FULTON, Mo. – The William Woods University men's basketball team held on for a senior day win Saturday afternoon versus Lyon College. The Owls won 73-72, bringing them to 9-9 on the season with a 3-5 conference mark.
The Owls broke the WWU gameday blocks record as the team recorded 16 total. They set the record earlier this season with 15, breaking a 12-year-old record.
The Owls cap off their home stretch on Thursday, Jan. 19, at 7:30 p.m. versus Missouri Baptist.
56 – The Owls scored 56 of their points in the paint and 70 of their points came from inside the arc.
46.2 – The Owls shot 46.2% from the field (30-65).
21 –
Darius Yohe posted a team-high 21 points while shooting 66.7% from the field en-route to a double-double (8-12 FG, 5-5 FT).
19 – The Owls' largest lead of the night with 19 points near the beginning of the second half.
16 – The Owls broke the WWU gameday blocks record with their 16 block performance.
Abdulh Diaby shot 72.7% from the field (8-11) for 16 points.
14 –
Jared Crutcher shot 60% from the field for 14 points.
10 –
Darius Yohe pulled down a floor-high 10 boards.
7 –
Jared Crutcher finished the night with seven blocks.
4 –
Grant Peters and
Nathan Schwartze each recorded four assists.
Darius Yohe blocked four shots.
The Owls scored the first two buckets of the game while holding Lyon silent for the first three minutes.
A 10-2 run spanning a minute and a half and ending with a fast break jumper from
Jared Crutcher gave the Owls a 15-point lead with 6:26 to play, 28-13.
A jumper from
Darius Yohe with 2:17 on the clock put the Owls up by 16, but Lyon outscored the Owls 7-2 in the remaining time to cut the game to 11 heading into halftime, 34-23.
The Owls pushed their lead to 19 just three minutes in with a 10-2 run.
Lyon went on a 17-3 run over a seven-minute span to cut the game to five with just over seven minutes to play, 53-48.
Abdulh Diaby smashed down a fastbreak dunk and followed with a jumper on the next Owls' play to put the Owls up by nine with 1:40 remaining, 71-62.
Lyon scored the next seven to cut the game to just two points with 4 seconds on the clock, 71-69.
Lyon instantly fouled on the Owls' inbounds, sending Yohe to the line for two. Yohe went 2-for-2 from the line to give the Owls a four-point lead, 73-69.
In a last-ditch attempt, Lyon's Nikola Sasaroga threw up the ball from the Owls' 10-foot line at the buzzer and actually made it, cutting the game to one, 73-72.
