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PFEIFFER SPORTS INFORMATION
Monday, January 14, 2008
RESULTS VS. LEES MCRAE (2008-01-14 19:30:00)

Falcons Defeat Bobcats By 18
Monday, 14 January 2008
Misenheimer, NC---The Pfeiffer men's basketball team defeated Lees-McRae 89-71 in conference action Monday night. The Falcons forced 35 turnovers and hit 12 three-pointers in the win. Pfeifer now stands at 8-4 overall and 4-2 in the conference. Lees-McRae falls to 2-11 and 1-6.

Josh Roper scored five straight points to give Pfeiffer a 7-3 lead which the Falcons built up to 12-3 at the 14:30 mark.

Lees-McRae came back with a 5-0 run.

Logan Call hit two free throws to give Pfeiffer a double-digit lead at 30-20 with 7:45 left. Pfeiffer stretched their lead to 35-20.

Thomas Carr hit two straight three-pointers to take the Falcons to a 41-25 lead wih only 3:45 to go.

Pfeiffer led 47-31 at halftime.

A Derrick Truesdale three-pointer built the Falcon lead to 20 at 59-39 with 13:30 left.

Lees-McRae cut the Falcon lead to fifteen but a Logan Call three-pointer took the lead back up to twenty with 8 minutes left with the score at 72-52.

Pfeiffer built their lead up to twenty-five at one point and closed it out with an 89-71 win.

Thomas Carr and Derrick Truesdale each had 15 points to lead Pfeiffer. Craig Thomas pulled down 10 rebounds. Raysean Hairston had 15 to lead the Bobcats.

Pfeiffer returns to action Saturday when they travel to Belmont-Abbey for a 7:30 pm game.

Pfeiffer - M vs Lees-McRae - M DATE: 1/14/2008 TIME: 7:30:00 PM Eastern SITE: Home ATTENDANCE: Unknown Pfeiffer - M min fgm-a 3gm-a ftm-a or-t a pf to st pts 32 L Call 21 3-9 1-4 3-3 1-4 1 3 5 2 12 22 T Carr 20 0-1 4-10 3-3 2-2 4 3 2 2 15 23 M Davidson 10 2-2 1-6 1-1 1-2 0 0 0 1 8 4 A Haugh 8 0-0 0-1 0-0 0-0 2 1 1 0 0 13 M Johnson 8 1-1 0-0 0-0 0-1 0 3 1 2 2 5 Q Maxwell 20 3-3 1-6 1-2 0-3 3 2 4 2 10 1 J Pettiway 20 2-6 0-3 3-4 1-2 2 4 2 1 7 23 J Roper 15 1-3 2-5 0-2 1-2 0 1 1 1 8 15 A Slaton 18 1-3 0-3 0-0 1-5 1 3 2 1 2 0 C Terry 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 20 C Thomas 21 2-4 0-0 0-2 2-10 1 3 2 3 4 24 D Truesdale 20 3-3 3-3 0-0 3-4 1 2 2 0 15 0 C Woods 15 1-2 0-0 1-4 2-5 0 3 3 2 3 Team Totals 20-39 12-41 13-22 18-46 15 29 25 17 89 Percentages: FG 40%, 3FG 29.3%, FT 59.1% Blocked shots: 1 (L Call) Pts off turnovers: 30 2nd Chance pts: 17 Bench pts: 36 Pts in Paint: 14 Biggest lead: 25 (79-54) Team Off Reb: 4 Team Def Reb: 2 Deadball Reb: 4 Team Turnovers: 25 Lees-McRae - M min fgm-a 3gm-a ftm-a or-t a pf to st pts 23 R BENJAMIN 14 0-0 0-1 0-0 0-1 0 3 5 1 0 11 B CARR 15 2-3 0-1 7-9 1-4 0 0 3 2 11 15 N DESCHEPPER 20 2-3 0-1 0-0 1-4 1 3 4 1 4 45 R HAIRSTON 25 7-13 0-1 1-2 4-7 0 3 1 2 15 32 I HARRIS 8 0-1 0-0 1-4 0-1 0 2 1 2 1 13 J HOOTS 17 1-2 0-1 4-6 0-1 2 1 6 1 6 55 J KURTZ 17 1-3 0-0 1-1 0-1 0 3 0 0 3 31 M McCLUNIE 16 1-2 0-0 2-2 0-1 2 2 4 0 4 51 Z RIX 6 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-1 0 0 1 0 0 35 D SCOTT 13 0-2 0-0 0-2 0-2 1 0 1 0 0 33 A WILLEY 15 0-1 1-2 1-2 0-7 0 3 2 1 4 21 A WOODACRE 20 0-3 2-3 3-4 0-3 1 1 2 1 9 25 S YOUSE 13 4-4 1-4 3-5 0-3 0 1 4 1 14 Team Totals 18-37 4-14 23-37 7-42 7 22 35 12 71 Percentages: FG 43.1%, 3FG 28.6%, FT 62.2% Blocked shots: 4 (R HAIRSTON, J HOOTS, D SCOTT, A WOODACRE) Pts off turnovers: 11 2nd Chance pts: 6 Bench pts: 35 Pts in Paint: 26 Biggest lead: 1 (3-2) Team Off Reb: 1 Team Def Reb: 5 Deadball Reb: 8 Team Turnovers: 35 Score by Periods Per 1 Per 2 Per 3 Per 4 OT Total Pfeiffer - M 47 42 0 0 0 89 Lees-McRae - M 31 40 0 0 0 71 Number of ties: 0 Number of lead changes: 2