ELKINS, W. Va. - The Frostburg State Men's Basketball team fell on the road Thursday night to Davis Elkins 108-100. Junior Agyei Edwards led the Bobcats with 36 points and three rebounds.
Junior Bo Schene opened the scoring for the Bobcats after converting on a layup 30 seconds into the game. A jumper from senior Desmond Rene followed by a three pointer from Edwards on the next possession earned FSU a 17-13 lead at the 15:30 mark. The lead changed six different times through the middle of the first half.
A three pointer from senior Jihar Williams at 8:05 brought the Bobcats within three at 36-33. The Senators were able to capitalize on some fouls and free throws at the line to pull away. Williams again would strike right before the halftime buzzer with a layup to decrease the D&E lead to 57-49.
FSU started the second half with a free throw from graduate Canaan Bartley and a three pointer from junior Juston Bailey to put the Bobcats down only 59-53. A Senators three pointer gave the home team a ten-point lead 70-60 at 16:10. A three pointer from Edwards at 13:04 cut the deficit down to nine at 74-65 for FSU. At the 11:20 mark, sophomore Jaylon Johnson converted on three free throws to put Frostburg down only 78-70. Â
Edwards made another three pointer and converted on two free throws to make the score 82-75 with 9:09 left to play. Frostburg went on a ten-point run powered by six points from Bartley to take an 84-82 lead over the host. A layup from Edwards and another from senior Joe Adedayo earned a 91-86 lead for the Bobcats.
The Senators took the lead 99-98 off two free throws from Sam Rolle IV. Another Edwards layup put FSU within one at 101-100 with 52 seconds left. But D&E made a layup with 41 seconds and were able to close the game out to defeat the Bobcats 108-100. Â
Edwards shot 70% from the three-point line while Bartley recorded 16 points, five rebounds, and five assists. Schene added eight points with 4 assists and eight rebounds on the night.
Frostburg are back in action on Sunday, Jan. 10
th as they take on West Virginia Wesleyan for a 4 pm tipoff in Bobcat Arena. For more information go to www.frostburgsports.com.
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