{"id":1177,"date":"2021-01-03T23:49:11","date_gmt":"2021-01-04T04:49:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kentuckysports.net\/?p=1177"},"modified":"2021-01-03T23:50:20","modified_gmt":"2021-01-04T04:50:20","slug":"three-patriots-hit-double-figures-as-uc-opens-2021-with-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kentuckysports.net\/?p=1177","title":{"rendered":"Three Patriots hit double figures as UC opens 2021 with win"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"13c398acb195b4bd84e993cb56669758\" data-index=\"6\" style=\"float: none; margin:10px 0 10px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Above Post Ad 2 -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:inline-block;width:638px;height:70px\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-4024319323781499\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"8631827568\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p><em>UC Athletics<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Tommy Chasanoff, Assistant Athletic Director for Sports Information\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>WILLIAMSBURG \u2013 <\/strong>The 11<sup>th<\/sup>-ranked Patriots men&#8217;s basketball team had three players in double figures as they returned to their winning ways, defeating Thomas More, 70-63, Saturday afternoon on Randy Vernon Court.\u00a0 With the win Cumberlands improves to 9-3 overall and 3-3 in conference play, while the Saints move to 3-2 overall and 1-2 against the MSC.<\/p>\n<p><dfn>Josh Williams<\/dfn> led the way for the Patriots with 17 points on 6-10 from the field.\u00a0 <dfn>Tevin Olison<\/dfn> added 12 points and grabbed eight rebounds, while <dfn>Jahi Hinson<\/dfn> chipped in 12 points, eight rebounds, and four assists.\u00a0 <dfn>Ismiell Etienne<\/dfn> added eight points off the bench.<\/p>\n<p>Williams got the scoring started for UC with a lay-up followed by a bucket from <dfn>Deng Mayot<\/dfn> to put Cumberlands in\u00a0 front 4-0.\u00a0 Hinson and Olison each hit a field goal to get in the scoring column and Mayot converted a pair of free throws to give UC a 10-6 advantage four minutes into the game. The Saints evened the score at 10-10, however Williams\u00a0 converted a three-point play to keep the Patriots in front.\u00a0 Cumberlands went on a 13-5 run, that spanned six minutes, to take a 26-15 lead with 9:14 remaining in the first half.\u00a0 A few minutes later, Olison netted five straight points to extend UC&#8217;s lead to 31-18 with 6:04 remaining.\u00a0 Thomas More mounted a comeback scoring 11 unanswered points to cut the lead to two points before a <dfn>Steven Fitzgerald<\/dfn> free throw gave the Patriots a 32-29 edge at the break.<\/p>\n<p>The two teams traded baskets to start the second half until UC went on an 10-2 run to take a 50-40 lead with 11:34 remaining.\u00a0 That run was sparked by a <dfn>Lamar Harris<\/dfn> steal and hustle play to get the ball to Fitzgerald for a lay-up.\u00a0 <dfn>Ismiell Etienne<\/dfn> netted six straight Cumberlands points to keep the Patriots in front 56-49.\u00a0 Two minutes later, Olison drained a three-pointer to give UC a 61-51 advantage with 4:49 left.\u00a0 Thomas More went on a 7-2 run to cut the lead to five, however, the Patriots responded with a bucket from Williams. Cumberlands went 5-6 from the foul line to close out the game and secure the 70-63 win.<\/p>\n<p>Cumberlands finished the game shooting 52.9% from the field and 13-19 from the charity stripe.<\/p>\n<p>The Patriots \u00a0return to the court Monday, January 4, when they host Pikeville at 8 p.m. on Randy Vernon Court.\u00a0 This will be a rematch of last year&#8217;s MSC Tournament semifinals.\u00a0 Live video is available here, while live stats are available here.<\/p>\n<!--CusAds0-->\n<div style=\"font-size: 0px; height: 0px; line-height: 0px; margin: 0; padding: 0; clear: both;\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UC Athletics Tommy Chasanoff, Assistant Athletic Director for Sports Information\u00a0 WILLIAMSBURG \u2013 The 11th-ranked Patriots men&#8217;s basketball team had three players in double figures as they<span class=\"excerpt-hellip\"> [\u2026]<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":986,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[262,6,355,23],"tags":[88,244,361,352,332,356],"class_list":["post-1177","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cumberlands","category-mens-basketball","category-thomas-more","category-top-news","tag-basketball","tag-cumberlands","tag-jahi-hinson","tag-josh-williams","tag-tevin-olison","tag-thomas-more"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kentuckysports.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1177","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kentuckysports.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kentuckysports.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kentuckysports.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kentuckysports.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1177"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/kentuckysports.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1177\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1180,"href":"https:\/\/kentuckysports.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1177\/revisions\/1180"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kentuckysports.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/986"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kentuckysports.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1177"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kentuckysports.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1177"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kentuckysports.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1177"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}