DANVILLE, Ky. – The Centre men's basketball team couldn't match the hot shooting of their previous two games as a slow start to the second half proved to be the biggest difference in a 73-59 loss to the Birmingham-Southern Panthers.
 
GAME HIGHLIGHTS
 
- Both offenses struggled in the early going as the Colonels took their first lead at 10-7 following consecutive threes by Drew Wilson and Cade Stinnett.
- BSC retook the lead with a 9-0, but the Colonels battled back to regain the advantage as freshmen Hunter Coleman and Caleb Maul came off the bench to get some key baskets.
- The game went back and forth for the rest of the half. Noah Ring banked in a three-pointer to put Centre up by one, but BSC responded with a three in the final minute and went into the locker room with a 30-28 lead.
- The Panthers came out with a blitz to start the second half, outscoring the Colonels 21-4 over the first five minutes of the period. Centre was able to chip into the lead on layups by Maul and Stinnett, but BSC reinserted some of their starters into the game and extended the lead back to 20 as Centre could get no closer than 12 the rest of the way.
 
INSIDE THE BOX SCORE
 
- After shooting nearly 50 percent from three-point range in each of the last two games, the Colonels only managed 25 percent from long distance against the Panthers.
- 11 different Centre players scored, led by Marshall Taylor with ten points and a career high five steals.
 
NEXT UP
 
The Colonels will go back on the road to open February, beginning with a trip to Rhodes on Feb. 3. The Colonels knocked off the Lynx 82-72 on Jan. 6.