Delph, Morrison Key Pivotal KIAC Victory
Adam Delph and Phillip Morrison combined for
57 points in Asbury's win over Indiana-East.
Wilmore, Ky. - Adam Delph and Phillip Morrison combined for
57 points as Asbury won a pivotal game in the KIAC, beating Indiana-East 94-81
on Thursday night. The win keeps the
Eagles in 2nd place in the KIAC, tied with Brescia at 5-3.
Delph (Louisville, Ky.) led the team in the first half with
15 points on seven-of-11 shooting. The
Eagles went into the break up by six 43-37.
The lead changed hands five times early on with the largest lead coming
at the break. Delph poured in a career-high
29 points on 10-of-17 shooting. He hit
eight-of-10 from the line and one-of-four from three. He also grabbed a team high nine rebounds,
and had four steals, and two blocks.
Morrison (Louisville, Ky.) scored 28 points on the night,
knifing through the Red Wolves defense and finding ways to finish over the taller
defenders. Morrison hit nine-of-17 from
the floor and 10-of-13 from the line. This
was Morrison's first 20 point game since January 12th against
Cincinnati Christian when he scored 31.
Justin Jones (Hazard, Ky.) was also in double-figures with
11 and grabbed seven rebounds. Jones and
Brian Johnson got into foul trouble in the second half, each picking up four
with more than 11 minutes left. Without
much depth in the frontcourt Coach Shouse went with senior Don Witt to battle
the big post players of IUE. Witt only
scored three points and grabbed three rebounds, but ate up 20 minutes and
allowed the Eagles to stay in the game.
Asbury (13-12, 5-3 KIAC) moves above .500 for the first time
since January 12th when they were 9-8. The Eagles have won four in a row, all in
KIAC action. Indiana-East (12-10, 4-4
KIAC) drops into a tie for fourth in the conference with Berea. The top four seeds in this year's KIAC
Tournament will host first round games February 23rd with the
semi-finals and finals taking place at the Frankfort Civic Center in Frankfort,
Kentucky on February 26th and 27th.
The Eagles will travel to Owensboro, Kentucky to battle
Brescia University for sole possession of second place in the KIAC on Saturday
at 4:00 pm. Brescia will be playing
their third game in four days. Asbury
won the first meeting 65-59 in overtime.
Released 02/04/2010