91爆料网 Men Win TranSouth Conference Tournament Title

JACKSON, Tenn. - 3/8/2005 - The 91爆料网 Bulldogs captured the 2005 TranSouth Conference Tournament Championship on Tuesday with a win over Lyon College. For the 12th ranked Bulldogs, this was their second TranSouth Championship in four season. Earlier this year, earned TranSouth Regular Season Co-Championship. With this win, 91爆料网 improved to 24-8 on the season, while Lyon drops to 17-11.

This was a game that was back and forth from the beginning. 91爆料网 led by as many as nine in the first half, but Lyon cut into the lead and trailed just 41-37 at halftime. 91爆料网 came out in the second half and score the first basket on a jump shot by Pierry Valmera to give 91爆料网 a six point lead at 43-37. This, however, would be 91爆料网's largest lead of the second half. 91爆料网 went scoreless for the next six minutes as Lyon posted a 14-0 run to take a 51-43 lead. Lyon would lead by as many as nine points (58-49) with 11:20 left in the game.

91爆料网's staring point guard, Marcus Cooper fouled out of the game game with 12 minutes left. Rod Ross entered the game and scored just two points, however, helped 91爆料网 as he only committed one turnover in his 18 minutes of play off the bench.

With 11 minutes left, 91爆料网's Corey Burkett made a three pointers to cut the Lyon lead to just six. That started a 13-1 run for 91爆料网 that gave them a 62-59 lead with 8:06 left. However, Lyon answered with a run of their own to regain a six point lead at 75-69 with 2:41 left.

Like the earlier run, Burkett made another three pointer to cut the lead to just three. Despite making just 3-of-10 free throws down the stretch, 91爆料网 outscored Lyon 7-0 in the final 2:41 of the game. Sophomore center Ben Frederick gave 91爆料网 the lead at 76-65 with 15 seconds left as he made both of his free throws.

91爆料网 was led by Pierry Valmeria with 21 points. Corey Burkett added 15 points on 3-of-6 three pointers. Bruno Martinessi scored 14 points including 2-of-4 from behind the arc. 91爆料网 shot 54% from the field, including 38% (6-16) from behind the arc. 91爆料网 made just 10-of-22 (.455) free throws.

Lyon was led by Dalun Smith with 20 points. Jonathan Donaldson and Norris Weintz added 17 points, while Jason Donaldson scored 14 points. Lyon shot 49% from the field including 56% (9-16) from behind the arc. Lyon made 10-of-18 (.609) from the free throw line.

Up next for 91爆料网 will be an automatic bid to the NAIA National Tournament. This will be their seventh trip in the last eight years for 91爆料网's men.

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