MURFREESBORO, N.C. – The Chowan Men's Basketball team used the home court advantage to stymie the Bulldogs of Barton and secure the fifth seed in the Conference Carolinas Championship with a 92-85 victory on Wednesday evening.

THE BASICS

FINAL | Chowan 92, Barton 85

RECORDS | Chowan 14-11 (12-8), Barton 16-11 (14-6)

LOCATION | Murfreesboro, N.C. (Hawks Athletic Center)

INSIDE THE BOXSCORE

Daylan Askew paced the Hawks with 18 points.  RJ Wilson (15), Preston Le Gassick (13), Isaac Hippolyte (11), and Jay Estime (10) scored in double-figures for the Hawks.

Cheick Traore hauled in 12 rebounds in 15 minutes of action.

HOW IT HAPPENED

First Half:

After a 6-0 run by Barton, Chowan countered with a 22-4 run to lead 22-10.  Isaac Hippolyte and RJ Wilson added a basket to start the run.  Christian Koonce hit three free throws before Jay Estime hit a jumper.  Donavon Martin added a jumper and an alley-oop from Preston Le Gassick.  Skyler Davies hit a three-pointer before Le Gassick posted a three-point play for the large lead.

Veigar Alexandersson added a basket along with a three-pointer by Jay Estime and a pair of layups by RJ Wilson and Isaac Hippolyte kept the Hawks in front, 31-24.  Daylan Askew hit a triple along with a jumper by Preston Le Gassick pushed the lead back to double-figures, 39-29.

Daylan Askew and Skyler Davies picked up points before the end of the half to lead 43-35.

Second Half:

Daylan Askew, Christian Koonce, RJ Wilson, and Isaac Hippolyte added baskets to start the half to fight off the Barton attack as the Bulldogs cut the deficit to 50-48.  Preston Le Gassick hit a pair of three-pointers to push the lead back to double-digits.

Daylan Askew added a layup in transition along with a pair of free throws by Christian Koonce.  RJ Wilson added a pair of baskets along with a pair of layups by Isaac Hippolyte another pair of freebies by Koonce pushed the lead to 79-61.

Jay Estime hit a three-pointer along with a pair of free throws by Preston Le Gassick and a layup by Daylan Askew stretched the lead to 87-67 with 3:39 remaining.

Barton would start to cut into the deficit at the free throw line before Daylan Askew and RJ Wilson posted a basket each.  As the end of the benches were used, Barton ended the contest on a 9-0 run before falling 92-85.

UP NEXT

Chowan will host the winner of Mount Olive and Lees-McRae on Monday, February 27.