The Berea College Mountaineers opened the first round of the KIAC tournament Tuesday night at home versus Alice Lloyd College and came away with an 83-70 victory over the Eagles. Berea College shot 32-64 (.500) from the field including 8-20 (.400) from the three-point line and 11-13 (.846) from the free throw line. The Mountaineers outrebounded the Eagles 45-36 and dished out 23 assists in the victory.
Rudy Evans led the way for Berea College posting a career-high 33 points and also tossed out 9 assists. Evans was 12-17 (.706) from the floor including 3-6 (.500) from the three point line and 6-7 (.857) from the free throw line. Trey Congleton posted a double-double scoring 14 points and grabbing a team-high 11 rebounds. Kevin Burrus and Derek Davis were the last two Mountaineers in double figures with Burrus scoring 12 points and Davis contributing 10 points. Both Burrus and Davis each had 7 rebounds and 4 assists. Other Mountaineers in the stat sheet were Josh Clark with 8 points, Ardell Wheeler nabbed 7 rebounds and Joey King and Brad McIntosh each chipping in 3 points to the victory.
Berea College improves their overall record to 17-14 and will advance to the second round Thursday night as they travel to Richmond, Indiana to take on #2 seed Indiana University East at 7:00 pm. The winner will advance to the conference championship game on Saturday and will face the winner of the Indiana University-Southeast/Brescia University semifinal game.
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