10-31-2010, 01:10 PM
Bears win opener, set to play UK Monday
Published: October 29, 2010 9:44 PM
PIKEVILLE, Ky. â All 14 players in uniform played at least nine minutes and all scored as the Pikeville College Bears opened the 2010-11 season with a 107-62 win over Temple Baptist College Friday night at the East Kentucky Expo Center.
Five players reached double figures in the win but none had more than 11 points for the Bears, who will travel to Lexington on Monday to play the University of Kentucky.
All was well with the Bears on Friday. They shot 51.1 percent from the field, had a 2:1 turnover ratio (22 assists, 11 turnovers) and finished with 18 steals in the easy win, during which they held a 49-28 lead at the break.
For Temple Baptist, Ontiwon Primus led the way with 12 points and added seven rebounds. He was the only player in double figures in the scoring column for the Rams.
Pikeville got a double-double from senior Quincy Hankins-Cole. The transfer from Nebraska had 10 points and 10 rebounds, four off the offensive glass, and had three steals.
Three Bears had 11 points in the win. Senior Vance Cooksey, a transfer from Youngstown State, who led the team with five assists in the win. Senior Ryan Whitaker hit all three of his three-point shots for 11 and added four assists, while junior Kane Belcher was 5-of-6 from the floor for 11 points and pulled down six rebounds.
The solid numbers were all around. Senior Carlos Woodard, in his first game after transferring from Indiana Tech, had eight points and eight rebounds, while senior Andre Thornton added eight points and six boards.
Five different Bears had at least four rebounds. Three players â senior Justin Hicks, junior Kyan Hines and Hankins-Cole â had three steals apiece.
Monday nightâs exhibition with Kentucky will tip off at 7 p.m. The next home game is Wednesday, Nov. 10 when the Bears play host to Glenville State (W.Va.) College. That game tips off at 8 p.m.
Published: October 29, 2010 9:44 PM
PIKEVILLE, Ky. â All 14 players in uniform played at least nine minutes and all scored as the Pikeville College Bears opened the 2010-11 season with a 107-62 win over Temple Baptist College Friday night at the East Kentucky Expo Center.
Five players reached double figures in the win but none had more than 11 points for the Bears, who will travel to Lexington on Monday to play the University of Kentucky.
All was well with the Bears on Friday. They shot 51.1 percent from the field, had a 2:1 turnover ratio (22 assists, 11 turnovers) and finished with 18 steals in the easy win, during which they held a 49-28 lead at the break.
For Temple Baptist, Ontiwon Primus led the way with 12 points and added seven rebounds. He was the only player in double figures in the scoring column for the Rams.
Pikeville got a double-double from senior Quincy Hankins-Cole. The transfer from Nebraska had 10 points and 10 rebounds, four off the offensive glass, and had three steals.
Three Bears had 11 points in the win. Senior Vance Cooksey, a transfer from Youngstown State, who led the team with five assists in the win. Senior Ryan Whitaker hit all three of his three-point shots for 11 and added four assists, while junior Kane Belcher was 5-of-6 from the floor for 11 points and pulled down six rebounds.
The solid numbers were all around. Senior Carlos Woodard, in his first game after transferring from Indiana Tech, had eight points and eight rebounds, while senior Andre Thornton added eight points and six boards.
Five different Bears had at least four rebounds. Three players â senior Justin Hicks, junior Kyan Hines and Hankins-Cole â had three steals apiece.
Monday nightâs exhibition with Kentucky will tip off at 7 p.m. The next home game is Wednesday, Nov. 10 when the Bears play host to Glenville State (W.Va.) College. That game tips off at 8 p.m.