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Men's Basketball-Donavan Miller
89
Winner Dalton State (GA) DALTON S 8-6, 4-3
82
Loyola LOYOLA 4-9, 3-3
Winner
Dalton State (GA) DALTON S
8-6, 4-3
89
Final
82
Loyola LOYOLA
4-9, 3-3
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
Dalton State (GA) DALTON S 46 43 89
Loyola LOYOLA 47 35 82

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

Birds Score Big Road Win At Loyola


NEW ORLEANS, La. – Antonio Lewis hit 5-of-6 crucial free throws in the final seconds to solidify an important 89-82 SSAC road win against Loyola (La.) at The Den in New Orleans, La. on Wednesday night.
 
THE FIRST HALF
  • Both squads swapped the lead several times in the early minutes until Loyola took a 6-point lead (14-9) following a 6-0 run with 14:10 left in the half.
  • DS answered back with an 8-0 run of their own capped by a 3-point play from Matt Compas to re-take the lead (17-14) just under two minutes later.
  • Qualen Pettus, Antonio Lewis, and Allon Johnson helped increase the lead to 8 points (32-24) with 8:24 remaining in the period.
  • The lead stayed with the Birds until the final minutes of the half when Milan Mejia keyed a 13-5 run to close the half and send the Wolf Pack into the lead (47-46) as the halftime buzzer sounded.
THE SECOND HALF
  • Back-to-back three-pointers from Franklin Almonte gave the Roadrunners a 1-point lead (54-53) with 17:26 remaining in regulation.
  • Loyola briefly re-took the lead before DS scored five-straight points to take a 59-55 lead with 13:51 on the clock.
  • Gradually, the lead extended with buckets by Pettus, Johnson, and Harrison Eghan.
  • A trey from Lewis at the 3:35 mark gave the Birds a 10-point lead at 79-69, their largest lead of the night.
  • The Wolf Pack gave one final effort and closed the margin to 2 points with 24 ticks on the clock, but a critical sequence that began with Lewis going 1-for-2 from the free-throw line turned into a technical foul on Loyola's Troy Thomas following the miss and lead to four-straight makes at the line by Lewis that iced an 89-82 Roadrunner win.
THE REST OF THE STORY
Dalton State (Ga.) improves to (8-6 overall, 4-3 SSAC) with the win, while Loyola (La.) falls to (4-9 overall, 3-3 SSAC) with the loss. Five Roadrunners scored in double-figures with two more just missing double-digits. Donavan Miller and Franklin Almonte each had 15 points, with Almonte getting the double-double with 10 rebounds. Miller added 5 assists drawing himself closer to the all-time assist mark at Dalton State.
 
Matt Compas added 14 points on 6-of-10 shooting from the field, while Qualen Pettus had 12 points, and 6 boards. Antonio Lewis scored 11 points and iced the game late going 5-for-6 from the line. Harrison Eghan and Allon Johnson each had 9 points, with Eghan adding 9 rebounds.
 
Milan Mejia led all scorers with 25 points, but was held to just 7 in the second half after hitting 4 three balls in the first period. He also had 6 assists. Leonard Jackson had an 18-point, 11-rebound double-double, while freshman Reese Seicshnaydre added 14 points and 6 assists.

BY THE NUMBERS
The Birds found a way to win a game where the statistics showed otherwise. Dalton State was outrebounded (44-39), made fewer field goals (32-28), made fewer three-pointers (11-10), and trailed at the half (47-46).  This season, they have often controlled these categories only to take a loss, but tonight was different.
 
DS scored 19 second-chance points from 12 offensive rebounds and managed to get to the free-throw line 35 times, converting 23. In contrast, Loyola took just 11 shots from the charity stripe, making 11. It proved to be the difference in the game.

UP NEXT
Dalton State will hit the hardwood again on Saturday, January 6 when they host Faulkner (Ala.) at Bandy Gymnasium for the annual Birdfeeder Game. Tip-Off is scheduled for 2:00 p.m.
 
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