Box Score Franklin Springs, GA - The Lions did get out to a right start they hoped for, but they definitely finished the right way. Erskine jumped out to a 7-1 lead and led, 11-8 going into the first media timeout. From that point on everything was Emmanuel. They went on a 18-2 run and never looked back.
The Lions dominated every category. They continued with their hot shooting, going 32-62 from the field (52%) and tied there season high for made threes going 13-22 for 59%. They shot 11-12 from the free throw line (92%). The Lions also dominated the glass winning the rebounding margin by 20, 41-21. The Lions had 12 offensive rebounds.
The Lions had 5 guys hit double figures:
Led by Junior guard,
Isaiah Foster, who had a career high 20 points. Foster did a great job running the show for the Lions going 8-11 from the field and 4-6 from 3.
Senior guard,
Brandon Simpson, added 12 points. He also dished out 3 assists and grabbed 4 rebounds.
Michael Wright was perfect from the field going 4-4 and 3-3 from beyond the arc. He had 11 points.
Freshman guard,
Jasper Gibson, hit double-digits for the first time in his career putting up 11 points. He was 4-5 from the field and 3-4 from deep.
KJ Jones II stuffed the stat sheet with 10 points, 8 rebounds and 6 assist.
The Lions have won six straight games and are now 9-4 overall and 7-1 in conference. The Lions games versus Barton this weekend have been postponed.