Staff report
MORROW, Ga. — Clayton State’s men’s basketball team shot 13-for-24 from the 3-point line against Catawba on Saturday.
Ordinarily that will win a college game, but Catawba was excellent at everything other than defending the 3-point line and crushed the Lakers 96-77 on their home floor. Catawba shot 48 percent, made nine 3-pointers, only missed four free throws and battered the home team on the boards.
Catawba (3-1) lost by a point in its opener at Lander, but since that setback has produced three straight overwhelming wins against Peach Belt teams.
Justin Banks led the way with 21 points and nine rebounds. Jashaun Hawkins scored 14.
Catawba won’t play again until it goes to Lenoir-Rhyne on Dec. 3.
Catawba 47 49 — 96
Clayton State 37 40 — 77
CATAWBA — Banks 21, Hawkins 14, Simpson 12, Long 11, Athie 9, Lindsey 8, McDuffie 6, Tucker 6, Chase Daniel 5, Carson Daniel 2, Hilliard 2.
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CHARLOTTE — Livingstone romped to an easy win against Virginia-Lynchburg on Saturday for the Blue Bears’ second triumph in the J.C. Smith Classic.
Livingstone battered the winless Dragons 107-73. VUL (0-8) stayed in the game for a half.
:Livingstone (2-2) shot 47 percent and made 14 3-pointers in the onslaught that included a 59-point second half.
James Nipper scoreed 20. Kenneth Tyree had 18, and Jemez Herd scored 16.
VUL 40 33 — 73
LC 48 59 — 107
LC — Nipper 20, Tyree 18, Herd 16, Bodrick 12, Hukins 11, Mobley 8, Baxter 7, Coffey 3, Lewis 3, Shaw 2, Baldwin 2, Fawlkes 2, Sutton 2, Walker 1.
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Livingstone’s scheduled women’s game at Augusta was postponed until January.
