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ST. LOUIS, Mo. – The Lyon College men's basketball team made a season-high 14 three-pointers and converted on its final six free throw attempts, en route to a 72-68 conference victory over Missouri Baptist University this afternoon.  Lyon improves to 13-7 (9-4 AMC), while MBU falls to 12-7 (8-5 AMC).

The Scots roared out to a 12-4 advantage following three made three-pointers by Grant Patterson and one three-pointer from Ray Price. Missouri Baptist University would fight back and take their first lead of the game, 18-16, with 10:40 remaining in the first half. The Spartans would push their lead to six points, but the visitors from Batesville would quickly answer with three consecutive made three-pointers to knot the game at 26 apiece. Grant Patterson's fifth three-pointer of the half would give the Scots a two-point advantage after the first twenty minutes of action.

After Cole Anderson converted one of two free throws to open the scoring in the second half, Winston Peace hit a wing three and Anderson finished one around the basket to give Lyon a 43-35 lead with 16:13 remaining. The Spartans would cut Lyon's lead in half on a three-point basket by Jahmouri Robinson with just over 10 minutes to play. Five consecutive points from Price and a two-point basket from Anderson gave the Scots the largest lead of the game – 11. Missouri Baptist chipped away and cut Lyon's lead to three with 36 seconds remaining. Dominique Loyd, though, calmly sank two free throws with 18 seconds left and Lyon went 11-12 from the charity stripe down the stretch to defeat the Spartans by a score of 72-68 Saturday afternoon.  

Patterson led all scorers with a career-high 20 points. Price chipped in with 17 points, while Loyd dished out a career-high nine assists. Lyon shot 63.6% from beyond the arc as the Scots finished with a season-best 14 made three-pointers on 22 chances and converted 14 of 20 attempts from the charity stripe.

The Scots will return home for a brief two-game home stand. Lyon will host Harris-Stowe on Jan. 30 at 7:30 p.m. for their "Coaches vs. Cancer" game. The Scots will then take on Hannibal-LaGrange on Feb. 1 at 3 p.m. for "Alumni Day."
 
Men's Basketball Contact: Matt Jagodzinski
870-307-7516 | matthew.jagodzinski@lyon.edu
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