Birmingham-Southern College Athletics

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – With three games remaining in the conference schedule, the Birmingham-Southern Panthers increased their lead in the East Division to one and a half games today, defeating the Sewanee Tigers 58-41. With the victory, the Panthers improve to 18-3 on the season and 10-3 in SCAC-play. The Tigers’ woes continue, falling to 4-17 overall and 1-12 in league play.

The Panthers led the whole way, taking a 24-13 lead into the halftime. The Panthers then tacked on a 10-0 run to open the second half to go up 34-13 with 15:23 to play. The Tigers took a time out to stop the bleeding, but were still unable to score again until the 13:26 mark. The three points were returned on the next trip down the court thanks to a Kevin Kegarise swish from beside the SCAC logo. 

Roger Williams led the Panthers offensively with 11 points and five rebounds on the day. Caleb Lee also pulled down a team-leading five rebounds. The Panthers shooting improved greatly in the second half, coming up to 41 percent from their halftime mark of just 36 percent. The Panthers’ long-range shooting more than doubled  to  4-of-23 from behind the arc for the half, after going a frigid 1-of-12 in the first half. BSC was 8-of-13 (62 percent) from the charity stripe. Sewanee shot 31 percent (12-of-39) from the field, 30 percent from three (7-of-23), and went 10-of-23 from the foul line for 44 percent.