The Centre College men's basketball team had its five-game winning streak snapped, falling to Oglethorpe University 54-44, Friday, Jan. 14, in a Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference game, in Atlanta, Ga.
Oglethorpe improves to 6-6 overall and 1-3 in the SCAC, while Centre drops its first conference game to fall to 11-3 overall and 3-1 in conference play.
The Stormy Petrels' Russ Churchwell posted game-highs in both points with 16, and rebounds with 18. Eric Dickenson added 15 points and nine rebounds in the win.
Junior center Reggie Magnusson led the Colonels with 12 points and freshman guard Matt Nestheide scored 11 points. Junior forward Coy Zerhusen notched eight points and pulled down a team-high 15 rebounds.
With the Colonels up 12-9 midway through the first half, Alex Waterson nailed two three-point shots to put Oglethorpe up 15-12. The Stormy Petrals would add to the lead and take a 22-15 lead into the intermission.
The two teams combined to make only 13 of its 52 (25.0%) first half shots including only four of 28 (14.3%) from beyond the three point arc.
With Oglethorpe leading 33-24 with 15:34 left in the second half, Nestheide and freshman guard Thomas Britt each knocked down three-pointers to bring the Colonels to within three points at 33-30.
That would be the closest Centre would get as the Stormy Petrals responded by going on a 12-2 run to extend the lead to 45-32 with just over eight minutes remaining.
Centre finished the game shooting only 27.8% (15-54) from the field and only six of 29 (20.7%) from the three-point line. Oglethorpe shot 38.5% (20-52) from the floor and only five of 22 (22.7%) from beyond the three-point arc.
Centre will next travel to Jackson, Miss. to play Millsaps College, Sunday, Jan. 16. Tip-off is set for noon CST.
Newspaper Box Score Centre College vs Oglethorpe University 1-14-05 8:00pm at Dorough Fieldhouse At Dorough Fieldhouse OGLETHORPE UNIVERSITY 54, CENTRE COLLEGE 44 CENTRE COLLEGE Reggie Magnusson 4-8 4-4 12; Matt Nestheide 4-11 0-0 11; Coy Zerhusen 4-10 0-1 8; Thomas Britt 2-7 0-0 6; Josh Bell 1-5 2-5 5; John Patterson 0-2 2-2 2; Kyle Christopher 0-3 0-0 0; Kyle Roby 0-6 0-0 0; Adam Patterson 0-2 0-0 0. Totals 15-54 8-12 44. OGLETHORPE UNIVERSITY Russ Churchwell 8-16 0-0 16; Eric Dickenson 4-9 7-8 15; Andrew Tulowitzky 2-6 2-4 8; Alex Waterson 2-5 0-0 6; Terry Bailey 2-9 0-0 4; Josh Burr 1-4 0-1 3; Ahmad Kareem Shaheed 1-1 0-0 2; Eric Link 0-2 0-0 0. Totals 20-52 9-13 54. Centre College................ 15 29 - 44 Oglethorpe University......... 22 32 - 54 3-point goals-Centre College 6-29 (Matt Nestheide 3-9; Thomas Britt 2-6; Josh Bell 1-4; Kyle Christopher 0-2; Kyle Roby 0-6; Adam Patterson 0-1; Coy Zerhusen 0-1), Oglethorpe University 5-22 (Andrew Tulowitzky 2-3; Alex Waterson 2-3; Josh Burr 1-4; Eric Link 0-1; Terry Bailey 0-5; Eric Dickenson 0-3; Russ Churchwell 0-3). Fouled out--Centre College-None, Oglethorpe University-None. Rebounds-Centre College 37 (Coy Zerhusen 15), Oglethorpe University 40 (Russ Churchwell 18). Assists-Centre College 6 (Coy Zerhusen 2; Kyle Roby 2; Kyle Christopher 2), Oglethorpe University 9 (Terry Bailey 3). Total fouls-Centre College 17, Oglethorpe University 14.