The University of Pikeville men’s basketball bears went on the road to Lindsey Wilson College on Thursday night and came away with a big conference win, beating the Blue Raiders, 72-58.
Darius Love paced the bears with 21 points as UPIKE improved to 6-7 0verall and 4-6 in Mid-South Conference action. Korbin Spencer added 17.
UPIKE will be back in action on Monday when they travel to Life University. Tipoff is 8 pm.
At Columbia
SCORE BY HALVES:
UP (6-7)……43 29 – 72
LWC (3-9)….32 26 – 58
Scoring:
UPIKE (72) – Darius Love 7(1) 4-4 21; Korbin Spencer 4(2) 3-4 17; Jamir Simpson 3 1-12 7; Malcolm Green 3 0-0 6; Jacob Brown 3 0-0 6; Kenyon Stone 2(1) 0-2 7; Christian Sweazie 0(2) 0-1 6; and Carl Campbell 1 0-0 2. Totals: 23(6) 8-12 72.
Lindsey Wilson (58) – Elijah Jordan 9 5-7 23; Ryan Friday 6 1-1 13; Colen Gaynor 3 4-4 10; Travez Nyx 2 0-0 4; Giir Ring 1 1-2 3; Payton Cundiff 0(1) 0-0 3; and Josh Smith 1 0-0 2. Totals: 22(1) 11-14 58.
Next up: UPIKE (6-7) at Life University (4-3), 8 pm, Jan. 18.