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CU Men's basketball wins in first Brent Vernon era game Brent Vernon's Campbellsville University Tigers rally late to earn season-opening win over Central Penn, 81-72, in a packed Powell Athletic Center, 203 Tiger Way, Campbellsville, KY house, with 826 in attendance. Click on headline for complete story w/photo By Jordan Alves, sports information director CAMPBELLSVILLE, KY - It wasn't pretty but the Brent Vernon era started with a win in front of a packed Powell Athletic Center, as the Tigers defeated Central Pennsylvania College, 81-72. Junior transfer Jalen Coates led all scorers with 22 points on 7-of-11 shooting and 3-of-5 from downtown. He also made 5-of-9 from the charity stripe, dished out four assists and grabbed four rebounds. Elliott Young pitched in 18 points on 6-of-12 shooting and also made 3-of-5 from deep. The storyline tonight was Campbellsville (1-0) came into the game much smaller than Central Penn (0-3) and the Tigers struggled on the boards. The Knights out-rebounded CU 54-30 with 18 of those on the offensive glass and scoring 25 second-change points. The Tigers were able to counter the poor rebounding effort with hard-nose in-your-face defense and forced 22 turnovers, scoring 21 points off those Central Penn mishaps. Coates led the way with four steals. "I don't know as a coach we will ever relax but I do feel like the monkey is off my back and we can just play basketball," said Vernon. "I was proud of our guys tonight because even though we came out hot and then went cold, the team never wavered from the game plan. We hung tough through the cold spells, picked our defense up, and that turned into big points down the stretch. "We had a great crowd tonight and I couldn't be more thankful for all the fans, students, alumni and supporters packing the gym tonight." Campbellsville came out of the gates on fire taking a 19-6 lead, as Coates and Andre Applewhite both drained a pair of triples in the early going. The Tigers eventually pushed their lead to as big as 16 points, 24-8, but Central Penn fought back. The Knights ended up going on a 19-6 run cutting CU's lead to two, 30-28, and forcing Vernon to call his first timeout. Out of the timeout, it was a dog fight until the very end. After the first seven minutes, Central Penn ended the half on a 30-13 run and took a 38-37 halftime lead. "We made shots early, but then got in a funk of settling and not making the extra pass like we did to start the game," said Vernon. "They started chipping away and instead of playing relaxed, we began to panic a little. We expected that from the first game of the year but our guys fought all the way to the end." The second half was much like the first. Central Penn would push the lead to two, 59-57, with 8:50 left but Campbellsville started to find its groove and the Knights started to get fatigued after three games in three days. Kelton Ford scored consecutive baskets to give CU a quick 4-0 run and the lead 61-59 - a lead it would not lose the rest of the night. After a free throw by Rodney Ross bringing the CPU deficit back to one, 61-60, Hagen Tyler, the reigning Mid-South Conference Freshman of the Year, found his stroke. Tyler buried a 3 to bring the Powell Athletic Center crowd to its feet with 7:26 left to spark Campbellsville late. Young ended up pushing Campbellsville's lead to five, 70-65, but it was Tyler coming in clutch once again. After a scramble for a loose ball, Young found his teammate open at the top of the key for his third triple of the night, giving CU a 74-67 lead - its largest since the 7:56 mark in the first half. Central Penn brought the deficit back to five, 74-69, but this time it was Young who came in clutch. He buried a triple with 2:15 left that ended the Knights rally and put the proverbial dagger in the coffin. "When it became crunch time, those are the guys (Elliott Young and Hagen Tyler) that made big shots," said Vernon. "Both of those guys are going to be expected to step up when we need a lift and tonight they did that. But it wasn't just shooting that kept us in the game, we made some stops late and got a few steals and baskets in transition that turned the game around." Down the stretch Campbellsville was able to hit 4-of-6 free thrown to ice the game. Young hit 1-of-2, while Ford hit 3-of-4. Overall, Campbellsville hit just 16-of-29 (55 percent) from the charity stripe. The Tigers were also out-scored in bench points, 33-16 and points in the paint 42-24. Tyrie Orosco led Central Penn with 21 points and grabbed a game-high 15 rebounds. This story was posted on 2016-10-27 01:41:55
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