Box Score ADRIAN, Mich.--Junior
Cameron McEvans scored a Lawrence Tech career-high 17 points off the bench to lead all scorers as the Blue Devils held off Siena Heights, 69-60, in a Wolverine-Hoosier Athletic Conference men's basketball game at the SHU Field House on Coach Fred Smith Court on Saturday afternoon. Lawrence Tech improves to 9-7 on the season, including a 6-5 WHAC mark, while the Saints are now 6-10 overall and 3-7 in the conference.
Lawrence Tech Highlights
- Senior Nathaniel Ward added 11 points, seven steals, six rebounds and three assists.
- Classmate Brandon Beavers (7 points) recorded game highs of 12 rebounds and four assists.
- Junior Blake Lund contributed 14 points off the bench on 4-for-5 field goal shooting (2-2 3FGs) and 4-for-4 at the free throw line. He also had six rebounds and two steals.
Siena Heights Highlights
- Delano Williams led SHU with 17 points and two assists.
- Jonas Tester added 10 points, four rebounds, two assists and three steals.
- Colin Nutter (9 points) led the Saints with nine rebounds and he had two steals.
How it Happened
- Despite shooting just 35 percent from the floor, LTU made up for that by making seven more three-point field goals (9-2) than SHU while also converting 18 of 23 free throw attempts for a 78.3 clip.
- The Blue Devils also had a deeper bench by outscoring SHU's, 33-14.
- After SHU went on a 14-3 run over a span of almost 5 minutes to erase LTU's biggest lead of 14 points (57-43) to cut the deficit to 60-57 with 2 minutes and 25 seconds left in the game, McEvans and senior Alejandro Gonzalez (9 points, 4 rebounds, 3 assists) hit crucial corner treys to rebuild the lead to 66-57 with 72 seconds remaining to seal it. The latter 3ball was set up by a Ward steal.
- Lawrence Tech led 31-29 at halftime despite shooting 27.8 percent from the field in the first half, when SHU made 48.1 percent of its attempts.
- Siena Heights took its last lead on a traditional three-point play by Williams that made the score 37-34 at the18:01 mark of the second half.
- Beavers then made a layup that ignited LTU's big run on its way to a 14-point cushion later in the half.
- In the early going, the contest featured four ties and five lead changes.
Beyond the Boxscore
- Siena Heights leads the all-time series 13-9, but LTU has been victorious in the last seven meetings.
- Ward's seven steals are one shy of the LTU single-game record.
- Beavers now has 1,305 points in his LTU career and needs seven to break Jake Mullin's all-time school record of 1311, set from 2012-16.
- McEvans' previous LTU scoring high has been 16 points, accomplished twice this season.
Up Next
- The Blue Devils will host Cornerstone University for a WHAC matchup on Wednesday (7:30 p.m.) at the Don Ridler Field House.
