Wednesday,
January 29, 2003
BLUE
HOSE DEFEAT INDIANS 81-70
PC puts starting five in double
CLINTON, S.C. — Presbyterian College freshman forward Michael Drum (Rural Hall, N.C.) tallied a team-high 18 points to lead all five starters in double figures as the Blue Hose defeated Catawba College 81-70 in South Atlantic Conference men’s basketball action Wednesday night.
The
Blue Hose improve to 17-4 overall and 4-2 in the SAC while the
Indians fall to 7-12 overall and 2-4 in the league.
Catawba
opened the game on a 12-5 run as senior guard Kevin
Petty (Sanford, N.C.) tallied five early points. PC
responded with a 11-4 run over the next seven minutes and tied
the game at 16-16 on a pair of free throws by Drum. The game
stayed close for the rest of the first half until PC took the
lead for good at 21-20 on a free throw by senior center Preston Davis
(Charlotte, N.C.) at the 6:02 mark. PC held the lead for
the rest of the first half and led 32-27 at intermission.
The
second half PC held a comfortable lead most of the way until
the Indians trimmed the lead to 54-52 at the 6:51 mark on a
free throw by freshman guard Jolly Manning (Rocky Mount, N.C.). PC responded with a 22-7 run over
the next five minutes to extend the lead to 79-59 and put the
game out of reach. Down the stretch the Blue Hose hit 10-of-11
free throws in the last five minutes to hold off a late Indian
rally.
For
the game, Presbyterian hit 27-of-33 free throws and out
rebounded the Indians 34-19, but Catawba forced 23 Blue Hose
turnovers to keep the game close.
Joining
Drum for Blue Hose scoring honors was senior center Rod
Isom (Anderson, S.C.) who tallied 13 points and seven
rebounds, followed by senior guard Chuck
Rayford (Greenville,
S.C.) and senior forward JJeff
Whittle
(Strasburg, Va.) who each chipped in 11 points. Rounding
out the double figure scorers for PC was freshman forward Tray
Ballenger (Wellford,
S.C.) who tallied 10 points and four rebounds.
Catawba was led by junior guard Duke Phipps (Newport News, Va.) who tallied a game-high 23 points followed by senior forward Brian Carter (Alexandria, Va.) who chipped in 17 points. Rounding out the Indian’s double figure scorers was Petty who had 13 points.