College men’s basketball: Indians win at Tusculum
Published 7:12 pm Thursday, December 12, 2024
Staff report
GREENEVILLE, Tenn. — There are no bad road wins in the South Atlantic Conference, and Catawba’s men’s basketball gladly will take Wednesday’s 76-68 win at Tusculum.
The Indians (6-4, 4-3) have been better, but they survived 15 turnovers — Catawba had a rare loss in the turnover battle — by holding Tusculum to a 38.5 percent shooting night.
Bryce Jackson scored 26 for the Pioneers (3-7, 3-3), but no one else was finding the range for the home team, especially during Tusculum’s 22-point first half.
Catawba shot 47 percent for the game and got 19 points from Nick Walker and three 3-pointers from Kris Robinson. Solomon Tucker’s 10 points on 5-for-5 shooting were helpful. Caleb Jones had eight rebounds.
Catawba is at home on Saturday against Carson-Newman.
Catawba 31 45 — 76
Tusculum 22 46 — 68
CATAWBA scoring — Walker 19, Robinson 11, Tucker 10, Tinsley 8, Athie 6, Banks 5, Hawkins 5, Jones 4, Chase Daniel 4, Hilliard 2, White 2.