CULLOWHEE, N.C. (AP) - Lucas Troutman recorded his second double-double of the season as Elon knocked off Western Carolina 80-67 in Southern Conference action Monday night.
Troutman scored 20 points and grabbed 10 rebounds. Jack Isenbarger added 16 points and Sebastian Koch had 15 for the Phoenix (9-7, 2-2).
Trey Sumler had a career-high 32 points for the Catamounts (7-10, 4-1), who had held sole possession of first in the SoCon's North division prior to Monday's game.
Western Carolina led 31-27 at halftime and held the advantage until Troutman's layup made it 39-39 with 15:59 to play. Isenbarger followed with a 3, and the lead changed hands six times over the ensuing 4 minutes.
Elon ended the pinball pace with a 15-0 run that included two treys by Isenbarger and another by Koch for a 62-48 lead with 7:37 remaining. Western Carolina missed four shots and committed three turnovers during the 3 1/2-minute run.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| Elon (9-7) « | 27 | 53 | 80 |
| Western Carolina (7-10) | 31 | 36 | 67 |
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| Elon Phoenix | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| R. Beaumont, F | 33 | 4-9 | 3-3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 12 |
| L. Troutman, F | 33 | 7-12 | 6-6 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 20 |
| S. Koch, G | 32 | 5-10 | 1-2 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 15 |
| J. Isenbarger, G | 25 | 4-14 | 5-5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 16 |
| A. Hamilton, G | 11 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| T. Samson | 18 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 |
| K. Blake | 15 | 0-1 | 1-2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| T. Sabato | 12 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| R. Winters | 10 | 2-2 | 2-2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| J. Bonney | 9 | 1-2 | 1-2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| E. Edomwonyi | 2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 26-58 | 19-22 | 37 | 18 | 16 | 80 | |
| 44.8% | 86.4% | ||||||
| Western Carolina Catamounts | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| T. King, F | 36 | 3-6 | 2-2 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| J. Sinclair, G | 38 | 2-10 | 0-0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| T. Sumler, G | 37 | 9-19 | 9-12 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 32 |
| M. Brown, G | 32 | 4-6 | 2-2 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 10 |
| B. Boggs, G | 21 | 3-12 | 0-0 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| P. Ross | 19 | 1-4 | 2-3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| R. Harrelson | 13 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| K. Hall | 4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 23-59 | 15-19 | 37 | 8 | 17 | 67 | |
| 39% | 78.9% | ||||||
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