February 6, 2008
Contact: Leah Melichar
Limestone College Sports Information
Phone: 864-488-8219
lmelichar@limestone.edu

ANDERSON COMES FROM BEHIND TO BEAT LIMESTONE, 75-73

ANDERSON, S.C.-- Despite having a 44-25 lead at the beginning of the secod half, the Limestone College men's basketball team fell to the Anderson Trojans 75-73 on Wednesday night at the Abney Center. With the score tied 73-73 in the closing moments of the game, the Trojans' Nayte Russell hit a field goal with 8 seconds left for the victory.

Limestone stands at 2-11 in Conferences Carolinas play and 5-14 overall.

Anderson, 9-12 overall and 7-7 in the conference, trailed from the 17:13 mark of the first half until Russell’s winning basket. Anderson trailed 39-25 at the half and 44-25 with 19:13 left to play.

After Anderson cut the Limestone lead to 65-63 with 5:11 to play, the Saints, 5-14 and 2-11, got 3-point goals from Jamison Clark and Marques Williams to go back up eight – 71-63 – with 4:34 left.

But the Trojans refused to fold. A field goal by Russell, a 3-point basket by Stephen Cobb, and two free throws by Russell cut the Limestone lead to 71-70 with 2:49 left.

Two free throws by James Hudson, Limestone’s only points in the final four minutes, put the Saints back up 73-70 at the 2:35 mark.

A single free throw by Russell tied the game at 73 with 1:01 left and set the stage for Russell’s game-winning basket.

Russell led Anderson with 16 points. He was followed by Kris Fudzinskas with 14 points, Cobb and Young with 11 points apiece, and Kevis Cornwell with 10.

Young, a freshman from Belmont, N.C., has scored in double figures in 20 of 21 games and has a current run of 17 straight in double figures.

Limestone’s Andre Coleman, who was 8-for-8 from the field and scored 22 points in the first half, finished the game with 24 points. Marques Williams added 15 for the Saints.

Cobb grabbed a career-high 14 rebounds as Anderson dominated the glass, 43-27.

Anderson shot 51 percent from the field, 57 percent in the second half, while Limestone finished the game at 44 percent.

Anderson outscored Limestone in the paint, 34-18, and the Anderson bench outscored the Limestone bench, 29-12.

The Saints were 11-for 24 from behind the arc. Both Coleman and Williams made four 3-point goals apiece.

The Saints host Barton, the defending NCAA Division II national champion, on Saturday, February 9 at 7:30 p.m. at the Timken Center in Gaffney, S.C.

-LIMESTONE-