Game 670 - Tusculum at Wingate

January 19 at Cuddy Arena in Wingate, NC
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Outstanding scoring game for Tusculum's Donovan Donaldson, but it was his distribution that ended up being a savior for Tusculum.

Donaldson scored a career-high 32 points, but his assist on Brandon Mitchell's dunk with eight seconds to go in the second half sent the game into overtime. Donaldson's final points - a long two at the end of the overtime - made it an 80-77 game and Wingate's attempt to tie fell well short as time expired.

Donaldson was 13-of-23 from the field and hit half of his 12 three-point attempts for the visitors, who won their fourth straight after an 0-4 start in South Atlantic Conference play (and snapped a four-game losing streak in the series).

Wingate, which came into the night tied with three other teams for second place in the conference, didn't score in overtime after Marco Haskins' two free throws put the Bulldogs in front 77-75 with 3 1/2 minutes to play. Tusculum's offense wasn't much better, but Mitchell went 2-of-2 from the line to tie the game at 77-77 with about a minute and a half to play, and his 1-of-2 trip with 51 seconds left gave the Pioneers the lead for good.

Basketball phrases/nonsense

Sam Hyman (pxp) and Eddie Lewis (cc)

"volume shooter" (2)
"Jakob Dawkins, Mr. Garbage Man himself"
"50-50 balls"
"a tear drop finisher"
"he motors across the timeline"

Also, we had this exchange:

Hyman: "he does the nitty gritty stuff to win games"
Lewis: "...and that's stuff you can't teach"

And, game tied, under two minutes to play. Hyman: "winning plays will be needed"

thanks, Sam!