CAMPBELLSVILLE, Ky. – The Tigers hosted University of the Cumberlands at Powell Athletic Center Thursday evening. Campbellsville defeated the Patriots in double overtime 102-92.
At the start of the first half, the Patriots crammed the basket to get a decent jump on the Tigers.
Keaston Brown's jumper and basket from the arc put Campbellsville to trail by four points. His teammate,
Malachi De Sousa, followed Brown with a layup to make it a one possession ballgame. Campbellsville did not allow the Patriots' quick start to put them off balance.
Ross Ryan's layup earned the Tigers their first lead of the game at 14-13.
Darius Harding had perhaps the play of the night slamming a ferocious dunk for a three-point lead. Campbellsville acquired their largest lead at seven-points with
Sam Weining's jumper. Weining returned to the basket with a layup to put his team's lead into double-digits. The Cumberlands found themselves scratching at their discrepancy partially due to the Tiger's turnovers. As minute of play remained in the first, the Patriots mustered up a three-pointer to end the half at 32-29.
At the half, Campbellsville were forced into 11 turnovers by which the Patriots scored nine points. Brown and Harding led their team with seven points each and Weining followed with six points. Ryan and
Cameron Carmical both collected three rebounds within the half.
Into the second half, the Patriots rose above the Tigers by two. Both teams were trading points and couldn't seem to find a scoring run. A basket provided by Wallace boosted Campbellsville back to the top in a score of 40-38. Cumberland obtained a five-point lead for the first time since the first two minutes of the match. Ryan solidified a layup which drew a foul to shorten the trail to two points. Harding's bucket from the arc put the Tigers in the lead by one. The Tigers' stamina seemed to decline which caused Campbellsville to face a six-point shortfall. De Sousa took a shot from the corner to cut his team's gap to three. A huge Harding three takes the lead and the score stood at 68-67. After trading baskets, the Tigers were down three. Wallace was fouled in a perimeter shot with nine seconds remaining. Campbellsville goes into overtime 75-75.
In overtime, Brown created space to ensure a three-point basket. After a Patriots miss, Wallace took the ball down the floor for a transition layup to extend the lead to three. The Cumberlands received an and-one call to even the score. With the score tied at 82-82, the teams were sent into double overtime.
To begin double overtime, the Tigers went for three consecutive baskets with a Wallace layup, a De Sousa dunk, and a Weining backdoor layup. Campbellsville pressed forward and Weining's pair of charity shots put the Tigers in the lead by 11 points. The Tigers concluded the match in a score of 102-92.
Campbellsville had Wallace pouring in the most points with 33 and then Harding followed with 22. Brown, Weining, and De Sousa all posted 12 points. The Tigers hit 24 of their 27 free throws and they needed each one while out passing Cumberlands with 21 assists compared to the Patriots' 13.
Campbellsville will be back on the court this Saturday to face-off University of Pikeville. Tip-off is set to begin at 4 p.m. ET.
