The No. 8 team in NAIA Division I Men's
Basketball, the Lambuth Eagles, stormed in and out of
Becknell Gymnasium with an 89-62 victory over the Lyon
College Scots Saturday evening in a TranSouth Conference
contest.
The loss was Lyon's first at home this
season against four victories. Coach Kevin Jenkins'
Scots fall to 8-5 overall and 0-2 in the conference.
Lambuth runs its record to 12-2 and 2-0 in the TranSouth.
Lyon College was within three points of
the lead, 39-36, at the half but looked on helplessly in
the second half as Lambuth turned on the afterburners
and outscored the Scots 50-26 after the break. The game
was Lyon's second straight loss against a ranked
opponent, including an 81-59 loss to No. 25 Crichton
College on Wednesday.
Five Lambuth players scored in double
figures, led by Kierren Lovick with 19 points. Lovick
also had seven rebounds to pace the Eagles to a 40-25
edge on the glass. Jeremy Weddle pitched in 18 points,
Tobin Foulke earned 15 and Ivan Jenkins added 14 points.
Michael Woodson rounded out the group of double-digit
scorers with 13 points paired with seven rebounds.
Junior guard Jonathan Donaldson paced the
Scots with 20 points on 7-of-13 shooting from the field
and 4-of-4 from the free-throw line. Forward Charles
Black scored 10 points and teammates Levi Taylor and
Chad Glover had eight each.
