Lebanon TN – February 23, 2006 - Crichton College held on to beat Cumberland University Thursday night in a game that could be titled the tale of two halves. The first half belonged to Crichton who reeled off 14 unanswered points to start the game. Cumberland cut the lead to 9 but could not get any closer as the Comets built a first half lead of as many as 16. Crichton went into the locker room up 13 by the score of 42-13. Crichton forced 12 turnovers in the half while only committing 5 of their own, scored 34 points in the paint and registered 14 points off turnovers.

The second half however was a different story. Crichton struggled to keep their lead and repeatedly shot themselves in the foot with turnovers missed lay ups and fouls. The Comets lead of 16 dwindled down to as low as one largely because of costly Comet errors. Crichton would go 0-7 from behind the arc in the half and were beat in nearly every statistical category. The Comets committed 12 turnovers to only 2 assist giving up 18 points off the turnovers. Crichton only forced 5 bulldog turnovers in the half and were only able to turn those into 4 points. With the play as bad as it was the Comets found a way to win. With the game in jepordy of falling into the hands of the Bulldogs with less than a minute to play, Melvin Wilkes came up with a steal that led to a DeShawn Danzey dunk putting the Comets back in control. Crichton made their free throws down the stretch to seal the deal and pick up their 18th win of the season, 8th conference win and 11th win coming away from home.

Derek Boykin was big for Crichton scoring 14 points pulling down 5 boards dishing out 4 assist and picking up 2 steals in the win. Jonathan Loe scored 13 for the Comets and DeShawn Danzey rounded out he double figure scoring with 12. Janis Ivanovskis scored 18 points and pulled down 18 boards in the loss for Cumberland. Ivanovskis scored 16 of his 18 in the second half. Crichton went a paltry 2-21 from behind the arc, but managed to out rebound Cumberland by 13.

Final Score: Crichton 74 - Cumberland 68

Player of the Game: Derek Boykin

Next up the Comets travel to Nashville TN to face Trevecca Nazarene University. The game is scheduled for 4:00 PM on Saturday February 25.

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