NCAA Tournament: Anderson Ousts Columbus State 77-64
(3/10/12) MONTEVALLO, Ala. – The 14th-ranked Trojans of Anderson University pulled away late in quarterfinal #1 of the 2012 NCAA Men’s Basketball Southeast Regional in Montevallo, Ala. The Trojans led by just one against Columbus State University at halftime but used a 45-33 second-half advantage to capture the victory, 77-64.
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The Trojans improved to 25-5 on the season while the Cougars concluded their season with a 18-12 record. AU was led by Denzail Jones and Stephen Cobb who each scored 17 points. Jones added five assists and four rebounds while Cobb had five boards. Taylor Shugart had a double-double with 13 points and 12 boards while Tyrell McDowell chipped in 12 points. CSU was led by Idell Bell who had 17 points while Dimitri Davis had 16 points and seven rebounds. Steve Peterson also added 12 points and seven boards. The Trojans shot 46.3 percent from the field in the game while holding the Cougars to just 36.5 percent. AU was on fire from long-range hitting 13-of-26 shots from beyond the three-point line while the Cougars hit just 6-of-22. Both teams were solid from the free throw line as AU hit 73.7 percent and CSU hit 75.0 percent. CSU jumped out to the early lead in the first half as the Cougars scored six of the opening eight points. Anderson responded with a 10-1 run to take a 12-7 lead with 13:35 to play. After a Jonathan Murphy jumper that cut the Trojans lead to just three, Jones answered with a three to give AU their largest lead up to that point, 15-9. The three sparked an 8-0 run by the Trojans to increase their lead to 11 with just under 12 minutes to play. The Cougars then scored six-straight points to cut it back to five and a jumper by Darius Mcknight cut it down to four just a minute later. Mcknight then connected on a free throw to trim the lead to just three points but once again a Trojan three-pointer put the lead back to six. With 3:22 to play Davis hit a layup to make it a twopoint game but again the Trojans answered with a three to put themselves back up by five. After both teams traded free throws, Davis went on his own three-point run to close out the half and cut the lead to just one, 32-31. The Trojans shot 40.0 percent from the field in the first half and 46.7 percent from three-point range. The Cougars connected on 39.3 percent of their shots and 30.0 percent from three-point range. AU was 5-of-7 from the charity stripe while CSU hit 6-of-10. CSU won the rebounding battle 20-15 while AU edged CSU in turnovers as the Cougars had seven while the Trojans had just six. 86