BOILING SPRINGS, N.C. (AP) - Gardner-Webb led 37-14 at the half and cruised to a 77-39 victory over Covenant on Saturday night in a nonconference affair.
Corey Hensley led the Bulldogs (1-1) with 16 points, shooting 7 of 10 from the field. Max Landis, who played a game-high 28 minutes for Gardner-Webb, scored 12 points, and Keith Hartley and Tashan Newsome knocked down 11 each, with Newsome collecting a team-high eight rebounds.
The Bulldogs shot 28 of 57 from the field and held the Scots to 12 of 49. Gardner-Webb outrebounded Covenant 38-24 and forced 24 turnovers.
Gardner-Webb lost to North Carolina at Chapel Hill 76-59 on Friday night in its opener.
Colton McGriff led Covenant, an NCAA Division III school, with 9 points.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| Covenant (0-1) | 14 | 25 | 39 |
| Gardner-Webb (1-1) « | 37 | 40 | 77 |
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| Covenant | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| C. McGriff, F | 28 | 3-11 | 2-2 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 9 |
| J. Danek, C | 21 | 1-4 | 2-5 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| C. Sears, G | 27 | 2-8 | 2-3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| N. Frierson, G | 26 | 0-1 | 1-3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| R. Mutcherson, G | 20 | 2-9 | 0-0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| B. Engbers | 19 | 2-6 | 0-1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| J. DeLaney | 14 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| C. Boyd | 13 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| T. Ferguson | 11 | 1-2 | 4-4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| D. Moss | 8 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| M. Turner | 5 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| S. Bowman | 2 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| M. Brunjes | 2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| R. Burns | 2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D. Chaney | 2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 12-49 | 11-18 | 29 | 8 | 18 | 39 | |
| 24.5% | 61.1% | ||||||
| Gardner-Webb Bulldogs | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| K. Hartley, F | 17 | 4-6 | 2-2 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 11 |
| M. Byron, C | 14 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| D. Harper, G | 26 | 1-4 | 2-6 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| T. Newsome, G | 21 | 4-6 | 2-2 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 11 |
| T. Strange, G | 20 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| M. Landis | 28 | 3-9 | 4-4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 12 |
| O. Branch | 23 | 4-7 | 0-0 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 8 |
| C. Hensley | 20 | 7-10 | 2-3 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 16 |
| J. Davis | 14 | 1-5 | 2-2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 4 |
| I. Ivey | 14 | 1-3 | 2-2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| A. Sweeney | 3 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Totals | 28-57 | 16-21 | 42 | 19 | 19 | 77 | |
| 49.1% | 76.2% | ||||||
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