FULTON, Mo. – The William Woods University men's basketball team had five players score in double figures Saturday in the 79-51 win over Hannibal-LaGrange University. The win brings the Owls to 3-6 on the season with a 3-4 conference mark.
 
The Owls next host Columbia College on Thursday, Jan. 28, at 7:30 p.m.
 
By The Numbers
52.0 – The Owls shot 52% from the three-point line throughout the 40-minute game.
49.1 – The team shot just under 50 percent from the field.
20 – Makenzie Fessler led the floor with 20 points, shooting 8-for-13 from the field with four three-pointers.
12 – Andrew Nett and Mike Robinson tallied 12 points apiece. Nett hit three three-pointers and went 3-for-3 from the foul line. Robinson went 4-for-5 from the three-point line.
10 – Jared Crutcher and Spencer Yoggerst added 10 points each to the win.
9 – Makenzie Fessler was just one rebound away from a double-double, pulling down nine boards with eight coming from the defensive end.
7 – Tyriel Nelson dished in seven assists.
3 – Jared Crutcher blocked three shots.
 
Game Flow
The Owls took a 5-0 lead through the first 2 ½ minutes, but HLG's Grant Peters scored eight points to even the score just over five minutes in, 8-8. 
 
HLG evened the score twice more before taking a three-point lead, but the Owls brought the game to the final minute of the half with a 16-0 run, leading 31-18.  HLG finally broke their seven-minute silence with a good jumper with nine seconds to play. 
 
The Owls possessed an 11-point lead heading into the break, 31-20.
 
Andrew Nett hit a three to start the second half, and Jared Crutcher was fouled on his good bucket to add three more to the board, 37-20.
 
Three good free throws from Nett following a foul by the end line gave the Owls their first 20+ point lead with 12:55 on the clock, 49-28.
 
The Owls surged an 11-0 run fueled by two three-pointers from Mike Robinson and five points from Makenzie Fessler to take a 29-point lead with 8:04 on the clock, 62-33.
 
HLG cut the game to 23, but Robinson and Fessler again fueled the scoring to put the Owls back up by 28 with 3:19 to play, 70-42.
 
William Gibson hit a three from Kevin Yang just under a minute to play to keep the Owls up by 28, and Mahmadou Ngougheme scored the final points of the game off Gibson's assist to give the Owls a 79-51 win.