Men's Basketball News
Men's basketball drops Birmingham Southern 56-44
The Centre College men's basketball team completed the season sweep of Birmingham Southern College, defeating the Panthers 56-44 in a Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference (SCAC) game, Sunday, Feb. 8 in Birmingham, Ala.
The Colonels, which won the earlier meeting between the two teams 69-59 back on January 11 in Danville, improve to 17-4 in the SCAC, while the Panthers fall to 10-11. The game will not count toward the conference standings because Birmingham Southern is in the second year of its four-year provisional transition from Division I to Division III.
Centre wasted little time in jumping out to a 13-2 lead through the first 4:05 of the game. Leading by 12 points (18-6) at the 12:03 mark, Birmingham Southern started to chip away, cutting the lead to one point at the both the 6:12 mark and the 5:27 mark. Ahead 22-21, the Colonels scored the final six points of the first half to take a 28-21 lead into the locker room.
The Panthers trimmed the lead to five points early in the second half and then again with 12:33 left in the game, but the Colonels went on a 20-6 run to pull out to a 54-35 advantage with only 4:41 to play.
Birmingham Southern did not have an answer as the game ended in a 12-point victory for Centre. The Colonels shot 46.7% (21-45) on the day, while limiting the Panthers to only 32.1% (18-56) from the field.
Junior forward Danny Noll (Ft. Mitchell, Ky.) led all scorers with 20 points and six rebounds. Senior guard T.C. Thomason (Russellville, Ky.) and sophomore forward Chris Gowers (Louisville, Ky.) added 10 points apiece. Gowers also added six rebounds off the bench in the win.
Aaron Parr paced Birmingham Southern with a double-double scoring 11 points and grabbing 10 rebounds. Nathan West added eight points off the bench for the Panthers.
Centre will return to action Saturday, Feb. 14 against DePauw University. The SCAC contest will be played as part of a men's/women's doubleheader and is set to start at 1 p.m. in Danville, Ky.
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