The Lindsey Wilson Blue Raiders split their games on their opening weekend.
Here are the stories:
Lindsey Wilson Men’s Basketball falls to No. 4-ranked Benedictine 68-53
CAMPBELLSVILLE, Ky. — Cold shooting spoiled the Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) men’s basketball season opener today as the Blue Raiders fell 68-53 to No. 4-ranked Benedictine (Kan.) at the Powell Athletic Center.
The Blue Raiders (0-1) shot 33.9 percent (20-of-59) from the field, including making just two of their 17 shots from beyond the 3-point arc. Benedictine (1-1) countered by making half of its 44 shots from the field and nearly 53 percent (9-of-17) from three.
While all 10 Blue Raiders that played scored, none reached double figures. Bryan Wallace led the offensive attack with nine points off the bench while Dusan Pantovic, Keshaun Mayfield, D’on Hall and Tony Horne all contributed eighth points.
Conner Fleming and Jallen Messersmith led four Benedictine players in double figures with 14 each.
Lindsey Wilson Men’s Basketball breezes past Ohio State-Mansfield, 101-50
The Lindsey Wilson men’s basketball team scored the first 21 points of the game en route to a 101-50 victory over visiting Ohio State-Mansfield on Sunday afternoon at Biggers Sports Center.
Playing in their home opener, the Blue Raiders (1-1) finished with a 52-33 edge in rebounds and forced 24 Maverick turnovers. Conversely, Lindsey Wilson turned the ball over just 13 times.
It was all Lindsey Wilson early as the Blue Raiders scored the first 21 points over the opening seven minutes of play.
During this opening stretch, Lindsey Wilson shot 55.6 percent (10-of-18) from the field while Ohio State-Mansfield (0-1) missed its first 10 field-goal attempts and turned the ball over three times. The Mavericks eventually scored via a successful three-point shot by Timson Mitchell with 12:48 on the clock.
Later on in the first half, the Blue Raiders moved ahead by 22 points at 28-6 after Roderick Clark converted both of his free-throw attempts with 9:29 in the opening half.
Ohio State-Mansfield chipped away at the deficit and trailed by 16 following Markese Hicks’ three-pointer with 3:44 left in the first half, making it 36-20 in favor of Lindsey Wilson. That 16-point margin marked the closest to Lindsey Wilson that the Mavericks would be for the rest of the day.
Overall, the Blue Raiders hit 38-of-70 field-goal attempts (.543) as well as an additional 23 free-throw attempts.
In all, five Lindsey Wilson players scored double-digit points.
Quentin Purtue scored a team-best 17 points on 7-of-12 shooting. He also had seven rebounds and a pair of steals. Tony Horne finished with 10 points, seven rebounds and three steals, while Julian Edmonson and Bryan Wallace scored 10 points apiece. D’on Hall had 11 points, and Kevin Bradshaw finished with nine points as well as a team-high nine rebounds.
Ohio State-Mansfield shot 29.4 percent from the floor (20-of-68) and attempted just four free throws. Hicks had a game-best 20 points, including six three-pointers. Austin Reid had nine points and Mitchell grabbed a half-dozen rebounds.
Up next for Lindsey Wilson is a road game at Martin Methodist (Tenn.) on Wednesday with tipoff scheduled for 7 p.m. CT.
