SEWANEE, Tenn. - The University of the South men's basketball team finished with a weekend sweep in Southern Athletic Association (SAA) play by knocking off Rhodes College, 64-63, Sunday afternoon inside Juhan Gymnasium.
INSIDE THE MATCHUP
Final Score: Sewanee (10-4, 3-0) 64, Rhodes (8-4, 1-2) 63
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HOW IT HAPPENED
-The teams traded baskets for the first three minutes of the game, and at the under-8 media timeout, the home team had a 14-12 advantage on a
Colin Kahl jumper.
-Despite a Koki Wiley jumper to make it a three-point game, 19-16, with under seven minutes remaining in the period, the Purple and White scored the next five points.
-Rhodes would squeak its way back into it late in the half, but it was Sewanee who had the 29-26 lead at the break.
-The Lynx would not go away, as they clawed back to tie the game at 42 on two Jalen Essick free throws.
-After holding the Tigers to no points thanks to an 11-0 run,
Tre Corrigan ended the drought with a triple with under 11 minutes remaining in regulation.
-Rhodes had a seven-point lead, 54-47, at the under-8 media timeout, but Sewanee had an 11-0 run of its own, capped by a Kahl 3-pointer to tie the game at 54 with 6:32 left.
-Thanks to some missed chances at the free throw line, Sewanee had the score knotted at 62 points each with 34 seconds left in regulation. Following a timeout and a missed triple,
Russ Marr found the loose rebound anf passed it back to Kahl for the easy layup to give the good guys the lead again with 11 seconds left.
-After a Lynx timeout, the Tigers forced a turnover on a five-second call on the inbound play. However, Rhodes forced one of their own immediately on a steal by Jefferson Walker. A foul would place Essick to the free throw line, who was 5-of-5 on the day, with 6.2 seconds remaining.
-After netting the first one, Essick's seventh attempt from the line rimmed out and the Tigers'
Luka Avaliani picked up the board and threw the baseball pass out to
Russ Marr as the clock hit triple-zero.
NOTES AND NUGGETS
-In Sunday's win, it was the 80th all-time for the University of the South versus Rhodes College, the most against an opponent in program history. The first meeting dates back to the 1924-25 season.
-Sewanee's 3-0 start in league play matches the best start to a conference schedule since the 2018 season.
-The Tigers posted their 10th win of the 2022-23 campaign, getting the Tigers back in double-digits in the win column since the 2020 season.
SEWANEE KEY STATISTICS
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Colin Kahl matched a career-high with 27 points on 11-of-17 shooting, while
Tre Corrigan had 11 points.
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Russ Marr posted a double-double with 11 points and 10 boards, while
Luka Avaliani tallied seven rebounds and four dimes.
RHODES KEY STATISTICS
-Jalen Essick scored 20 points and grabbed a team-high eight boards for the Lynx, while Phil Dotson posted 11 points off the bench.
UP NEXT
The Tigers will hit the road for the next couple of weeks, as they will make the trip to Berry on Friday at 8 p.m. ET / 7 p.m. CT from the Cage Center in Rome, Georgia.
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