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ATLANTA, Ga. — Centre men escape with 65-59 win over Oglethorpe

Leading by only two points with 3:01 left in the game, the Centre College men's basketball team hit three clutch three-pointers down the stretch and held on for a 65-59 win over Oglethorpe University in a Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference (SCAC) game, Friday, Feb. 22 in Atlanta, Ga.

The second-ranked Colonels, which have now won 22 straight games and 22 straight contests over SCAC opponents, improve to 23-1 overall and remain unbeaten in league play at 13-0. Oglethorpe falls to 15-9 overall and 9-4 in the SCAC.

The game was tightly played for much of the first half, but with the Stormy Petrals leading 16-15 with 8:24 left in the half, Centre scored 15 of the final 19 points to take a 30-20 lead into the locker room at half time.

The Colonels' 10-point lead was quickly shrunk to only one point as Oglethorpe scored the first seven points of the half to cut the lead to 30-29. The two teams continued to battle back and forth, but with the score tied at 35 apiece, the Colonels used a 11-2 run to take a 46-37 lead at the 9:52 mark.

The Stormy Petrals continued to fight back cutting the lead to only two points (54-52) with 3:01 left to play. Junior guard T.C. Thomason, freshman forward Chris Gowers and senior guard Thomas Britt all hit a three-pointer each in the final minutes and Centre hung on for the six-point win.

Oglethorpe shot better than the Colonels for the game (49.0%, 24-49 to 43.1%, 22-51), but was out-rebounded by Centre 36-24, leading to an 11-5 edge for the Colonels in second-chance points.

Britt and sophomore forward Danny Noll paced Centre with 13 points apiece. Britt also added five rebounds, two assists and a steal, while Noll grabbed four rebounds. Thomason also finished in double figures with 10 points to go along with seven rebounds.

Joe Kennedy led Oglethorpe with 13 points and four rebounds. Ahmad Kareem Shaheed scored 12 points and had five rebounds and Todd Ward also added 12 points off the bench.

Centre will conclude its regular-season play Sunday, Feb. 24 against Sewanee-University of the South. The SCAC game will be played as part of a men's/women's doubleheader and is set to start at 3 p.m. CST in Sewanee, Tenn.

Press release submitted by Centre on Feb 22 2008 at 10:51 PM

Newspaper Box Score:

Centre College vs Oglethorpe University
02/22/08 8:00 p.m. at Atlanta, GA (Dorough Field House)
At Atlanta, GA (Dorough Field House)
CENTRE COLLEGE 65, OGLETHORPE UNIVERSITY 59
CENTRE COLLEGE (23-1 (13-0 SCAC))
Danny Noll 5-9 0-0 13; Thomas Britt 5-12 0-0 13; T.C. Thomason 3-8 3-4 10;
Rob Matthews 3-4 0-1 8; Kris Bentley 2-4 0-0 6; Matt Nestheide 1-5 2-3 5;
Ryan Crowdis 1-3 1-2 4; Chris Gowers 1-2 0-0 3; Ross Herman 1-2 1-2 3; Beau
Braden 0-2 0-0 0. Totals 22-51 7-12 65.
OGLETHORPE UNIVERSITY (15-9 (9-4 SCAC))
Joe Kennedy 4-7 5-6 13; Ahmad Kareem Shaheed 6-9 0-2 12; Todd Ward 5-11 1-2
12; David Allison 3-6 0-0 7; Craig Jackson 2-3 0-0 5; Eric Palmer 2-5 0-0 5;
Nick Watterson 2-3 0-2 4; Chaz Smith 0-1 1-4 1; Alex Richey 0-3 0-0 0; Eddie
Buckley 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 24-49 7-16 59.
Centre College................ 30 35 - 65
Oglethorpe University......... 20 39 - 59
3-point goals--Centre College 14-32 (Danny Noll 3-5; Thomas Britt 3-9; Kris
Bentley 2-4; Rob Matthews 2-2; Chris Gowers 1-1; T.C. Thomason 1-5; Matt
Nestheide 1-3; Ryan Crowdis 1-3), Oglethorpe University 4-14 (Eric Palmer
1-3; Craig Jackson 1-2; David Allison 1-2; Todd Ward 1-2; Alex Richey 0-1;
Nick Watterson 0-1; Joe Kennedy 0-3). Fouled out--Centre College-None,
Oglethorpe University-None. Rebounds--Centre College 36 (Matt Nestheide 8),
Oglethorpe University 24 (Ahmad Kareem Shaheed 5). Assists--Centre College
18 (Matt Nestheide 7), Oglethorpe University 11 (David Allison 3). Total
fouls--Centre College 15, Oglethorpe University 14. Technical fouls--Centre
College-None, Oglethorpe University-None. A-404

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