Clarksville, TN – An Austin Peay State College (APSU) males’s basketball game-winning 3-point try as time expired rimmed out and in Wednesday, preserving a 75-74 Western Kentucky win contained in the Winfield Dunn Heart. The Governors dropped their second-straight dwelling sport by only one level.

Elijah Hutchins-Everett scored 13 of his 19 factors within the first 20 minutes for Austin Peay (3-5). He shot 8-of-15 from the sector to tempo 4 Governors in double figures. Cameron Copeland completed with 15 factors on 6-of-9 taking pictures and a 3-of-4 effort from deep.

Carlos Paez scored all 14 of his factors after halftime, going 3-of-6 from deep and 3-of-3 from the free throw line. Caleb Stone-Carrawell ended with 12 factors on a 5-of-9 clip from the ground.

Sean Durugordon totaled seven rebounds, whereas Hutchins-Everett and Paez had six and 5, respectively. Paez dished out 4 assists, whereas Copeland and Stone-Carrawell every netted three. 

APSU shot 50 p.c (29-of-58) general, 47.6 p.c (10-of-21) from 3, and 75 p.c (6-of-8) from the stripe. The Governors received 33 factors from their reserves, together with a mixed 27 by Copeland and Stone-Carrawell. Austin Peay State College, dealing with the tallest group within the nation, managed the boards 33-25, together with 11-6 on the offensive glass, resulting in 11 second probability factors.

The Governors restricted the Hilltoppers, who entered Wednesday second within the nation in 3-point proportion (.470) and eleventh in 3-pointers per sport (11), to a season-low 4 made treys and second worst clip – 33.3 p.c (4-of-12) – from past the arc.

“We’ve received lots of new guys (in our program), so we’ve simply received to search out consistency and chemistry,” Austin Peay head coach Nate James stated. “What I’ve been attempting to speak to them about is taking part in exhausting and taking part in collectively, and we’ll see what occurs on the finish of the day.

“Tonight we fought for 40 minutes. We confronted a really gifted Western Kentucky group, and it might’ve went both approach. Our guys adopted the sport plan. They performed exhausting and performed collectively. Sadly, the ball didn’t go in for us on the finish.”

The primary half featured seven ties and as many lead adjustments. Austin Peay State College hit eight of its first 11 area objectives and shot 57.7 p.c (15-of-26) within the interval. The APSU Govs’ largest lead of the half was 14-9 following a layup by Hutchins-Everett and Copeland trey. Man Fauntleroy canned his solely bucket from behind the arc with 24 seconds on the press to provide Austin Peay State College a 33-32 edge at halftime.

Hutchins-Everett shot 6-of-7 from the sector within the first 20 minutes. Copeland was good (4-of-4) from the ground.

Western Kentucky (7-1) led 60-46 with 9:14 to go within the sport earlier than the Governors answered with 12-2 spurt in a 3:36 span, together with an 8-0 run in 2:11. Copeland linked on his third 3-pointer earlier than Paez drained back-to-back treys. A Durugordon fastbreak layup trimmed his group’s deficit to 62-58 on the 5:33 mark.

Paez transformed an old school 3-point play with 20 seconds on the clock to deliver Austin Peay inside one, 73-72. After the 2 groups traded a pair of free throws, Luke Frampton missed the entrance finish of the bonus, giving the Governors the final shot of the competition. Nevertheless, a 27-foot 3 from the wing didn’t fall, giving the Hilltoppers their fourth-straight win general. 

Western Kentucky’s Emmanuel Akot completed with 20 factors, together with 16 after halftime, on 8-of-14 taking pictures. Jamarion Sharp totaled 18 factors and was 7-of-8 contained in the arc to associate with 9 boards. Jairus Hamilton had 13 factors. Frampton, who entered the sport second within the nation in 3-point proportion (.636), 3-pointers per sport (4.0), and 3-pointers made (28), was held scoreless for the primary time this season.

“Our guys stayed locked in,” James commented. “Sometimes 2s don’t kill you. It’s simpler to remain within the sport whenever you get rid of a serious a part of a group’s offense, and that’s the 3-point shot. I wished to problem my guys, and so they had been up for the problem. We had a freshman, Elijah Perkins, who’s a very good defensive participant, and for a freshman to come back in and carry out they approach he carried out and never let (Frampton) get any seems to be, I’m happy with his effort. I believe when (Elijah) was (on the bench), different guys adopted go well with.”

The Hilltoppers shot 53.7 p.c (29-of-54) general and 76.5 p.c (13-of-17) from the road.

“Finally I’m actually, actually happy with the hassle of our guys,” James stated. “We simply need to construct off of this.”

Subsequent Up For APSU Males’s Basketball

Austin Peay State College males’s basketball group hosts Tennessee State on Saturday at 3:00pm CT for the third of five-straight video games within the Dunn Heart.