LAGRANGE, Ga. – Junior guard
Austen Colton (Sharpsburg, Ga.) of the LaGrange College men's basketball team scored 30 points – all off three-pointers – as the Panthers won 128-93 against visiting Covenant College in Collegiate Conference of the South (CCS) action on Friday evening at the Mariotti Gymnasium in LaGrange, Georgia.
Colton's ten three-pointers made tie a LaGrange record, matching the total of former Panther great Vacher Hammett against Pensacola Christian College in 1993. It likewise ties for the most three-pointers made in a game in all of the NCAA Division III this season.
With the victory, the Panthers open their CCS schedule with a victory.
THE BASICS
Score: Covenant 93, LaGrange 128
Records: Panthers 8-4, 1-0 CCS | Scots 2-9, 0-1 CCS
HOW IT HAPPENED
- Leading 59-47, the Panthers pulled away in the second half, ultimately finishing with the team's highest point total in decades.
INSIDE THE NUMBERS
- Colton, a junior-transfer enjoying his first season with the Panthers, shot ten-of-twelve from the floor and ten-of-eleven from behind the arc. His 30 points came in just 17 minutes of action.
- LaGrange junior guard Devin Dowell (LaGrange, Ga.) finished with 19 points, seven rebounds, four assists and three steals.
- LaGrange senior guard Brodie Scott (Athens, Ga.) contributed 15 points with three rebounds and three steals while senior guard Micah McAllister (Newnan, Ga.) posted 15 points with 15 points and four boards.
- LaGrange sophomore forward Kani Rashied-Henry (Tyrone, Ga.) finished with 12 points and a game-high nine rebounds. Sophomore guard Tyler Harrington (Winter Park, Fla.) dished out a game-high seven assists with eleven points and six rebounds.
- Covenant sophomore guard Noah Pence (Murfreesboro, Tenn.) led the Scots with ten points.
UP NEXT
- LaGrange is back on the court on Saturday when they play host to Maryville College in a 4:00 p.m. game.
- Covenant plays their next game at Huntingdon on Saturday at 3:00 p.m. local time.
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