Thursday, January 18th, 2007
Men's Basketball Team Rolls Past Atlanta Christian 98-65The Piedmont College men's basketball team evened its overall record at 8-8 tonight as it cruised to a 98-65 victory over non-conference visitor Atlanta Christian College in Cave Arena. PC was dominant on both ends of the court connecting on 10-17 three-pointers while forcing 21 turnovers en route to victory.
TheCchargers held their only lead of the game early in the first half at 8-7 but PC went on a 24-7 run to build a comfortable lead. After taking a 45-25 score into intermission the Lions extended their lead to as many as 35 before time ran out.
Junior Jake Baldwin continued his impressive season with a game-high 31 points and a team-high eight rebounds. Senior Mike Adams added 27 points including 4-6 from behind the tri-fecta while freshman Chuck McCoy and Branden Mayweather added a combined 18 points. It was a complete team effort as thirteen of fourteen Lions recorded points. Jake Green dished out 12 assists in the win while Wes Miller and Tyler Whitlock each pulled down six rebounds.
ACC was led by Anthony Snell who led three teammates in double-figures with 19 points. Joe Rawlings and Stacy Williams added 11 and 10 points respectively.
The Lions will compete again on Saturday, January 18th as they travel to Great South Athletic Conference host LaGrange College in LaGrange, GA with game time slated for 4:00.