Memphis TN – February 9, 2006 - Crichton College Comets dropped their second top ten NAIA power in less than a week as they rally late to beat # 5 Union University. Union jumped out to an early 10-0 lead and looked as if they would be to tough for the Comets to handle. Crichton began to dig their way out of the early hole and got as close as 4 on a Jonathan Loe three pointer with 6:27 remaining on the clock but the first half would belong to Union. The Bulldogs led by as many as 13 and took a seven point lead in the the locker room for intermission.

In the second half Crichton was forced to play catch up and were not successful for the first 16 minutes. Union enjoyed their largest lead of 14 at the 12:24 mark but the Comets would not go away. From that point Crichton went on a monster 35-11 run that would ultimately be the dagger in a hard fought game. During that span of nearly 12 minutes the Comets held Union to only 3 field goals. Also during that stretch Derek Boykin came alive accounting for 22 of the Comets 35 points. Boykin poured in 16 points, including three 3 pointers, dished out three assist and had one steal. With 31 seconds left in the game the lead grew  to 10 for Crichton, however Union would make a game of it. During the final 17 seconds Union would cut the lead to 5 on the strength of three 3 pointers. Crichton went 6-6 from the line late to hold off the # 5 team in the nation, and solidify there place as the number one team in the TranSouth. The Comets now control their own destiny for the home stretch of the conference season .

Jonathan Loe led three Comets in double figures with 23 including 17 first half points and 5 three pointers. Derek Boykin pitched in 18 points and 6 assist and Deshawn Danzey got back in the double figure scoring column with 13. Kinley Sellers was red hot for the bulldogs scoring 34 points on 11-15 shooting including 7-10 from behind the arc.

Final Score: Crichton 84 - Union University 80

Player of the Game: Derek Boykin

Next up the Comets travel to Chattanooga, TN to face Tennessee Temple University, Saturday at 2:00 p.m. 

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