CAMPBELLSVILLE, Ky. — The Tigers were almost served a little taste of their own medicine today, as Cumberland University erased a 19-point second-half deficit to tie the game with 8:09 to play. But senior Ron Scott drilled a 3-pointer ending an 11-minute Campbellsville drought and the Tigers held on for an 80-75 win on Senior Day.
Campbellsville (20-9, 7-8 MSC) led 52-38 at halftime and senior Sekou Harris put the Tigers ahead by 19 points, 59-40, with 18:30 to play, but Cumberland outscored the Tigers 23-4 over the next 10 minutes.
During that stretch, the Tigers missed 11 straight shots and only scored on four free throws to allow Cumberland to tie the game at 63. Then Scott banged his high-arching triple to put Campbellsville ahead for good. The Tigers never trailed in this game, as senior Dii'jon Allen-Jordan scored the first bucket.
Cumberland University's Mark Brown started the run for the Phoenix with his lone 3-pointer and netted 12 points.
With 2:24 remaining, Allen-Jordan scored four-straight points and the Tigers made 7-of-8 free throws to ice the victory – the 20th of the season and eighth 20-win season of Keith Adkins' tenure at CU.
Senior Sekou Harris led all scorers with 24 points on 7-of-18 shooting but hit 8-of-9 free throws. Allen-Jordan finished with 16 points and 10 rebounds for his Mid-South leading 13th double-double of the season. Fellow senior Rob Robinson pitched in 11 points after hitting 3-of-6 from the 3-point line and freshman Hagen Tyler added 11, also hitting three triples.
Campbellsville finished shooting three times as many free throws than Cumberland. The Tigers hit 17-of-25 from the stripe and the Phoenix only hit 4-of-8.
The Phoenix were led by Brown's season-high 22 points and seven rebounds. Will Shelton and Jamonte Graham both scored 14 for Cumberland, while Shelton also finished with seven boards. Marquel Hickerson was close to a double-double but finished with eight points and eight rebounds.
In the first half, Campbellsville lit it up from deep. The Tigers knocked down nine first-half 3s – the most in a single half all season. CU finished hitting 20-of-36 (55.6 percent) from the floor in the first period.
Elliott Young hit one triple as part of a 10-0 early run by the Tigers for an 18-8 advantage. Then Tyler's second of three 3-pointers in that period stretched the lead to 12.
Leading by eight, 42-34, Tyler banked in his third 3 in the first half to start a 10-4 run just before halftime.
Campbellsville now sits in fifth place in the Mid-South standings with a 7-8 record. Georgetown leads the MSC at 12-3, while Pikeville is second at 10-4 and Cumberlands is third at 9-5. Cumberlands knocked off the Bears today, 79-78, to pull within one game of second place. Shawnee State is fourth, with a one-game lead over Campbellsville.
Lindsey Wilson and Life are right on the heels of the Tigers at 6-8. Campbellsville travels to Life on Saturday, Feb. 27 for the regular season finale. Tipoff is scheduled for 4 p.m. ET in Marietta, Ga.
The Mid-South Conference Tournament is scheduled for March 3-6 at the Frankfort Convention Center, Frankfort, Ky.
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