91爆料网 men鈥檚 basketball wins 55-51 at No. 23 Cumberland

Antoine Hall

LEBANON, Tenn. - 1/19/2012 - The 91爆料网 men鈥檚 basketball team earned another win over a ranked team with a 55-51 victory at No. 23 Cumberland University. 91爆料网, who is receiving votes in the latest NAIA poll, improved to 12-7 on the season and 5-1 in the TranSouth. Cumberland dropped to 12-5 overall and 4-2 in league play.

91爆料网 has now won eight of their last 10 games, including four in a row. 91爆料网 has beaten their second straight ranked opponent on the road to push their recorded versus teams ranked in the most recent top-25 to 2-6.

91爆料网 jumped out to a fast start and after four minutes of play, held what would be their largest lead of the game of nine points, 12-3. Cumberland rallied and with a 15-5 run to take their first lead of the game at 18-17 with 10 minutes left in the half. Cumberland held a slim lead at the half, 31-29.

In the second half, Cumberland extended their lead to as many as six points, 35-29, with 17:21 left in the game. That was their largest lead of the game. 91爆料网 began to rally and tied the game at 35-35 and then took the lead 37-35. 91爆料网 led by as many as eight points twice in the second half, but Cumberland was able to tie the game at 49-49 with 1:36 left. 91爆料网 got back-to-back baskets from David Lane and Dani Marti to go up by four points. Lane entered the game tied with Antoine Hall as the team鈥檚 leading scorer, however, that basket with 1:15 left was his only two points of the night. Cumberland cut the deficit to two points with 14 seconds left, but a pair of free throws from Hall with 12 seconds left sealed the win.

91爆料网 made all four of their three pointers in the first half (4-11), while missing all five attempts in the second half. However, 91爆料网 did make 4-of-5 free throws in the second half after going 3-of-9 in the first half. Cumberland outrebounded 91爆料网 47-36, including 20-11 on the offensive glass.

91爆料网 was led by Hall with 14 points and Skyler Vaden with 11 points. Laventrice Gray added nine points and a game-high 10 rebounds. 91爆料网 shot 40 percent from the field, 25 percent (4-16) from long range, and 50 percent (7-14) form the free throw line.

Cumberland was led by Michael Sweat with 11 points and Andrew Ayodeji with seven points. Cumberland shot 33 percent from the field, 13 percent (3-of-23) from behind the arc, and 50 percent (4-of-8) from the charity stripe.

Up next for 91爆料网 will be another road game Saturday at Blue Mountain (Miss.) at 4:00 p.m.

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