MURFREESBORO, N.C. – The Chowan Men's Basketball team suffered an 83-77 loss to Virginia Union on Senior Day at home on Saturday afternoon.

THE BASICS

FINAL | Chowan 77, Virginia Union 83

RECORDS | Chowan 12-14 (5-12), Virginia Union 18-10 (13-4)

LOCATION | Murfreesboro, N.C. (Helms Center)

INSIDE THE BOXSCORE

Chowan was led offensively by lone senior, Demetrius Sanders.  Sanders recorded 24 points and seven rebounds.

Gus Rowland tallied a double-double with 17 points, 11 assists, and seven rebounds.  Xavier Young tallied a career-high 15 points.

Timothy Bing chipped in with 12 points.  Chowan shot 31.3% in the second half.

HOW IT HAPPENED

First Half:

Virginia Union jumped out to an early 7-2 lead as Timothy Bing notched the first points of the contest for the Hawks.

Chowan would go on a 19-2 run to take the lead 21-9.  Gus Rowland sparked the rally with a layup.  Demetrius Sanders would knock down a jumper off an assist from Rowland.  The run continued with a Xavier Young layup in transition and a Sanders layup.

Xavier Young, Gus Rowland, and Demetrius Sanders knocked down back-to-back-to-back three-pointers.  Sanders added a layup to give the Hawks the 21-9 advantage.

Timothy Bing, Gus Rowland, and Brandon Mayhan added layups to keep the Hawks in the lead by double-figures, 27-16.  Rowland knocked down a three-pointer and Xavier Young added a layup on the fast break to push the lead to 32-18.

Timothy Bing knocked down a three-pointer and Gus Rowland added two from the stripe.  The Panthers cut the deficit to six, 37-31, with a 9-0 run.  Bing added a layup and Michael Kelly went 1-2 from the stripe.

After a pair of free throws by the Panthers, Demetrius Sanders took the inbound and knocked down a three-pointer at the buzzer to lead 43-33 at the break.

Second Half:

Chowan and Virginia Union traded baskets in the early portion with Michael Kelly adding a layup and Demetrius Sanders tallying a three-pointer.  Another three-pointer by Sanders kept the Hawks in front by double-figures, 56-45.

Demetrius Sanders hit a jumper and Xavier Young knocked down a triple before the Panthers went on the attack.  VUU went on a 12-0 run to lead 64-62 with 7:26 remaining.

Demetrius Sanders evened the score with a dunk and Michael Kelly connected from deep to hand the lead back to the Hawks.  Gus Rowland recorded a layup to push the lead to 69-64.

The Panthers responded with a 15-3 run to lead 75-71 with 2:07 remaining.  Gus Rowland knocked down a pair from the stripe.  Xavier Young completed the three-point play and added two more free throws.

VUU salted away the contest at the stripe to take the win, 83-77.

UP NEXT

Chowan slipped to the sixth seed in the Northern Division with the loss.  The Hawks will play the seventh seeded Johnson C. Smith on Monday, February 25 in a play-in-game at the CIAA Tournament in Charlotte.

The Hawks lost to Johnson C. Smith on January 10, 61-54, on the road.