ALC Eagles basketball roll to big 127-62 victory over Crown College

In the first half, the contest was close early as Crown came out hot, and the hosts had trouble finding the bottom of the net. Due to this, the Tennessee squad would jump on top 23-19 by the midpoint of the stanza. Shortly after, CC would sink four free throws and slowly extend their advantage to eight (29-21) at the 7:51 mark.

From there, however, everything would change. Over the next three minutes, fueled by a combined 8 points from freshman forward Evin Eversole and senior guard Koji Anderson, the blue and white would go on a quick 13-0 run. Suddenly, the home squad led 34-29. 

After that, another huge 20-4 run in a three-minute span would push the lead to twenty-one, 54-33. A pair of late buckets from Crown would end the half, and show the Caney Creek crew leading, 54-38.

In the second half, the Pippa Passes posse picked up right where they left off, rolling out another mega-blitz. When junior guard Desmier Hatchett drained a jumper with 14:33 remaining, it capped off a 23-3 bomb, making the score 77-41.

From there, Alice Lloyd unleashed their depth. The entire squad would share equal minutes as everyone got in on the action. When the final buzzer sounded, it sealed the deal on an impressive 65 point victory.

For ALC (1-2) 13 players would reach double-figure minutes and 14 different players would dent the scoreboard. They were led on the day by Eversole, who drained 9-15 shots to finish with a game-high 21 points. He recorded a double-double by hauling down 12 rebounds, and also swatted 3 shots. He was followed closely by Anderson with 14 points on 6-8 field goals. He added 3 assists and 2 steals.

Other double-figure scorers were Hatchett with 13 points (plus 4 assists) and sophomore guard Daniel Carmical with 12, on four long bombs. In addition, senior guard Jacob Curry (returning from an injury) saw his first action of the season and contributed 11 points on a trio of bombs, while freshman forward Jamel Hazell chipped in 10 points to the cause

Also contributing were freshman forward Micah Shelton with 10 big assists, junior guard Aden Slone with 4 assists and 3 steals, freshman guard Will Alexander with 9 points, and freshman center Keegan Ward with  6 points and 8 rebounds.

The Eagles shot a solid 55.2% (53-95) from the field, 40.5% (17-42) from long range, and 66.7% (4-6) from the charity line. They also snagged 62 rebounds , dished out 32 assists, nabbed 17 steals, and blocked 3 shots.

Crown (0-2) was led by McGraw with 17 points. His team shot 26.3% (20-76) from the field, 21.6% (8-37) from long range, and 77.8% (14-18) from the free-throw line. They also grabbed 42 rebounds, recorded 9 assists and picked up 2 steals.