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Men's Soccer-Igor Stokic
66
Faulkner (Ala.) FALK 5-2, 0-1 SSAC
71
Winner Dalton State (Ga.) DS 6-0, 1-0 SSAC
Faulkner (Ala.) FALK
5-2, 0-1 SSAC
66
Final
71
Dalton State (Ga.) DS
6-0, 1-0 SSAC
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
Faulkner (Ala.) FALK 34 32 66
Dalton State (Ga.) DS 35 36 71

Game Recap: Men's Basketball | | Erik Simpson, Sports Information Director

Men's Basketball Makes History In Win Over Faulkner (Ala.)


DALTON, Ga. – The Dalton State Men's Basketball team is off to their best start in school-history since athletics returned to Dalton State and joined the NAIA in 2013, running their record to 7-0 with a 71-66 win over Faulkner (Ala.) in Southern States Athletic Conference action at Mashburn Arena in Dalton on Thursday night.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
THE FIRST HALF
  • Faulkner jumped out to a quick 9-0 lead just under three minutes in.
  • The Eagles continued to hold the lead for the majority of the first half
  • Dalton State battled to whittle down the deficit and got it to four points on multiple occasions before hitting a 9-1 spurt capped by a Timothy Green bucket in the paint to take a three-point lead with 2:22 on the clock.
  • Traded baskets down the stretch had Dalton State up one at 35-34 at the half.
 
THE SECOND HALF
  • It continued to be a tight contest with the Roadrunners holding a lead of no more than four points at any stretch in the first five minutes of the second period.
  • Faulkner tied the game at 42-42 on a Nate Bradley lay in at the 14:51 mark.
  • DS countered with a 6-0 to pull the lead back out at the midway point of the half.
  • An answer for the Eagles led to them retaking the lead, 51-50, with 8:01 remaining after a C.J. Jones trey.
  • The momentum swung back in the Roadrunners favor with six minutes to go when two Rodley Adjei shots from the charity strip gave Dalton State a two-point lead.
  • The game went back-and-forth for the next three minutes with the exchanging of baskets leading to the lead changing hands two more times.
  • With 2:42 on the clock and the Roadrunners down by two, Jordan Young received a beautiful pass from Sean Cranney and put it through the net, drawing a foul. He hit the and-one to put the Birds up 63-62.
  • On the next Eagle possession, Rodley Adjei picked C.J. Williamsons pocket and went in transition finding Kevon Tucker to extend the lead to three.
  • Missed free throws by Faulkner led to another scoring opportunity for the Roadrunners when Cranney shot-faked and dumped a pass to a cutting Aaron Burress for a 67-63 lead with 27 ticks on the clock.
  • The Roadrunners did what the Eagles could not late and that was convert from the foul line as Dalton State held on for the 71-66 win.
 
THE REST OF THE STORY
Dalton State (Ga.) improves to (7-0 overall, 1-0 SSAC) with the win, while Faulkner (Ala.) falls to (5-2, 0-1 SSAC) with the loss. The seven-straight wins to open the season is the best start in school-history by the Roadrunners as a four-year institution. The previous record of six-straight was held by the 2014-15 Roadrunners. That team ended the season with a 32-4 record and the programs first national championship.
 
Three Birds scored in double-figures led by Kevon Tucker with 16 points and four rebounds. C.J. Perry and Randy Bell each added 10 points, with Bell pulling down five boards, and Perry closing out the game from the line hitting 3-of-4 foul shots.
 
Garrett Sanderson led a quartet of Eagles in double-digits with 13 points and eight rebounds. His point total would have been more if not for an uncharacteristically bad night from the free throw line as he made only 5-of-13 attempts. Nate Bradley, C.J. Jones, and C.J. Williamson each had 12 points in the loss.
 
BY THE NUMBERS
Neither team filled it up from the field with Dalton State going 23-for-66 (34.8 %) and Faulkner going 21-for-58 (36.2%). The Roadrunners did edge the Eagles on the boards, 39-37, and held a substantial advantage in points off turnovers at 27-9.
 
The Birds also nabbed bench points 24-17, but lost the war in the paint, 30-28. The biggest difference in the game came from the charity stripe where DS went 18-for-24 (75%) compared to Faulkner who went 18-for-34 (52.9%).
 
UP NEXT
The Roadrunners will be back at home on Saturday, November 23 when they host Middle Georgia State. Tip-Off is scheduled for 2:00 p.m.

 
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