JACKSON, Miss. - The Belhaven University Men's Basketball team dropped their season opening contest at Rugg Arena on Wednesday afternoon to Birmingham-Southern College by a final score of 110-97.

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INSIDE THE MATCHUP

Final:  Birmingham-Southern College 110, Belhaven 97

Records: Belhaven 0-1 (0-0), Birmingham-Southern College 1-0 (0-0)

Location:  | Rugg Arena | Jackson, Miss.

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HOW IT HAPPENED

-    The Blazers started off the season on an impressive note as they jumped out to a quick 8-0 lead.

-    After connecting on two free throws, Birmingham-Southern would end the Blazers 8-0 run, but a three-pointer by Jonathan Durham would give the Blazers a 11-2 cushion.

-    Two straight BSC three-pointers would cut the lead to 13-10, yet the Blazers once again would use their three ball to hit three straight three's to push their lead to 22-12 with 14:43 left until the half.

-    Birmingham-Southern made things interesting in the first half as they would fight back and eventually take their first lead of the game with a layup and a free throw to give the Panthers a 28-27 lead.

-    The Blazers would yet again regain the lead and even work the lead to nine points on two separate occasions as they were sitting with a 48-39 cushion with 4:47 left until the half.

-    Despite being down nine points, the Panthers would go on a 10-0 run to regain their second lead of the contest, 49-48 with 2:24 left to go in half number one.

-    Heading into halftime, Belhaven found itself ahead by only one point with the score being 52-51.

-    Birmingham-Southern took the lead on a fast break layup right out of halftime to take the 53-52 lead.

-     Belhaven marched back down the court and took the lead 55-54, but this would be the final lead for the Blazers all night.

-    A Birmingham-Southern layup with 19:04 until the end of regulation was enough to give the Panthers the lead for the remainder of the contest.

-    The second half was a different story as the Blazers would go on to fall by a final of 110-97 in the season opener.

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KEY STATISTICS

-    The Blazers scored a total of 24 points off of turnovers compared to the Panthers 6 points.

-    As a team, Belhaven recorded 43 points off of the bench. 

-    Belhaven was 18-57 from three-point range.

-    The Panthers recorded 46 total points in the paint while Belhaven had 22 points in the paint.

-    BSC played fast with 20 fast break points, while Belhaven only had 6 points.

-    Senior Ron Davis led the way on the night with 17 points, 3 assists, and 2 steals and a team-high five three-pointers.

-    Brent Webber, finished second on the team with four three's made while adding 12 points.

-    Rick Hodum collected 11 total points on the night along with 3 assists and Kyle Patterson Sr. had 10 points and tied for a team-high 4 assists.

-    Freshman Joshua Roberts in his debut finished with a team high 3 steals and tallied 8 points and 4 assists.

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UP NEXT

Belhaven will return to Rugg Arena next Wednesday to take on Rhodes College for their second game of the season. Tip off is set for 5:30 p.m. 

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