Thu, Jan 28, 2010 - [Men's Basketball]
BATESVILLE, Ark. - The Freed-Hardeman Lions won their fifth game in a row in impressive fashion, cruising past Lyon (Ark.) College 85-59 on Thursday night.
The Lions (13-7, 6-1) have won their last five games by an average of 24 points per contest and moved into sole possession of second place in the TranSouth Conference following Trevecca Nazarene's (Tenn.) loss to Union (Tenn.) tonight.
FHU took control of the game midway through the first half, going on a 16-4 run to take their largest lead of the half at 31-17 with 6:49 on the clock. The Scots would soon pull within five points on a pair of Brandon Cowart 3-pointers sandwiched around a Chad Glover layup, but Anthony Sampson stopped the rally with a 3-pointer of his own to help the Lions take a 42-31 lead into halftime.
The two teams traded baskets early in the second half until a 16-6 Lion run capped by one of Jesse Moulton's six 3-pointers gave Freed-Hardeman a 65-42 lead with 11:05 left. It was a deficit from which the Scots would not recover, as FHU led by as many as 31 points in picking up the victory.
The night belonged the Moulton, who led all scorers with a season-high 26 points on 6-of-9 shooting from behind the arc. He also grabbed a game-high eight rebounds. Ken Bingham was the only other Lion is double figures with 12 points, 10 of which came in the first half. Zack Frey, FHU's leading scorer, was saddled with foul trouble and managed seven points in 16 minutes.
The Lions shot 16-of-30 from the field and 4-of-11 from 3-point range in both halves for 53.3 percent and 36.4 percent respectively, and also hit 13-of-14 from the free throw line.
FHU returns to action on Saturday as the Lions play host to Bethel (Tenn.) University at 4:00 PM. A win would move them into a tie with Union, which is idle on Saturday, for first place in the conference at the midway point of the conference schedule.
