Harrodsburg, Ky.--- The asbury men's basketball team (7-1) headed down the road to compete in the Casey Sparrow Memorial Classic hosted by Campbellsville-Harrodsburg this past weekend. The Eagles faced off against Southeastern Illinois College on Friday, taking their seventh victory in a 96-68 match. AU then went on to face a new NCCAA competitor, Champion Christian College (5-6) on Saturday evening. The Eagles found their first loss of the season after impressive offensive efforts by the Tigers in a 96-82 matchup.
Game One vs Southeastern Illinois
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Clayton Winter recorded his first double-double of the season with 19 points (8-10 FG) and 10 rebounds
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Ben McNew matched Winter with 19 points (4-7 3PT) of his own
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Caleb Wallis and
Dakota Walden both scored in the double digits, Wallis with 14 and Walden with 13
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Aden Slone added six points and dished out seven assists
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Cayden Lancaster scored eight points (4-9 FG) off the bench
* Southeasterns Amari Wales led their team with 16 points and five rebounds
Game Two vs Champion Christian
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Ben McNew led AU with 21 points and recorded a season-high of five threes made (5-11 3PT)
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Caleb Wallis followed close behind with 19 of his own (7-14 FG)
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Clayton Winter tied his season-high of 15 boards against the Tigers and added nine points
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Aden Slone added six points and dished out seven assists while grabbing four steals
* The Tigers were led by AJ Williams with 24 points (9-14 FG) and seven rebounds
* Asbury moves to 7-1 on the season
* Champion Christian moves to 5-6 on the season
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Clayton Winter sits at No. 3 in the NCCAA for rebounds averaging 9.4 per game
* Asbury moves to 2-1 for NCCAA play so far this season
Game One vs Southeastern Illiniois
* AU and SIC matched with 40 points in the paint from both sides
* AU shot 51% from the field and 64% from the line
* The Eagles recorded 11 threes against SIC
* SIC had 29 bench points
* Asbury forced 21 turnovers from their opponents while only giving up 12 of their own
* AU collected a season-high of 41 boards against SIC
* AU starters accounted for 71 of the team's total points
Game Two vs Champion Christian
* The Tigers picked up 33 points from the bench compared to AU's 13
* Champion Christian shot 53% in the field and 94% from the line, compared to AU's 47% and 54%
* The Eagles held a seven-point lead for the first seven minutes of the game
* CCC was quick on the counter scoring 22 points from fast breaks
* The Eagles picked up 36 points in the paint.
Asbury will continue on the road to face off against Berea College on December 11th at 12 PM.
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