MARIETTA, Ga. – Playing their second game of the new year, the Tigers used strong defense in the first half to hold Life to a season low in scoring for a 69-49 win.
After a slow start to play, the Tigers held just a 6-4 lead nearly eight minutes into action. However, over the next 7:17 Campbellsville capitalized only a 22-3 run, holding Life to no field goals for nearly five and half minutes.
After
Justin Tucker and
Lenorris Mincey picked up fouls early into their action,
De'Undra Singleton, in his first game in nearly a month, sparked the Tiger run with an old school three-point play.
Alston Davis continued the Tiger run using the new school triples, exploiting on four Edwards Jones three-point baskets in the midst of the run.
Davis' sharp shooting led him to a 16-point half, topping his career high of 15 against Alice Lloyd. Davis continued on to add three more in the second half of play to finish with 19.
The tenacious Tiger defense held the Running Eagles to 23% shooting in the half, forcing 10 turnovers as CU entered the break with a 36-15 lead.
Once again, the scoring started slow in the second half for CU with just five points and in the first 6:50 of action in the period.
Nonetheless, as the Tigers began scoring they put together 12-5 run to tally their largest lead of the night, 57-26.
Richie Mitchell recorded seven of the Tiger points during the run, where he was able to finish with 12 on the night, as CU's second leading scorer.
Throughout the final 10 minutes of action, the Running Eagles slowly began to close the Tiger margin, but it was too little too late as Campbellsville held off Life with a 20 point advantage.
The Tigers, led by Davis' 19, had five players scoring in double digits, as the team shot 51% from the field.
Entering the night as the Tiger's second leading scorer,
Ronald Taylor was held scoreless, but his defensive effort, as well as his team leading five rebounds proved to be of tremendous value to the Campbellsville win.
This win marks the fifth straight for CU before they will return to Powell for a four game Mid-South Conference homestand, beginning with the NAIA's fourth ranked Pikeville Bears on Thursday at 8 p.m. ET.
