BOILING SPRINGS, N.C. (AP) - Malcolm Smith scored 22 points and grabbed 13 rebounds to propel Lipscomb past Gardner-Webb 66-62 on Wednesday night.
Stephen Hurt contributed 12 points for the Bisons (2-1), and Khion Sankey grabbed 10 rebounds to go with his seven points.
Donta Harper scored 14 points for the Runnin' Bulldogs (1-2), and Max Landis chipped in 13.
The Bisons shot 49 percent (25 for 51) from the field and outrebounded the Bulldogs 41-28, which helped offset their 22 turnovers. Lipscomb also shot only 55 percent (11 of 20) from the free throw line. Gardner-Webb shot 36 percent (22 of 61) from the field.
Gardner-Webb was playing without center Mike Byron, who likely will miss three to four weeks after being injured in the first half of a victory against Covenant College on Saturday night. He was averaging 7.0 points, 2.0 rebounds and 2.0 blocks per game.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| Lipscomb (2-1) « | 29 | 37 | 66 |
| Gardner-Webb (1-2) | 36 | 26 | 62 |
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| Lipscomb Bison | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| M. Smith, F | 32 | 4-7 | 0-0 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 9 |
| O. Garcia, C | 19 | 0-3 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| D. Alexander, G | 34 | 2-8 | 3-4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 |
| J. Hampton, G | 28 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| K. Sankey, G | 20 | 3-5 | 0-1 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 7 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| M. Smith | 34 | 7-11 | 8-14 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 22 |
| S. Hurt | 19 | 6-10 | 0-0 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 12 |
| C. Sanderson | 12 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| T. Denny | 1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| C. Johnson | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 25-51 | 11-20 | 44 | 12 | 21 | 66 | |
| 49% | 55% | ||||||
| Gardner-Webb Bulldogs | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| K. Hartley, F | 25 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 |
| C. Hensley, F | 22 | 4-8 | 1-2 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 9 |
| D. Harper, G | 37 | 6-18 | 2-6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 14 |
| T. Strange, G | 26 | 1-6 | 3-3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 5 |
| T. Newsome, G | 2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| M. Landis | 34 | 4-10 | 4-5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 13 |
| O. Branch | 23 | 4-7 | 1-1 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 9 |
| J. Davis | 14 | 1-4 | 3-3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| J. Hill | 11 | 1-3 | 2-4 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| I. Ivey | 6 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 22-61 | 16-24 | 29 | 12 | 21 | 62 | |
| 36.1% | 66.7% | ||||||
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