SPARTANBURG, S.C. – The Chowan Men's Basketball team survived and advanced the Bobcat attack from Lees-McRae in the Quarterfinals of the Atlantic Casualty Conference Carolinas Men's Basketball Championship on Friday afternoon.

THE BASICS

FINAL | Chowan 81, Lees-McRae 76

RECORDS | Chowan 20-8, Lees-McRae 19-11

LOCATION | Spartanburg, S.C. (Jerry Richardson Indoor Stadium)

INSIDE THE BOXSCORE

The win gives the Hawks their school record 20th victory taking the previous record of 19 wins from the 2015-16 season.  It also marks the second trip to the semifinal round for the Hawks in the Conference Carolinas and first since the 2020-21 Spring season.

Daylan Askew posted his 16th 20+ point outing of the season after pouring in 21 points, five rebounds, two assists, and two steals.  Preston Le Gassick notched 19 points on 6-11 shooting adding six rebounds, two steals, and two blocks.

RJ Wilson notched his school record 15th double-double of the season with 12 points and 10 rebounds while going 6-6 from the charity stripe.

Cheick Traore led the Hawks with 15 rebounds.

Lees-McRae started the contest on a 14-3 run before the Hawks rallied back to take a 34-33 lead with 3:30 remaining in the first half.  LMC went on an 8-3 run to end the half as the Bobcats went 8-13 from deep in the first half.

Chowan opened up the second half on a 14-3 run to lead 50-45.  The Hawks would maintain their slim advantage until Lees-McRae rallied with a 9-2 run during a 45 second stretch to close the gap to 77-76 with 16.3 remaining.

Skyler Davies and RJ Wilson connected from the charity stripe to salt away the contest.

UP NEXT

Chowan will take on the two-seeded Emmanuel Lions on Saturday, March 9 at 2:45pm in Spartanburg, S.C.