DANVILLE, Ky. – The Centre men's basketball team wrapped up a four-game Southern Athletic Association home stand as they hosted the Millsaps Majors. The Colonels won 82-69 to improve to 12-6 on the year and 4-2 in conference play.
GAME HIGHLIGHTS
- The Colonels were cold at the start of the game as it took them three minutes to crack the scoreboard.
Landen Hamilton broke the ice on a backdoor layup and keyed a run of 12 straight points as the sophomore point guard scored or assisted on ten of them to give Centre a 12-4 advantage.
- Both teams traded baskets over the next five minutes before Centre went up by double digits for the first time following consecutive threes by Hamilton and
Hunter Coleman.
- Millsaps chipped away at the lead and cut it to a single possession at 32-29 with just under four minutes left, but
Ryan Shene buried threes on the next two Centre possessions to cap off his first half scoring binge with 17 points. The Colonels went into the locker room up 43-34 at the half.
- Centre scored the first five points of the second half on a three from Shene and a driving layup by
Nolan Wahl. The Majors made a run after the first media timeout of the half, cutting the deficit to 54-47, but that was as close as they got the rest of the way. Wahl scored the next five Centre points and the Colonels went back up by double figures.
- Shene hit his seventh and final three of the game to give the Colonels their largest lead of 17 points and Millsaps could get no closer than 11 points over the final seven minutes of the contest.
INSIDE THE BOX SCORE
- Shene hit a new career high with 23 points on 8-10 shooting, including 7-9 from three-point range to give Centre a 25-14 advantage in bench points.
- Hamilton had another full box score as he finished with 21 points, eight assists and four steals. Coleman finished with 12 points while Wahl scored 11.
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Jaxson Banks recorded the first double-double of his career as he scored ten points and pulled down a career high ten rebounds to lead the Colonels.
NEXT UP
Centre men's basketball will hit the road for the next two games, beginning with a rematch against Sewanee on Jan. 29. The Colonels defeated the Tigers 78-72 in Danville on Jan. 22.
