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BATESVILLE, Ark. – The Lyon College men's basketball team capped off its three-game home stand in a big way as the Scots pulled off the upset and defeated the 18th-ranked Central Baptist College Mustangs, 55-46, on Tuesday night. The Scots held the Mustangs to nearly half of their season scoring average as CBC entered the game averaging over 86 points per game as a team. With the win, Lyon improved to 9-6 (4-4 American Midwest Conference), while CBC suffered just its third loss of the season as the Mustangs fell to 12-3 (5-3 AMC).

CBC took an early lead against the Scots after a layup each by Tyrone Alston and Victor Dukes. The Mustangs saw their lead grow to six points at 13-7 following a layup by Percell Washington with 10:22. The Scots responded with a 6-0 run after the layup by Washington with a jumper by Eric Moses and four straight points by Blake Bradshaw to knot the score at 13-13. The Mustangs quickly raced back out front before the Scots responded with another run of their own. Trailing 18-13 with 5:55 remaining in the first half, the Scots began to settle in offensively and took control of the game. Bradshaw sandwiched a pair of jumpers around a pair of free throws by Antanas Krimelis over the next two minutes that gave the Scots their first lead of the game at 19-18. Moses added another jumper before Ray Price drilled a three-pointer just before the end of the half to give the Scots a 24-19 advantage.

The Scots saw their lead grow to five points twice in the opening minutes of the second half before the Mustangs rallied back to tie the score at 30-30. The two teams would keep things close over the next four minutes as the score became tied three different times with two lead changes. Emir Sabic would break a 36-36 tie with a big three from the top of the key that opened up a 12-3 run for the Scots. The Scots converted their final four free throws of the game – two each from Sabic and Bradshaw – to seal the win.

Bradshaw had a big game for the Scots as he led all scorers with a game-high 20 points, while Sabic chipped in 10. Dukes led the Mustangs with 19 points to go along with 10 rebounds for a double-double.

"I thought this was a huge character win tonight," said Lyon College head men's basketball coach Chad Tapp on the victory. "Last week we did not play as well and had some things not go our way. We had to get a win tonight against a really good team regardless. I thought we had some really good minutes out of a lot of guys and we were much better defensively."

The Scots will now prepare for two road contests to end the week. The Scots will travel to Harris-Stowe on Thursday before ending their brief road trip at Lindenwood-Belleville on Saturday.

Men's Basketball Contact: Matt Jagodzinski
870-307-7516 | matthew.jagodzinski@lyon.edu
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