Evansville 71
Kentucky Wesleyan 69
Exhibition Final from Evansville, Indiana
Kenny Harris tipped in a missed shot by Colt Ryan with four-tenths of a second remaining to lift Evansville past Kentucky Wesleyan 71-69 in a men's college basketball exhibition game Saturday night at Roberts Stadium in Evansville.
KWC's Anthony Young drained a 3-pointer with 30 seconds to play to tie the game at 69 and set up the final sequence.
"We missed a block out down the stretch, unfortunately, and Harris made a heck of a tip-in for them to win it," Panthers head coach Todd Lee said. "Because of injuries, we're very undermanned at the present time. Despite that, we battled hard and had a chance to beat a Division I team on the road. I'm very proud of our guys."
Wesleyan, coming off a 71-58 exhibition loss at South Carolina on Thursday, dressed only eight players, and that number dwindled to seven after reserve Marseilles Stewart suffered a shoulder injury early in the game and did not return.
KWC led 36-31 at intermission and extended its lead to six in the second half before the Purple Aces climbed back into the game with good defense and quality shooting.
KWC made just 9-of-25 shots in the second half (36 percent), while UE connected on 14-of-25 field-goal tries (56 percent).
"Their defense was very good in the second half," Lee said of Evansville. "And, we had some guys in foul trouble -- that may have affected our defense a little bit."
KWC, which won at Evansville in an exhibition game last season, got a game-best 20 points from Young, who was 6-of-9 from the floor, including 2-of-2 from 3-point range. He also made all six of his free-throw attempts.
Evansville Bosse High School graduate Cardell McFarland added 18 points and veteran guard Kwan Waller scored 14. Jay Ivey led all rebounders with 13.
The Purple Aces were led by Ryan, who scored 15 points. Kavon Lacey had 14 points and six assists, and Harris added 10 points. Denver Holmes had a game-best seven assists.
KWC finished 20-of-48 from the field for 42 percent, making 8-of-22 shots from 3-point range (36 percent). The Panthers were 21-of-26 from the foul stripe for 91 percent and outrebounded UE 38-28.
Evansville made 28-of-56 floor shots (50 percent), but just 12-of-20 foul shots (60 percent).
KWC turned the ball over 15 times, compared to just eight floor errors for the Purple Aces.
Wesleyan closes out its exhibition season at 6 p.m. Thursday at Louisville.
* Game recap by KWC
Box Score
Kentucky Wesleyan 69
Exhibition Final from Evansville, Indiana
Kenny Harris tipped in a missed shot by Colt Ryan with four-tenths of a second remaining to lift Evansville past Kentucky Wesleyan 71-69 in a men's college basketball exhibition game Saturday night at Roberts Stadium in Evansville.
KWC's Anthony Young drained a 3-pointer with 30 seconds to play to tie the game at 69 and set up the final sequence.
"We missed a block out down the stretch, unfortunately, and Harris made a heck of a tip-in for them to win it," Panthers head coach Todd Lee said. "Because of injuries, we're very undermanned at the present time. Despite that, we battled hard and had a chance to beat a Division I team on the road. I'm very proud of our guys."
Wesleyan, coming off a 71-58 exhibition loss at South Carolina on Thursday, dressed only eight players, and that number dwindled to seven after reserve Marseilles Stewart suffered a shoulder injury early in the game and did not return.
KWC led 36-31 at intermission and extended its lead to six in the second half before the Purple Aces climbed back into the game with good defense and quality shooting.
KWC made just 9-of-25 shots in the second half (36 percent), while UE connected on 14-of-25 field-goal tries (56 percent).
"Their defense was very good in the second half," Lee said of Evansville. "And, we had some guys in foul trouble -- that may have affected our defense a little bit."
KWC, which won at Evansville in an exhibition game last season, got a game-best 20 points from Young, who was 6-of-9 from the floor, including 2-of-2 from 3-point range. He also made all six of his free-throw attempts.
Evansville Bosse High School graduate Cardell McFarland added 18 points and veteran guard Kwan Waller scored 14. Jay Ivey led all rebounders with 13.
The Purple Aces were led by Ryan, who scored 15 points. Kavon Lacey had 14 points and six assists, and Harris added 10 points. Denver Holmes had a game-best seven assists.
KWC finished 20-of-48 from the field for 42 percent, making 8-of-22 shots from 3-point range (36 percent). The Panthers were 21-of-26 from the foul stripe for 91 percent and outrebounded UE 38-28.
Evansville made 28-of-56 floor shots (50 percent), but just 12-of-20 foul shots (60 percent).
KWC turned the ball over 15 times, compared to just eight floor errors for the Purple Aces.
Wesleyan closes out its exhibition season at 6 p.m. Thursday at Louisville.
* Game recap by KWC
Box Score
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