For immediate release – 12/14/2015 - #218

Hornet MBB Defeats Averett 77-60

DANVILLE, VA – The defense led the way Monday evening as the Lynchburg College men's basketball team defeated Averett University 77-60 in non-conference action.

The Hornets forced the Cougars into under 30 percent shooting for the game (20-68) with 18 turnovers, while LC converted 44 percent of its field-goal attempts (28-64).

The contest was tied at six all in the early going, but a 20-3 run from Lynchburg over the next seven minutes gave the Hornets a 26-9 lead with 8:27 left in the first half.

AU cut the edge to 37-29 at intermission and 44-42 with 12 minutes remaining in the game. A 15-0 Hornet run, fueled by two three-pointers each from Sammy Hooper and A.J. Hamilton, gave Lynchburg a 59-42 lead and put the game away.

Hamilton scored a game-high 17 points, sinking 5-of-6 field goal attempts and both three pointers. Alex Graves tallied 13 points, 11 rebounds and four steals and Zack Burnett had 12 points. Hooper had 11 points for the second-straight game and six rebounds and Lyndon White contributed six points, seven rebounds and four assists.

Devontae Pannell scored a game-high 12 points for Averett (7-2). Darin Ketner put in 11 points and five rebounds in just 10 minutes of play and Carter Jones posted 10 points and a game-high 11 rebounds.

Lynchburg (6-3) travels to Daytona Beach, FL for a pair of games December 20-21.

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