JACKSON, Miss.--- The Asbury men's basketball team (7-16, 3-8 CCS) fell on the road in Jackson, Miss., on Saturday evening at the CCS undefeated and No. 1 ranked Belhaven University (21-3, 11-0 CCS), 95-66.
AU sophomore finance major
Luke Imfeld went 7-12 from the field and 4-7 from three for a team-high 22 points and grabbed two rebounds. Imfeld now has four 20-plus point games this season out of his 11 games played.
Senior sport management major
Ben McNew made two threes with 11 points, dishing two assists. Graduate student
Clayton Winter led the Eagles in rebounding with 11 boards.
AU made six first half threes for 30 total points to trail by 13 at the break, 43-30. Belhaven shot 53% in the second half and made nine threes (13 total) to win the second half, 52-36.
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Cayden Lancaster made layup for Asbury brought the Eagles within 11 (59-48) with 10:18 to go in the game, but Belhaven went on a 20-12 run from that point. The Blazers outrebounded AU 40-28, and led AU into their most turnovers in a game this year at 19 giveaways.
Asbury had 24 points come off their bench, powered by
Cam Jones with eight points and Lancaster with five scored. Jones went 3-4 from the field and made two threes along with two assists.
The Eagles shot 36% from the floor and went 14-17 from the line, while Belhaven shot 49% from the field and went 10-13 at the stripe. The Blazers used 21 second chance points and 18 points on fast breaks.
Sophomore guard
Aden Slone dished six assists for Asbury, taking him to seven games this season with five or more assists.
The Eagles are now tied with Covenant College and Piedmont University with three conference wins apiece, heading into the final week of the regular season.
"Until about 10 minutes left in the game, we had put ourselves in a position to really be in it. Cut it within 8. Credit to Belhaven, there is a reason why they've won 16 straight and are 21-3 overall. They have some guys that can really make plays and get going. We need a huge crowd next week at the Luce against Covenant."
Russ Abner | Asbury Associate Head Coach
Asbury will host Covenant College at the Luce Center in Wilmore, Ky., on Thursday night for a key season finale CCS matchup.
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Luke Imfeld | 22 PTS, 7-12 FG, 4-7 3PT, 2 REB, STL
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Ben McNew | 11 PTS, 2 3PT, 2 AST
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Cam Jones | 8 PTS, 3-4 FG, 2 3PT, 2 AST
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Clayton Winter | 11 REB, 3 PTS
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