BATESVILLE, Arkansas -
Malik Madison scored 31 points, eight rebounds and five blocked shots to lead the Lyon College Scots against Greenville on Saturday afternoon at Becknell Gymnasium.
The Scots (17-8 and 14-4) also got 20 points and eight assists from
Frank Toney, while
Kylon McCullough had 15 points and 11 rebounds in a 113-104 loss to Greenville in the final regular season SLIAC game.Â
Luke Bridges added eight points that included a wide-open dunk, while
John Paul Morgan put in seven points and nine rebounds,
Trenton Bell added seven points and had 12 rebounds, Johnzell Bush had five points, Warren Kennedy added four points,
Tucker Cunningham put in three points, while
Colbie West and
Hudson Rogers put in two points each.
Gavin Brunson and
Isaiah Sweetwine also played in the game, but did not score.
Lyon College shot 51.4 percent from the floor, made 5 of 16 three-pointers and hit 23 of 35 free throws. The Scots had 60 points scored in the paint, put 24 points off of Greenville turnovers, had 15 second-chance points, 34 fast-break points and got 24 points from the bench. The score was tied once and there were two lead changes.
Greenville jumped out to a 9-0 lead in the first half before Madison had a dunk. Madison made two free throws and Toney scored on a layup, then a free throw from Morgan made it a 9-7 game at the 17:28 mark. Bell made a three-pointer to give the Scots the lead with 16:41 to play in the first half, 12-11, but Greenville came back to take the lead on a trey.
McCullough made a jumper to tie the game at 14-14, but Greenville hit another three-pointer. Madison added two free throws to cut the lead to one point, but Greenville continued to make three-pointers. Madison put in a layup, but Greenville scored six points in a row before Bridges put in a layup for Lyon College to make it 26-20.Â
Warren made a free throw and Bridges got a dunk for the Scots to cut the lead to five points, 28-23 with 12:42 to play in the first half. McCullough added a free throw and hit a layup to make it a 30-26 game at the 10:29 mark, then Madison put down a dunk to close the gap to two points, 30-28. Madison had another dunk for the Scots to make it 31-30, but Greenville made the next five points before Madison had another dunk with 8:23 to go in the half, 36-32.Â
Greenville answered with a three-pointer, but Madison got free for another dunk to make it 39-34. Bell made a three-pointer to answer Greenville's trey and McCullough got a dunk to make it 42-39 with 7:12 left in the half. Bell made a free throw to cut the Greenville lead to four points, 44-40 and Bridges made two of two from the line after a Greenville basket.Â
Greenville went on a 9-0 run to go up by 13 points before Cunningham and Toney made free throws. Morgan added two free throws for the Scots with 3:12 to go and Madison put in a layup to cut the Greenville lead down to 10 points 59-49 with 1:57 remaining in the first half.Cunningham scored again to make it an eight point game, but Greenville upped its lead to 65-51 with 45 seconds led.Â
Madison got another dunk and Toney put in a layup, but Greenville finished the first half with a three-pointer to lead by 13, 68-55.
Morgan scored the first basket of the second half, McCullough put in a layup and Madison got another dunk, which was followed by a McCullough layup to make it a three-point Greenville lead, 68-65 with 17:31 to go in the game. Toney added a layup off a fast-break to trim it to one point, but Greenville hit a three-pointer, got two free throws and made a layup to go up by eight points.Â
Toney made a jump shot and West scored inside for Lyon College, but Greenville continued to lead by eight points. Toney made a three-pointer for the Scots, but Greenville answered with a basket. Bush made a three-pointer for Lyon College to cut the lead down to 81-77 with 11:13 left in the contest. Greenville quickly upped that lead to 10 points before Madison scored inside.Â
Greenville made another three-pointer and added a layup, then Toney scored for the Scots and McCullough put in a layup with 8:29 to go to make it 92-83. Morgan scored and Bridges put in a basket, then Greenville scored to lead 97-87 with 6:40 to go. Warren put in a layup, made a free throw, then Toney hit a jumper to make it 99-92 with 4:51 left, but Greenville went up by 10 points again before Bush made two free throws and Madison added a free throw with 3:35 remaining to make it 105-95.Â
Greenville went up by 14 points seconds later on two made shots, but Madison made another free throw, Rogers made two free throws, then McCullough hit a layup and Toney canned a three-pointer with 1:25 left in the game to cut the Greenville lead to 109-103.Â
Madison made a free throw, but Greenville managed to make four more free throws to take the win.Â
The Scots are not eligible for the SLIAC post-season, so they await a bid on March 3 to the USCAA Small College National Tournament in Buffalo the following week. Lyon College finished as runners-up in the tournament last year.Â