SPARTANBURG, S.C. – The Wofford College men's basketball team defeated Allen University 100-67 for the team's first win of the season on Sunday afternoon at Jerry Richardson Indoor Stadium. Wofford improves to 1-2 on the season.
"I was really happy with how we responded to a rough two games," said head coach
Kevin Giltner. "We played the right way. We were sharing the ball, nobody looked selfish and we were playing offense for our teammates. We looked so much better, so I'm really happy with today."
Wofford finished the game shooting 33-of-62 (53.2%) from the field while knocking down 13 threes at a 39.4 percent clip. The Terriers went 21-of-24 from the charity stripe. Allen shot 19-of-53 (35.8%) from the field and made two threes on 13 attempts. The Yellow Jackets went 27-of-33 (81.8%) from the free throw line. Wofford had 25 assists on 33 field goals.
The Terriers outrebounded Allen 49-20, including 16 offensive rebounds that resulted in 23 second chance points. Wofford dominated the paint, scoring 40 points compared to Allen's 24. Wofford had 40 bench points. The Terriers finished the game with eight steals and three blocks.
Leading the way offensively was
Jyi Dawkins with a career-high 23 points and nine rebounds. That is the second consecutive game in double figures for Dawkins. Both
Chris Arias and
Jhett Carter followed behind with 13 points each, setting a new career high for Carter.
Jacob Daniels and
Cam Lowe finished with 11 points apiece to round out the group of five double-digit scorers.
Chris Arias dished out a team-high five assists to go along with eight boards while
Luke Flynn and
Misho Kalinov had four assists each.
Jhett Carter,
Cam Lowe and
Evan Ramsey had five boards apiece. Flynn led the team with three steals. Dawkins, Carter and Ramsey had one block each.
Wofford jumped out a 5-0 lead after a triple from
Cam Lowe and a pair of free throws from
Evan Ramsey. Allen kept it close over the next few minutes, with Wofford leading 16-7 with 12:53 left in the first half. The Terriers rattled off a 13-3 run from there, giving Wofford a 29-12 lead.
Jyi Dawkins highlighted the run with six points.
After a jumper from Allen ended the run, Wofford scored 10 unanswered points to put the team up 39-14 with 6:19 left in the first frame.
Evan Ramsey kicked off the run with a pair of free throws while a three from
Luke Flynn capped it off. Wofford would take a 55-22 lead at the break.
Another triple from
Cam Lowe to open the second half kickstarted an 18-2 run as Wofford led 73-24 with 16:34 remaining in the contest. Threes from Lowe and
Chris Arias accounted for nine points.
Luke Flynn ended the run with an and-one floater.
Davis Miller scored his first points of the game with a couple of free throws six minutes into the second half. Miller later added a fastbreak layup to bring his total to four points.
Misho Kalinov hit the first three-pointer of his career as well.
Hank Neace received his first minutes of action this season, recording a steal and two rebounds. Wofford would go on to win the game 100-67.
"It was amazing," said
Davis Miller. "Shoutout to Hank and all of my teammates. I think we are a really connected bunch. We're still building that chemistry on the court, but today was a really good experience for a lot of the guys."
Wofford will remain home at Jerry Richardson Indoor Stadium for a game against Voorhees on Wednesday, November 11, at 6:00 p.m. The game can be streamed live on ESPN+
