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The ADVANCE, November 9,2022/Page 10B
BPC Basketball Gets Going
BPC Head Coach Leonard Epps (L) along with Assistants Jovan Coleman (R) and
Deon Williams (not pictured) secured their first win as a coaching staff in the season
opener against Paine University.
Courtesy of BPC
The Brewton-Parker
College basketball programs
were in action last week.
The women were in Mont
gomery, AL, at the Cramton
Bowl for the S SAC/Sun
Conference Challenge. The
ladies won their opener to
Ave Maria of Florida and
then fell to St Thomas of
Florida for the Lady Barons
first loss of the season.
Women vs. Ave Maria
Lady Barons Basketball
returned to play on Friday
afternoon with a nonconfer
ence matchup against Ave
Maria (Fla.) in the SSAC/
Sun Conference Challenge
at the Cramton Bowl in
Montgomery Alabama.
The Lady Barons (3-0)
remain unbeaten this sea
son, sneaking past a chal
lenging Gyrenes (2-1)
squad in a gritty 65-60 win
in neutral territory.
“We won a tough game
today,” Head Coach Steve
Edwards stated. “We were
outplayed for most of the
game, and we made a ton of
immature mistakes. We
must give credit to Ave Ma
ria and the good game plan
they executed.
“We found a way to
win, and we showed some
grit doing so,” Edwards
added. “Today we did not
play good basketball, but it
is always good to have these
types of games early in the
season. Neutral site match
ups against quality oppo
nents are always tough.
“We battled through
some adversity today after
Madison went down,” Ed
wards mentioned. “We had
several players step up and
we will need our players to
step up big time tomorrow.”
Nearly three minutes
passed in the first quarter
before Ave Maria opened
the game on a 6-0 run.
Brewton-Parker man
aged to level the score 7-7
with 4:42 left in the period
as Drexelle Ward and Angel
McRae knocked down
back-to-back jumpers.
After some late trades
of scoring possessions, BPC
leveled the game yet again
with a bucket from Madison
Evans with just over a min
ute left.
The Gyrenes closed out
the period with three unan
swered points to lead 14-11.
Brewton-Parker
opened the quarter with a
5-0 run coming from a
bucket out of the hands of
Keyanna Tolbert and a trey
from Samerria Bryant to re
claim the lead, 16-14.
Ave Maria responded
with a pair of scores them
selves to jump back out to a
two-point lead with 7:00 on
the clock.
Most of the quarter was
tight, as both teams traded
scoring possessions high
lighted by a three-pointer
from Keonya Mincey to give
BPC a 25-22 lead with 3:05
remaining.
After battling late in the
quarter, Cisley Copper
sealed the half with two free
throws to give BPC a 31-27
lead at the break.
Two-straight scores
from Tolbert and McRae
boosted the Lady Barons’
lead to six points early in the
opening moments of the
quarter.
AMU managed to
knock the deficit down to
just a two-possession game
with 5:15 left, but BPC an
swered with a three-point
play from Tolbert, who con
verted the free throw with
3:44 on the clock.
The Gyrenes pulled the
advantage down to three
points with a four-point
surge. However, the Lady
Barons closed out the pe
riod with five points and a
48-42 lead.
Brewton-Parker
jumped out to an 11-point
advantage early in the fourth
quarter with a five-point
shift. Copper hit a huge
three-pointer with 5:30 left
to give BPC a 56-44 lead.
Ave Maria didn’t back
down, surging on an 11-0
run to pull the game down
to just one possession with
1:35 left.
The Lady Barons man
aged to hold off the Gyrenes,
forcing AMU to fouls which
sealed the 65-60 win.
Brewton-Parker shot
for 35.1% (20-of-57) from
the floor, 31.8% (7-of-22)
from three, and 60% (18-of-
30) from the foul line. A trio
of Lady Barons scored dou
ble-digit points with McRae
leading the way with a dou
ble-double performance,
scoring 13 points and snag
ging 18 rebounds. Copper
scored 13 as well followed
by Sy-Marieonna Williams
with 11 points.
Ave Maria edged out
Brewton-Parker 43-41 in re
bounds. The Lady Barons
won the turnover battle as
the Gyrenes gave up the ball
28 times compared to BPC’s
21 turnovers. BPC recorded
16 second-chance points
and 20 points off turnovers.
Women vs. St. Thomas
Lady Barons Basketball
continued play at the SSAC /
Sun Challenge in Mont
gomery, AL, on Saturday
with a matchup against St.
Thomas (Fla.) at the Cram
ton Bowl. The Lady Barons
(3-1) fell to the Bobcats (3-
0) in a tight, 75-73 loss for
the first defeat of the 2022-
23 campaign.
“We didn’t play well to
win today,” Head Coach
Steve Edwards said after the
game. “We showed some
fight late, but we need con
sistency from our older
players. There are some key
pieces missing, but we will
not use that as an excuse,”
Edwards added. “We have
to find a way for the next
player to step up and get the
job done.
“We will get some
much-needed rest and get a
few people healthy,” Ed
wards mentioned. “We are
back to work on Monday.”
Abucket from Tajahnae
Wiggins opened the game
up, giving BPC the early
lead.
St. Thomas jumped out
to utilize a 17-5 run over the
course of four minutes to
lead by 10 points. After a
three-pointer from Cisley
Copper with 3:29 to play,
the Lady Barons eventually
strung together a pair of
scores from Wiggins and
Angel McRae. BPC was able
to pull the deficit down to
just five points with 1:22 re
maining on the clock, be
fore closing out the period
behind, 23-16.
Drexelle Ward opened
the quarter by knocking
down a big bucket from be
yond the arc to pull the Lady
Barons within four points.
After a successful trip down
the floor from STU, AAlyiah
Clay hit a trey with 8:00 to
play to put BPC just one
possession behind.
The Bobcats advanced
out to an 8-point lead with
6:55 left to play in the half,
taking advantage of a BPC
turnover. A few moments
later, Keyanna Tolbert gath
ered back-to-back buckets
to put the Lady Barons just
four points behind St.
Thomas, 30-26 with 5:28
remaining. After some back
and forth between the two
sides, BPC closed out the
half with a score from Clay
to knock STU’s advantage
to just three points. BPC
outscored STU 18-14 in the
quarter and closed out the
half behind, 37-34.
St. Thomas managed to
jump out to a 10-point lead
about halfway through the
third quarter, leading 50-40.
Both teams traded trips
down the floor, but the Bob
cats remained in control for
most of the period. Brew
ton-Parker surged late in the
quarter with an 11-2 run
that was capped off by Sy-
Marieona Williams knock
ing in a shot at the buzzer to
level the score, 56-56.
BPC reclaimed the lead
early in the fourth quarter as
Tolbert and McRae boosted
the advantage to four points
with just over eight minutes
to play. St. Thomas an
swered with a three-pointer
to pull within one, but Wil
liams shut that door with a
huge trey of her own to give
BPC the four-point lead.
With 5:07 to play, the Lady
Barons relinquished the
lead as the Bobcats went on
a 7-0 run to secure the lead
by three points.
The Bobcats began to
slip away from the Lady Bar
ons down the stretch, lead
ing 73-66 with just under
two minutes left. BPC fin
ished the game out with a
7-2 run but fell shy of a
comeback, dropping the
first loss of the season, 75-
73.
A total of four players
scored in double figures
with Tolbert leading the way
with 12. Keonya Mincey
and Wiggins both scored 11
each while McRae recorded
her second-straight double
double, scoring 11 points
and snagging 14 boards. As
a team, BPC shot for 38.2%
(26-of-68) from the field,
35% (7-of-20) from three,
and 66.7% (l4-of-2l) from
the charity stripe.
Brewton-Parker held a
40-37 advantage in re
bounds while narrowly win
ning the turnover battle 14-
16. BPC’s bench produced
26 points with the Lady Bar
ons scoring 21 points from
turnovers.
Brewton-Parker will
come home to Mount Ver
non to take on Voorhees
(S.C.) on Thursday night
for the home opener in Gil-
lis Gymnasium.
Men vs. Paine
A new era of Brewton-
Parker men’s basketball be
gan on Thursday night as
the Barons tipped off the
2022-23 season on familiar
ground, hosting Paine (Ga.)
in Gillis Gymnasium.
Brewton-Parker (1-0)
opened the new campaign
with a solid performance
against the Lions (l-l) in a
75-64 victory. The win se
cured Head Coach Leonard
Epps along with Assistants
Jovan Coleman and Deon
Williams the staff’s first win
at the helm of the program
on opening night.
Lance Smith scored the
first bucket of the season,
dropping two points early.
Both teams opened the
game by trading shots back
and forth, sharing leads. Jor
dan Johnson connected on a
big three-point with the
help of Kenny Colwell to
boost the Barons to a five-
point lead just three minutes
in.
Brewton-Parker fol
lowed with a 7-0 run capped
by a trey from Colwell to
lead 17-8 with 14:56 left to
play. Paine knocked the defi
cit down to five points be
fore Aaron Udell answered
with back-to-back three-
pointers, giving the Barons
an 11-point advantage with
11:12 on the clock.
Just a few moments
later, Udell downed another
three-pointer to give BPC a
27-14 lead with nine min
utes left in the half.
Buckets from Jeffery
Huff and Johnson beefed up
the advantage for Brewton-
Parker with a free throw
coming from Demarcus
Johnson Jr to cap off the
largest lead in the half. The
Lions began chipping away
at the deficit, eventually
pulling the Barons’ lead
down to five points with
2:38 left to play. Brewton-
Parker closed out the half on
a 9-1 run to lead 43-30 at the
break. Johnson and Udell
led the scoring in the first
half with nine points each
with Udell going 3-of-3
from beyond the arc.
Paine opened the half
by knocking the Barons’
deficit down to 11 points
with 18:19 on the clock.
Brewton-Parker answered
with five swift points from
Colwell on back-to-back
trips down the floor, leading
50-34 just two and a half
minutes into the half. BPC
built to a 19-point lead with
15:29 left which was the
largest lead of the night.
However, Paine surged
to an 8-0 run to land at an
11-point deficit. The Barons
pieced together a run of
their own, scoring five unan
swered points over the
course of the next few min
utes. Paine began a resur
gence yet again but with a
9-0 run to pull within single
digits as BPC led by just
eight points with eight min
utes left in the game.
Smith capped off a 9-0
run with a pair of scores
from the charity stripe,
boosting the lead back to 17
points with 4:22 left to play.
The Lions did not back
down in the final stretch,
trying to pull the game
within reach. Brewton-
Parker held tough for the fi
nal minutes of the game to
secure a 75-64 victory.
Smith led with a double
digit performance in the
second half to help keep the
game out of reach for Paine.
As a team, Brewton-
Parker shot for 39.1% (27-
of-69) from the field, 38.5%
(lO-of-26) from three, and
61.1% (ll-of-18) from the
foul line. Smith led the
charge for BPC with 19
points, eight assists, eight re
bounds, and three steals.
Colwell and Udell both pro
duced 11 points with Col
well notching a 3-for-6 per
formance from beyond the
arc followed by Udell’s
3-for-4 showing from deep.
Ferlin Joseph also
notched eight boards to tie
Smith for the lead.
BPC utilized 16 points
off turnovers with Paine
producing 13. The Lions
held a 22-14 advantage in
second-chance points while
the Brewton-Parker bench
held a 21-3 advantage in
points.
Brewton-Parker was at
Voorhees (S.C.) on Tuesday
night after presstime.
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