Wednesday,
February 19, 2003
BLUE
HOSE DEFEAT MARS HILL 68-56 IN SAC MEN’S BASKETBALL ACTION
CLINTON,
S.C. —
Presbyterian
College senior center Rod
Isom (Anderson, S.C.) tallied 14 points with six rebounds to lead the
Blue Hose to a 68-56 win over Mars Hill College in South
Atlantic Conference men’s basketball action Wednesday night.
The
Blue Hose came out of the gate tonight with a purpose and took
and early 11-2 lead at the 14:15 mark. PC pushed the lead to
its biggest margin of the first half at 24-13 with 7:47
remaining on a three-pointer by junior guard Andrew
Dellinger (Mauertown, Va.). Mars Hill ended the first half on a 9-3 run to
cut the lead to 27-22 going into intermission.
Dellinger
led the Blue Hose in the first half with nine points on
three-of-six shooting from beyond the arc while the Lions were
led by junior guard Ronald
Lewis (New Orleans, La.) who tallied eight points.
In
the second half, Presbyterian pushed the lead to double
figures on several occasions with the largest lead coming at
50-37 with 9:42 remaining in the game. The Lions used a 12-1
run in the next four minutes to cut the lead to 51-45 on a
three-pointer by Lewis. That would be as close as Mars Hill
would get down the stretch as Presbyterian went
eight-for-eight at the free throw to seal the win.
Joining
Isom for scoring honors was Dellinger tallied a team-high 15
points coming off the bench while senior guard Chuck
Rayford
(Greenville, S.C.) added 10 points and five assists.
Mars
Hill was led by Lewis who tallied a game-high 20 points while
senior forward Dominique Williams (Savannah, Ga.) added 14 points.