, SC) and forward Jeff
Whittle (Strasburg, VA) who each scored 12 points.
The second half saw the
momentum go back and forth until Allen went on a 10-5 run to
cut the lead to four points (62-58) on a trio of free throws
by Branham with 7:12 remaining. The Blue Hose took control at
that point and went on a 8-2 run to push the lead to 70-60
with 5:12 left in the game.
PC extended the lead to as
many as 18 points (81-63) in the final minutes as the Blue
Hose hit four-for-four from the charity stripe in the final
minute of the game.
Joining Dellinger for
scoring honors was Isom who tied his career-high of 17 points
for the second straight game and added 10 rebounds, his second
double-double of the season. Whittle finished the game with 17
points on five-of-eight shooting from beyond the arc and seven
rebounds. Sophomore point guard Matt
Scully (Dunwoody, GA) dished out a career-high seven
assists on the night while committing only two turnovers in 21
minutes of action.
Allen was led by
Branham’s 25 points on six-of-13 shooting from three-point
land while junior guard Anthony
Florence (Chicago, IL) came off the bench to score 13
points.
PC
dominated the boards 46-31 including 15 offensive
rebounds while hitting 11-of-27 three-pointers as a team.
The Blue Hose improve to
2-0 on the season while Allen falls 2-4.