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Petty, Merriweather lead the way for unbeaten Tigers

ASN — Sun, 17 Jan 2021 03:40:26 +0000

Stillman Athletics
Chris Megginson

BLUE MOUNTAIN, Miss. – Trey Petty and Devin Merriweather combined for more than two-thirds of Stillman College’s points Saturday evening to lead the Tigers to their sixth-straight win, 90-74, at Blue Mountain College.

The Petty-Merriweather-Petty Show produced the first 11 points of the game, as Merrweather dished four of his 10 assists to Petty. Six of Merriweather’s assists led to Petty baskets, including five of Petty’s seven 3-pointers.

Petty, who was named the NAIA Player of the Week on Jan. 12, led all players with 35 points and nine rebounds. Merriweather scored a career-high 29 points to go with his 10 assists for a double-double. Petty averaged 22.7 points through three games this week, and Merriweather averaged 20.3 points and seven assists during the week.

Blue Mountain’s only lead of the day came on a pair of Aleksa Vujadinovic free throws on the Toppers’ second possession. The Toppers kept it a two-possession game for the first 16 minutes of play until Stillman put together a 7-0 run to take an 11-point lead, 48-37, on a pair of Petty free throws. Stillman led 52-40 at the half.

Stillman’s largest lead was 21 points, 79-58, following a Roger Davis basket with 9:57 left in the second half.

Merriweather shot 60% from the floor (9-of-15), including 1-of-2 from 3-point range, and made all 10 free throw attempts. Petty ‘s 35 points came on 10-of-12 free throws and 56.3% shooting from the floor, including 63.6% (7-of-11) from 3-point.

Ladarius Carter added 10 points, followed by seven from Derrick Finklea.

Stillman out-rebounded Blue Mountain, 45-28, with nine Tiger players grabbing rebounds.

Brandon Williams added to the high-scoring night, leading Blue Mountain with 26 points. Vujadinovic finished with 13 points.

Stillman (6-0, 5-0 SSAC West) will return to continue its road swing in the Southern States Athletic Conference West Division with a trip to New Orleans next weekend, Jan. 22-23. The Tigers will play at No. 5 Loyola University for a battle for the SSAC West lead. Tip times are 7 p.m. Friday and 5 p.m. Saturday.

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Stillman women sweep weekend at Blue Mountain

ASN — Sun, 17 Jan 2021 03:35:58 +0000

Stillman Athletics
Chris Megginson

BLUE MOUNTAIN, Miss. – Stillman College improved to 2-2 on the road Saturday with a 53-47 win at Blue Mountain College. With the win, Stillman improves to 2-4 in Southern States Athletic Conference West action.

De’Asia Marsh picked up where she left off Friday, coming up with a steal and basket in the first minute to give Stillman the first points of Saturday’s game. Stillman opened the game with a 6-0 run. Blue Mountain managed to tie the game at the end of the quarter, 12-12.

Blue Mountain took a brief lead with 4:30 left in the first half, but Marsh scored four points in the final 75 seconds to tie the game, 23-23 at halftime. Marsh finished with 14 points on 6-of-12 shooting to lead Stillman for the second-straight night.

Zikira Williams, who scored 11 points, gave Stillman a 25-23 lead to open the third quarter and the Tigers maintained its lead the rest of the way. Stillman held Blue Mountain to 26.9% shooting in the second half and 29% in the game.

The Toppers’ closest margin in the second half was, 28-27, following a Kandice Ricks free throw. Zaria Jenkins helped stretch Stillman’s lead to seven points, 39-32, at the end of the third quarter. Stillman’s largest lead of the game, 41-32, came on a Devyn Lockhart basket to open the fourth quarter.

Jenkins was third in scoring for Stillman with seven points, while Brittany Washington and Imani Wimbish-Gay each scored six. Jenkins led the Tigers with six rebounds.

Ricks finished with 17 points and eight rebounds to lead BMC, followed by Jada Taylor’s eight points and seven by Mallory Russell.

Stillman (2-4, 2-3 SSAC West) is next scheduled to travel to New Orleans, Jan. 22-23, for a two-game set against No. 25 Loyola University.

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Stillman wins at Blue Mountain, moves to 6-0

ASN — Sat, 16 Jan 2021 03:24:46 +0000

Stillman Athletics
Chris Megginson

BLUE MOUNTAIN, Miss. – Stillman College shot a season-best 53.4% from the floor to out pace Blue Mountain College, 99-74, on the road Friday, Jan. 15. The win moves Stillman to 5-0 on the year, 4-0 in Southern States Athletic Conference West Division play. It’s the third-straight year Stillman has opened conference play 4-0.

The Tigers hit 39-of-73 field goals, including 44.4% from 3-point range (12-of-27). Eleven players found the basket, led by Devin Merriweather’s 19 points and six assists. E.J. Galloway and Tomias Brand each scored their season-high with 13 points apiece. Trey Petty hit three 3s as part of a 15-point night.

Blue Mountain took an early 10-5 lead before Galloway scored five-straight to tie the game. Four minutes later, Ladarius Carter broke a 21-21 tie with a 3-pointer to spark a 10-0 run by the Tigers. Stillman grew its lead to 25 points late in the half before entering halftime up 51-28.

Stillman’s largest lead of the night was 30 points, 93-63, following a David Reynolds basket with 4:15 to play, and again with 1:18 to play, 99-69.

Galloway recorded his first Stillman double-double with 12 rebounds to go with his 13 points. Derrick Finklea finished with nine points, Virgil Fields had eight and Carter scored seven.

Blue Mountain’s Brandon Williams led all players with 21 points, while Aleksa Vujadinovic was the only other Topper to score double-digits with 10 points. Luka Tejic had 11 rebounds and eight points.

Stillman (5-0, 4-0 SSAC West) will return to action against Blue Mountain again on Saturday at 5 p.m. for a Southern States Athletic Conference West Division game.

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Stillman tops BMC for first win in 2021

ASN — Sat, 16 Jan 2021 03:09:42 +0000

Stillman Athletics
Chris Megginson

BLUE MOUNTAIN, Miss. – A trio of double-digit scorers led Stillman College to its first win of the season Friday night, 48-45, at Blue Mountain College.

De’Asia Marsh scored 15 to lead Stillman, while Brittany Washington hit four 3-pointers to score a dozen points. Zikira Williams added 10 points and six rebounds.

Zaria Jenkins scored on the Tigers’ first possession of the game, but Blue Mountain answered with a 10-2 run to build an early lead off a pair of Kandice Ricks 3-pointers. The Toppers lead grew to as many as eight points, 15-7, in the first quarter before Stillman took over.

Wimbish-Gay scored to close the first quarter and make it a six-point game, 15-9. The basket sparked a 17-0 run by Stillman, as the Tigers shut out Blue Mountain in the second quarter. Stillman led 24-15 at halftime.

Ricks and Mackenzie Lane pulled the margin within four points, 26-22, early in the second half, but another Washington 3-pointer helped keep some distance. Wimbish-Gay later hit a 3 late in the third quarter to keep it a six-point game, 34-28, with 10 minutes to play in the game.

Marsh scored five-straight to open the fourth quarter, building Stillman’s lead to 11 points, 39-28. Jade Wells responded with six points for BMC. Williams proved to be the Tigers’ go-to player late in the game, scoring three baskets in the final four minutes to keep Stillman in front, 45-40, with a minute left. Marsh hit a pair of free throws with 11 seconds left, Williams added one with seven seconds left to secure the win. Jada Taylor hit a 3 at the end of the game to bring Blue Mountain within three points.

Both teams shot between 33% and 35% from the floor and were balanced on the boards with BMC grabbing 36 rebounds to Stillman’s 35.

Ricks led Blue Mountain with 11 points on three 3-pointers. Lane added eight points and seven rebounds.

Stillman (1-4, 1-3 SSAC West) will return to action against Blue Mountain again on Saturday at 3 p.m. for a Southern States Athletic Conference West Division game.

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Faulkner beats Blue Mountain to open SSAC schedule

ASN — Wed, 13 Jan 2021 01:27:29 +0000

BMC Athletics
Brett Fowler, Sports Information Director

BLUE MOUNTAIN, Miss. – (Box Score) The Faulkner Lady Eagles swept into Blue Mountain Tuesday night and grabbed an 85-61 win to open the SSAC schedule.

The Eagle offense wasn’t shy about jacking up the three-ball, hitting 10 of 30 on the night.

The Faulkner bench had a say in the outcome, as Reed Sutton’s Lady Eagles poured in 30 from the sideline.

Channing Gafford led Faulkner in the conference win with 19 points, while teammates Micala Fisanick had 12 and Olivia Colson had 10.

Blue Mountain’s Mallory Russell (JR/Ingomar, Miss.) led her team with 15 points, while Olivia Chadwell (JR/Loretto, Tenn.) chipped in 13 and Mackenzie Lane (JR/Pontotoc, Miss.) had 10.

Faulkner came out hot in the first half, scoring 27 in both frames and leading 54-35.

Blue Mountain went on to shoot 37 percent from the field on the night, while Faulkner shot 43 percent.

The win puts Faulkner at 3-5, 1-0 SSAC and Blue Mountain at 3-5, 0-1 SSAC.

The Lady Toppers get back to SSAC work Friday as they host Stillman College at 5 p.m.

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