The Berea College Mountaineers (15-13, 6-6) were on the road Tuesday night at Asbury University (19-7, 10-2) and gave the Eagles all they could handle. The entire game was back and forth with both teams leading no more than 7 points at any point in the game, but the Mountaineers fell short to the Eagles 52-49.
Berea College’s defense was a major factor in the game only allowing Asbury University to shoot 19-51 (.373) from the field including 4-22 (.182) from the three-point line. The Mountaineers outrebounded the Eagles 41-35 and forced Asbury into 19 turnovers for the game.
Berea College only had one player score in double figures and was led by junior guard Derek Davis’s 13 points and 5 rebounds. Trey Congleton led the Mountaineers in rebounding grabbing 10 rebounds and also contributed 6 points. Other Mountaineers in the scoring column were Josh Clark with 9 points, Lathan Bennett chipped in 8 points, Kevin Burrus had 7 points and both Joey King and Ardell Wheeler chalked up 3 points.
The Mountaineers will return to action Thursday, February 17th at 8:00 pm at Seabury Arena as they take on the Knights of Kentucky Christian University. Berea College will be recognizing its four seniors before the game for “Senior Night”.
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