College basketball: Catawba men drop 4th in a row
Published 7:19 am Thursday, February 17, 2022
NEWBERRY, S.C. – The Catawba College men’s basketball team dropped its fourth straight South Atlantic Conference game on Wednesday.
The Indians lost 76-64 at Newberry despite putting three men in double figures.
Trevion Lamar scored 19 points, Myles Washington had 13. Kris Robinson added 12.
The Indians got off to a good start when Lamar, Ben Bowen, and Robinson scored early for an 8-2 lead and expanded that to 15-5.
Catawba’s offense cooled the final 12 minutes of the half as Newberry (13-11, 13-9) outscored the Indians 31-10 to close the half with a 36-25 lead.
Catawba (9-13, 8-12) fell behind 16 in the second half, but made a run to get within eight with about nine minutes left.
That’s where the rally fizzled.
Catawba shot 37.3 percent for the game and 8-for-29 from 3.
TJ Brown led the Wolves with 21 points.
Newberry shot 49.1 percent.
Catawba 25 39 — 64
Newberry 36 40 — 76
CATAWBA — Lamar 19, Washington 13, K. Robinson 12, Pelote 7, Gerald 6, Hueitt 5, Bowen 2.
NEWBERRY — Brown 21, Ford 18, Joseph 15, Stremlow 8, McCollum 7, Robinson 4, Johnson 3.