Greyhounds on a roll during long homestand

Greyhounds on a roll during long homestand

ASU Mid- South looks for fifth straight win tonight

asumidsouthsports.com After dropping the first of seven consecutive home games on Jan. 28, the ASU Mid-South Greyhounds men’s basketball team has been on a tear, rattling off four straight wins, including victories over West Kentucky CTC, Crowley’s Ridge College JV, North Arkansas College, and the Williams Baptist College JV.

Those last two wins were especially satisfying.

On Saturday, the Greyhounds took their first lead on a Jalen Lynn three-pointer with 2:20 to go and hit 3-of-4 free throws in the last minute for an 80-75 Region 2 victory over at The Dog House.

North Arkansas (18-8) had won 11 of their last 12 games coming into the NJCAA Region 2 contest and led 41-35 at the half.

Lynn, ASU Mid-South’s leading scorer, was held to just 5 points in the first frame and the Pioneers held him scoreless in the second half until a hard foul sent him to the line with 3:10 remaining in the game and the Greyhounds trailing 6965. But the foul ignited both the team and Lynn, who knocked down both free throws and then scored the next 8 points on a mid-range kiss off the glass and two threepointers, all on consecutive possessions, giving the Greyhounds a 75-73 lead with 1:42 left to play. The Greyhound defense then surrendered only two free throws the rest of the way as Zach Byrd found Christian White for a dunk in transition and Lynn and White hit 3-of-4 free throws down the stretch to seal the victory.

Lynn ended up scoring 12 of his game-high 17 points in the last 3:10, and Zach Byrd was an all-around contributor with 13 points, 6 rebounds and 7 assists before fouling out.

Christian White came off the bench with 14 points and a game-high 9 rebounds, while Shaheed Halk (6 rebounds, 5 assists, 4 steals) and Kamari Marrs (4 rebounds) scored 8 points each.

The Greyhounds were hurt by 22 turnovers for the game but controlled the boards with a 48-31 advantage while holding the nation’s third-highest scoring team (101.0 points per game) to 75 points on 39.1% shooting from the field and 26.3% shooting from the threepoint line.

ASU Mid-South (16-6) played the first of eight games in 17 days to finish the season thanks to a rescheduled game at St.

Louis Community College on February 20.

The Greyhounds raced past Williams Baptist University JV behind 26 points from Ike Moore for a 93-58 victory Monday at The Dog House.

ASU Mid-South (17-6) took a 39-28 halftime lead, but scored 54 second- half points as Caleb Henry and Jalen Sasser each scored 9 points to go with Moore’s 13 in the second frame.

Moore, a 6’3” freshman from Fort Smith, Arkansas, shot 10-for-13 from the field and 5-of-7 from the 3-point line.

Sasser finished with 15 points off the bench, Henry scored 11, and Kamari Marrs chipped in 10 points. Zach Byrd also scored 10 to go with a game-high 10 rebounds for his fifth double-double of the season, and Shaheed Halk led both teams with 9 assists.

The Greyhounds continue their homestand tonight in a Valentine’s Day matchup with National Park College out of Hot Springs at 6:00 p.m. before welcoming UA-Cossatot to The Dog House Saturday at 2 p.m.

to close out the homestand.

From ASU Mid-South