Box Score

BATAVIA, Oh.--- Asbury freshman guards Kirk Lemons and Tyler Hall scored career-highs while Dakota Walden had his fifth 20-plus point game this season on Saturday afternoon in Batavia, Oh., but the Asbury men's basketball team (9-7) slipped to the University of Cincinnati-Clermont (11-4), 82-87. Both teams exploded in the second half for 50 and 54 points, but the Cougars' 49% shooting from the field proved to be too much. 


* Dakota Walden scored 22 points (8-14 FG) with two rebounds, two steals, and an assist (Walden's fifth 20-plus point performance this season)
* Ben McNew went 6-12 from the field for 16 points and grabbed four rebounds
* Freshman Tyler Hall scored a career-high 10 points on 4-7 shooting with two rebounds, an assist, a steal, and a block
* Freshman Kirk Lemons made three threes (3-3) for a career-high nine points, bring a key spark late in the game for AU 
* Clayton Winter grabbed 10 rebounds with four assists (his 10th game this season with double-digit rebounds)
* Cayden Lancaster scored eight points with two boards, an assist, and a steal
* Caleb Wallis scored nine points with two assists and two steals
* Aden Slone scored six points for AU with two rebounds and three assists
* UC-Clermont's David Froedge went 5-9 from three for 23 points


* Asbury trailed 32-33 after the first half, and scored 50 second half points, but UC-Clermont scored 54
* AU has now played 13 straight road games after starting out the season with three home matchups
* UC-Clermont went 10-20 from three, shot 49% from the field, and went 18-23 from the line
* Asbury shot 45% from the field, 9-26 from three, and 12-15 from the line
* UC-Clermont out-rebounded AU 42-33
* AU committed 15 turnovers, UC-Clermont committed seven
* Asbury dished 14 assists, UC-Clermont dished 19


* UC-Clermont with 10-20 from three and shot 49% from the field
* AU scored 50 second half points, but UC-Clermont scored 54
* Dakota Walden has scored 20-plus points five times this season, Clayton Winter has 10 games of double-digit rebounds


Asbury travels to Pippa Passes on Tuesday evening for a matchup with Alice Lloyd at 7 pm. 


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