The University of Pikeville Bears won their season opener for the 16th straight season, downing Virginia University of Lynchburg, 95-57, at the Appalachian Wireless Arena on Sunday afternoon.
Teddy Parham Jr. paced a balanced scoring attack with 20 points. Shauun Monroe followed with 13 points. Korbin Spencer and Devin Collins tallied 11 each while Elijah Herron and Jacob Brown dropped in 10 apiece.
UPIKE will return to action in an exhibition game at Marshall University on Nov. 2. Game time is 6 pm.
At Pikeville
SCORE BY HALVES:
VL (0-1) …25 32 – 57
UP (1-0) ….42 53 – 95
Scoring:
Virginia-Lynchburg (57) – Marcus Willis 6(1) 1-3 16; Isaiah Anderson 5(1) 1-1 14; Cam Bush 5 0-0 10; Zachary Dunn 2 1-2 5; Mark Frazier 0 4-4 4; Christian Goode 1(1) 0-0 5; Jackson Kealy 1 0-0 2; Don Goode 0 1-2 1. Totals: 20(3) 8-12 57.
UPIKE (95) – Shaunn Monroe 5 3-6 13; Korbin Spencer 1(3) 0-0 11; Devin Collins 4(1) 0-0 11; Elijah Herron 5 0-1 10; Jacob Brown 4 2-2 10; Teddy Parham Jr. 5(2) 4-4 20; Bradley Bunch 2(1) 0-0 7; Noel Kintz 0(2) 0-0 6; Keynan Cutlip 0(1) 0-0 3; Mark Vance Jr. 1 0-0 2; Eloge Ntumba 1 0-0 2. Totals: 28(10) 9-15 95.
Next up: UPIKE (1-0) at Marshall University (0-0), exhibition, 6 pm, Nov. 2.