For immediate release – 2/5/2014 - #186
Zack Burnett Nails Game-Winning Three Pointer as LC Men Defeat Hampden-Sydney 86-84

HAMPDEN-SYDNEY, VA – Freshman guard Zack Burnett nailed a three-pointer with six seconds on the clock to give the Lynchburg College men's basketball team an 86-84 victory at Hampden-Sydney College Wednesday in Old Dominion Athletic Conference (ODAC) play.

H-SC led 44-42 at intermission and held a 57-54 edge after a dunk by Khobi Williamson at the 14:24 mark. A 16-3 LC run, led by three three-pointers from Burnett, put the Hornets up 70-60 with 10 minutes left.

The Tigers clawed back to take a 76-75 lead with four minutes on the game clock before Burnett stroked a two-point jumper and another three-pointer to give LC a four-point lead. Two H-SC layups tied the score, but Daniel Rowe hit a trifecta with just two minutes remaining to put Lynchburg ahead 83-80.

A JaVonte Reddick three-pointer tied the game for the seventh time, and the Tigers made one of two free-throws with 35 seconds left. H-SC controlled the rebound, but Rowe swiped the ball to give LC a chance for the win. After two misses in the paint, LC snared the rebound and called timeout with eight ticks on the clock. Burnett received the in-bounds pass on the left wing and nailed a contested fade-away three-pointer to put the Hornets ahead 86-84. The Tigers couldn't convert on a lay-up attempt at the buzzer to force overtime.

Burnett scored 21 points, including five second-half three pointers. Alex Graves was 6-of-9 from the floor for 12 points, Gary Boone II posted 11 points and Rowe provided 10 points, three assists and two steals. Harry West had eight points, converting on both of his three-point attempts, and Manny Hernandez had seven points and four assists. Omar Kemp had seven points, four rebounds and two blocked shots and Austen Arnold grabbed a team-high seven boards to go along with five points.

Greg Lewis posted a game-high 24 points for the Tigers (11-9/5-6 ODAC), converting six of his eight shots from deep. Williamson tallied 18 points, a game-high 10 rebounds and three blocks, while Leon Hargrove had 13 points, four rebounds, four assists and three steals.

Both teams shot the lights out, from two and three-point range. LC made 55 percent (35-64) of its two-point and three-point (11-20) attempts, while Hampden-Sydney also shot 55 percent from the floor (32-58) and 63 (10-16) percent from beyond the three-point arc. The Hornets' last defeated the Tigers in the 2010-11 season.

The Hornets (15-5/8-3 ODAC) travel to Randolph-Macon College Saturday for another ODAC game at 2 p.m.

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