Former Ashland University men's basketball head coach
Roger Lyons' 246
th and final win as an Eagle came on Feb. 22, 2009.
More than 14 1/2 years later, current AU men's basketball head coach
John Ellenwood earned his 246
th win as the Eagles' mentor – a 66-62 win over Southwest Baptist on Saturday (Nov. 18) afternoon at Cedarville – tying for the all-time program wins lead in the process. In his 15th season guiding AU, Ellenwood has an overall record of 246-151 (.620).
No. RV Ashland improves to 3-0 on the young season, while the Bearcats are 0-4. All three of the Eagles' wins so far in 2023-24 have come after trailing at halftime, and this is AU's first 3-0 start to a campaign since 2019-20.
Trailing 8-3 early, the Eagles ran off eight consecutive points to go on top 11-8 in a low-scoring first half. By halftime, however, Southwest Baptist had a 27-24 lead – thanks to the Bearcats hitting five 3-point field goals to Ashland's one.
Ashland was behind by a 30-26 count early in the second half before going on another run, this one of the 9-0 variety for a 35-30 lead. It was a 38-38 tie before the Eagles scored nine of the next 13 points for a five-point advantage at 47-42.
Junior guard
Trevell Adams' jumper at the 6:47 mark of the second half gave Ashland the biggest lead for either team to that point at 53-47, and the Eagles kept the advantage the rest of the way.
POST-GAME NUGGETS
- Fifth-year guard Brandon Haraway led all scorers with a season-high 26 points on 8-of-10 from the field and 10-of-11 from the free-throw line.
- Senior center Victor Searls (11 points) and sophomore forward Maceo Williams (10 points) also finished in double-figure scoring.
- Ashland turned the ball over just nine times on Saturday, and made 48.9 percent from the field.
- There were eight lead changes and nine tie scores on Saturday.
UP NEXT
One more pre-Thanksgiving game at the Sherrill Hudson Court at Kates Gymnasium against Kent State-Tuscarawas on Wednesday (Nov. 22) at 1 p.m.
