Staff report

ANDERSON, S.C. — It was a strange Wednesday night for Catawba’s men’s basketball team at the Abney Center.

Leading scorer Kris Robinson made only one field goal, but Catawba got a career game — 21 points — from reserve forward  Zion McDuffie and had a chance to win its South Atlantic Conference opener on the road.

Catawba (2-2, 0-1) just didn’t shoot well enough to win it, however, and Anderson (4-0, 1-0) overcame an eight-point halftime deficit to take a 76-71 victory. The Trojans hadn’t beaten Catawba in a number of years.

Catawba held a whopping 26-13 advantage in the turnover battle, but Catawba shot 38 percent while Anderson shot 58 percent. Anderson also had the edge in the intimidation factor, out-blocking the Indians 9-0.

Catawba is on the road agains on Saturday at Carson-Newman.

 

Catawba      37    34    — 71

Anderson   29      47   — 76

CATAWBA scoring — McDuffie 21, Banks 10, Walker 7, Tinsley 7, Achie 6, K. Robinson 5, White 4, Hawkins 4, Chase Daniel 3, Jones 2, Thomas 2.