On Saturday (Dec. 4) at Cedarville, Ashland University's men's basketball team lost 74-71 in a game in which the last 10 minutes saw the margin not go higher than five points.
The Eagles are 4-3 overall and 1-1 in the Great Midwest Athletic Conference, and the Yellow Jackets are 4-3, 2-0.
A milestone of note in the defeat was the record set by fifth-year senior forward
Aaron Thompson, who played in his program-record 120
th career game. Thompson has started every game as an Eagle, and has the program mark in games started, as well. He had 12 points, nine rebounds and two steals on Saturday.
WHAT HAPPENED
- Early Eagle advantages of 7-2 and 10-4 were overcome by the Yellow Jackets, as Cedarville went ahead 21-15 inside of the nine-minute mark of the first half. Trailing 30-22 late in the first half, Ashland rallied and went into the break down three points at 32-29.
- The Yellow Jackets' biggest lead was 38-29 just 90 seconds into the second half, then Ashland began to rally. The Eagles were down 40-37, then 49-47 at the midway point of the half.
- A triple from junior guard Brandon Haraway put AU back in the lead at 52-51, which started a back-and-forth remainder of the contest. The game was tied at 65 with three minutes to play before Cedarville took the lead for good.
- Haraway ended with a team-high 21 points to go with six rebounds and three steals. Junior guard Ethan Conley recorded 14 points off the bench.
- Ashland made 49.0 percent from the field, 50.0 percent from 3-point range and 77.8 percent from the free-throw line, but Cedarville hit 52.0 percent from the floor, 38.9 percent from downtown and 75.0 percent from the charity stripe.
UP NEXT
Ashland's men will play their first Great Midwest game at the Sherrill Hudson Court at Kates Gymnasium on Dec. 11 at 3 p.m. vs. Lake Erie.
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