The Centre College men's basketball team won its 11th game in 13 chances this season, topping Sewanee 92-74 to match the team's best start in school history, Saturday, Jan. 8th, in Danville, Ky.
With today's win, the Colonels improve to 11-2 overall, and a 3-0 in the SCAC, while Sewanee falls to 5-6 overall and 2-1 in conference play.
Junior forward Adam Patterson scored a career-high 17 points in 22 minutes off the bench for the Colonels. Patterson was five of nine from the field, including two of five from beyond the three-point arc, and five of six from the charity stripe.
Freshman guard Matt Nestheide also scored 17 points on four of six shooting. Nestheide made four of his six attempts, including three of his four three point attempts, and all six of his free throw attempts.
Junior forward Coy Zerhusen added 15 points, six rebounds, five assists and two steals and senior guard Kyle Roby added 11 points and two steals in the win.
Eugene Talley led Sewanee with 25 points on 7 of 11 shooting. He also made 11 of 14 from the free-throw line. Jason Smith added 18 points in the loss for the Tigers.
Centre led the game for all but 18 seconds and went on a 20-9 scoring run at the end of the first half to go into halftime leading Sewanee 47-27. Patterson scored 11 of his 17 points in the first half to help the Colonels shoot a sizzling 63.0% from the floor.
Sewanee cut the lead to 11 points (50-39) at the 15:50 mark in the second half but could get no closer. The Tigers finished the game shooting 47.4% (27-57), while Centre ended the game at 59.6% (28-47). The Colonels shot 55.6% from beyond the three point arc connecting on 10 of their 18 attempts.
Centre will travel to Atlanta, Ga. to play SCAC foe Oglethorpe on Friday, Jan. 14. The game is set to start at 8 p.m.
Newspaper Box Score University of the South vs Centre College 12/08/05 3 pm at Danville, KY At Danville, KY CENTRE COLLEGE 92, UNIVERSITY OF THE SOUTH 74 UNIVERSITY OF THE SOUTH (5-6, 2-1 SCAC) Eugene Talley 7-11 11-14 25; Jason Smith 8-14 2-4 18; Chris Eddy 3-6 2-8 8; Spencer Rowland 4-10 0-0 8; Joey Garcia 2-6 2-2 7; Ben Campbell 2-4 0-0 4; James Pryor 1-2 0-0 3; Chris Stedelin 0-1 0-1 0; Gary Grizzle 0-2 0-0 0; Allen Hofammann 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 27-57 18-31 74. CENTRE COLLEGE (11-2, 3-0 SCAC) Adam Patterson 5-9 5-6 17; Matt Nestheide 4-6 6-6 17; Coy Zerhusen 5-9 5-8 15; Kyle Roby 2-3 6-8 11; Reggie Magnusson 4-9 1-3 9; Thomas Britt 2-4 3-4 8; Josh Bell 2-2 0-0 6; Kyle Christopher 2-3 0-0 5; Bennett Clark 1-1 0-0 2; John Patterson 1-1 0-0 2. Totals 28-47 26-35 92. University of the South....... 27 47 - 74 Centre College................ 47 45 - 92 3-point goals-University of the South 2-11 (Joey Garcia 1-4; James Pryor 1-1; Chris Eddy 0-1; Spencer Rowland 0-3; Gary Grizzle 0-1; Jason Smith 0-1), Centre College 10-18 (Matt Nestheide 3-4; Adam Patterson 2-5; Josh Bell 2-2; Kyle Roby 1-2; Thomas Britt 1-2; Kyle Christopher 1-1; Reggie Magnusson 0-1; Coy Zerhusen 0-1). Fouled out--University of the South-Spencer Rowland, Centre College-None. Rebounds-University of the South 32 (Eugene Talley 5; Spencer Rowland 5), Centre College 28 (Reggie Magnusson 7). Assists-University of the South 8 (Chris Eddy 3), Centre College 19 (Coy Zerhusen 5). Total fouls-University of the South 26, Centre College 24. A-413 - With today's win, Centre marks its best start in school history with an 11-2 record. - Centre's Adam Patterson scored a career-high 17 points.