Box Score
BLUEFIELD --- Roanoke stayed up on Div. II Bluefield St. throughout most of the second half, but the Big Blue prevailed with an 84-81 victory over the Maroons in non-conference action Tuesday evening at Shott Gymnasium. The men slip to 0-3 while the Big Blue improve to 1-1 on the young season.

The Big Blues were up, 24-18 midway through the first half, but the Maroons fought back and eventually tied the game at 32-32 on a tip-in from Jack Hamilton with 3:11 left in the half.

Back-to-back buckets gave BSC a four-point lead, 36-32 with less than two minutes left in the half. A layup from Zach Barrett and a dunk by Kwasi Amponsah knotted the game at 36 going into intermission

Bluefield St. scored the opening bucket of the second half before the Maroons took off, going on a 14-3 run over the next four minutes to take a seemingly commanding 50-39 lead. It was the largest lead of the game for the Maroons.

Bluefield quickly erased the 11-point Maroon lead as they responded with a 17-6 run over the ensuing five minutes to tie the game at 56-all with 11-minutes left.

For the remainder of the game there were six ties and five lead changes as neither team could pull away more than a four-point margin.

Alex Webb hit a three-pointer with 7:50 remaining in regulation to tie game and took the lead for good with two made free-throws by Trevor Niles shortly after. The Maroons tied only three more times as the Big Blue hit all six free throws down the stretch to hold off the Maroons late for their first win of the season.

Roanoke held advantages in points in the paint (22-17), second chance scoring (17-2) and in rebounding (56-42) for the first time this season. The Maroons, however, shot 37% from the floor (30-81), 18% from three-point range (3-16) and 66.7% from the charity stripe (18-27). Bluefield won where it counted, shooting 43.5% overall (30-69), including 80.8% from the line (21-26).

Logan Singleton doubled his performance on Sunday vs. Ferrum with a 26-point outburst tonight. Hamilton poured in career-bests of 20 points, 16 rebounds and four assists, followed by Amponsah with 19 counters.

Chase Morgan and Trever Niles paced Bluefield St. with 32 and 30 points, respectively. Morgan connected on all 10 free throw attempts and was 11-of-18 from the field including four assists. Niles, who converted all six of his free-throw attempts, also pulled down a team-best 15 rebounds for a double-double.

The men will return to action on Sunday, Nov. 27 as they take on Goucher (MD) in non-conference action. Tip-off is scheduled for 2 p.m.

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