The Emory & Henry College Men’s Basketball Team (1-1) scored 56 points in the paint on its way to a 95-61 win against Warren Wilson College (0-1) Sunday afternoon. The game was the final contest in the inaugural Food City Tip-Off Classic.
– WWC jumped out to a 10-2 lead at the 16:28 mark of the opening half but E&H stormed back to make it a 15-12 game with a 13-2 run. With the score tied at 17-all, the Wasps reeled off a 14-2 spurt that covered nearly five minutes to lead, 31-19. Emory & Henry continued to build its lead through the end of the period, going into the intermission up 42-24.
– The Wasps opened the second with back-to-back buckets to lead by 27 before the Owls put together an 18-7 run to make it a 58-42 contest with 11:22 on the clock. Emory & Henry began to increase its lead again, hitting a 30-point lead for the first time at 81-51 with 5:59 to go and scored 12 of the next 14 for its biggest advantage of the game, 93-53, on the way to the 95-61 victory.
Wasps win over Warren Wilson
