[Panther Thunder]

Final from Gtown.

[MVP2]

Great effort Bears! Congrats G-town!

[BeaverCreek Connection]

Pikeville should have won the game in regulation, but anyway a great game. Certainly proves that Pikeville deserves thier ranking.

[OffTheHook]

Dang! Nice effort Bears!

[Redneck]

Pikeville had it, Ferguson foulin out in the 4th hurt em.

[15thRegionSlamaBamma]

well G'Town really shot themselves in the foot in regulation shooting 5 for 20 from the free throw line. The Bears will get the chance for redemption in Feb when G'Town makes the trip to Pikeville we need to have that place packed out.

[BlackcatAlum]

Congrats Georgetown... Great effort Bears!

[Beef]

well G'Town really shot themselves in the foot in regulation shooting 5 for 20 from the free throw line. The Bears will get the chance for redemption in Feb when G'Town makes the trip to Pikeville we need to have that place packed out.

Will this game be at PC or the Expo?

[OMG]

Will this game be at PC or the Expo?

great game bears!!

i hope they have it in the old gym, much better home atmosphere in there, but the expo is really nice to play in i suppose

[15thRegionSlamaBamma]

in the old gym on the 21st at 8pm unless it changes

[bobcatfan22]

How is justin hicks doing up at pikeville?

[RavenBoy]

How is justin hicks doing up at pikeville?

He is doing great, He did well last night also.
That game had the worst Refs ever, even worse than UK's

[vundy33]

Sounds like an awesome game...I'll have to get me a Pikeville shirt and and go to the game when they come to Pikeville lol.

[15thRegionSlamaBamma]

How is justin hicks doing up at pikeville?

he had I think 23 against WV Tech in their over time win...then against G'Townh he had double figures.

[Bull Dawg Fan]

How is justin hicks doing up at pikeville?

Saturday, January 26, 2008
Freshman Hicks shoots No. 17 Bears to OT win
PIKEVILLE, Ky. – If freshman Justin Hicks plays all Mid-South Conference games like he did his first one, he’s in for quite a career.

The 5-11 Hazard native had 14 of his 24 points in the final 25 seconds of regulation and overtime to lead No. 17 Pikeville College to a 99-96 win over West Virginia University Tech Saturday.

League play finally began on this final Saturday in January in the MSC, and the Bears extended their win streak to 14 games in improbable fashion.

The game was tied – for the seventh time in the second half alone – at 68 with 6:29 remaining before junior Victor McGee went on his own personal 8-0 run, scoring on three layups and a pair of free throws, the latter coming with 4:32 left to give the guests a 76-68 lead.

The Beas managed to cut it to four (78-74) with 2:24 left when senior Jeff Ferguson scored inside.

The lead was 81-77 with 45 seconds left before Hicks took over. He scored on a layup with 25 seconds left, then another with 16 ticks remaining to gut the lead to 83-81. Senior Ronald Eskridge split a pair of free throws with 14 seconds left to make it a three-point game. Junior Xavier Yates scored on a layup six seconds later to pull the Bears within one before senior Brandon Moore – a 96 percent free throw shooter on the season – missed one and then made one making it a two-point game with four seconds left.

The Bears got the ball into the offensive end and into Hicks’ hands, drawing the foul with 2.9 seconds left. The freshman calmly sank both tosses to tie the game at 85 and send it to overtime.

Hicks then had the first four points for the Bears in overtime, the last two coming from the line to tie the game at 89 with 3:41 left. After junior Brent Butler scored on a layup, the Bears scored the next six points, including two more Hicks free throws with 1:16 left to put the Bears on top 95-91.

Moore sank a three with one second left to pull the Golden Bears back within two, but another freshman, this time Jared Litzinger, sank a toss and when he missed the second, Tech couldn’t get off a desperation shot to end the game.

Ferguson joined Hicks with 24 points, grabbing nine rebounds to go with three blocks, three steals and two assists. Junior William Harris had 17 and five rebounds while junior Haakim Johnson tossed in 12.

West Virginia Tech (10-7, 0-1) had six of their 10 players reach double figures in scoring. Sam Robertson, a 6-6 junior from Jacksonville, led the way with 20 points. Moore and Eskridge followed with 14 apiece. Eskridge, a senior from Los Angeles, added 14 rebounds and Tech won that battle 47-38.

Butler had 13 points and seven assists, while junior Victor McGee followed with 12 and senior Louis Rome 11.

Pikeville will put its win streak on the line on Thursday when it visits second-ranked Georgetown College. West Virginia Tech will go back home on Thursday night to host Cumberlands.

--PC--


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