The Christian Brothers University men's basketball team dropped its season opener, in a 74-66 setback to LeMoyne-Owen, on Sunday afternoon, at Canale Arena.
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Score: LOC 74 (2-0) | CBU 66 (0-1)
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HOW IT HAPPENED
- LOC outscored the Bucs 10-2 in the opening six minutes of the contest.
- CBU responded with a 9-2 run that cut the deficit to 12-11 with 10:50 left in the half.
- The Magicians outscored CBU 10-4, over the final 4:15, to take a 37-28 lead into halftime.
- The Bucs shot just 39 percent in the first half (13-33), including 2-9 from the three point line.
- After LOC took a 49-40 lead, the Bucs used a 10-0 run to take the lead with 12:39 left.
- The Magicians then went on a 17-5 run to take a 66-55 lead with 6:54 remaining.
- With 2:03 left CBU cut the lead to 71-66, but the Bucs were unable to score for the remainder of the contest.
- CBU shot 54 percent in the second half (13-24), but finished the game just 3-15 from the three point line.
- The visitors finished 44 percent from the floor (24-54) and 7-15 from three point range.
- After not taking a free throw in the first half, the Bucs finished the game 11-16.
- CBU was outrebounded 28-22.
- LOC scored 14 points off 16 CBU turnovers.
- The Bucs finished 35.5 percent shooting, including 9-for-22 (41 percent) from the three point line.
- Madison Monroe led the Bucs with 14 points. Darell Johnson added 10 points and five boards.
- Nick Deifel had seven points and a game-high eight rebounds.
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