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Rette Solomon/Berry College
63
Warren Wilson M-30236 1-3,0-0 CAC
105
Winner Berry M-973 5-0,0-0 SAA
Warren Wilson M-30236
1-3,0-0 CAC
63
Final
105
Berry M-973
5-0,0-0 SAA
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
Warren Wilson M-30236 37 26 63
Berry M-973 41 64 105

Game Recap: Men's Basketball | | by Jason Hanes

Vikings Drub Warren Wilson

MOUNT BERRY Ga. - A 64-point second half helped Berry motor past Warren Wilson, 105-63, Saturday afternoon at The Cage Center in men's basketball action.

Four Vikings scored in double-figures, led by Robbie Rusciano's 18 in just 14 minutes of action. Braxton Benham added 16 in 15 minutes, with Riley Costas chipping in 13 and Blake Campbell netting 10. In all, 11 different Vikings found the scoresheet in the win.

Berry (5-0) gave up 13 second-chance points in the first half as the Owls (1-3) stayed close after the opening 20 minutes, as the Vikings led just 41-37. The Berry lead shrunk to two, 43-41, early in the second half, but the Vikings quickly turned up the wick offensively. Berry started to break Warren Wilson's trap with ease, and back-to-back assists by Benham led to easy baskets in transition for an eight-point advantage, 53-45. A pair of 3-pointers from Campbell and Jordan Kruger helped Berry the lead up to 14, 61-47, with 14:40 left. By the time the clock hit 10 minutes to go in regulation, Berry had a 76-55 lead.

With the Vikings up 78-57 with eight minutes left, Berry exploded for a 19-0 run to salt the game away. Five different Vikings scored in the run as the BC bench would soon be cleared with every available player seeing the floor. When JT Fulkrod connected on a 3-pointer with 2:01 remaining, the Vikings had hit the century mark for the first time since a 102-67 win over Warren Wilson Nov. 15, 2019.

Berry went 26-of-37 from the field in the second half, with nine of the 11 misses coming on tries from beyond-the-arc. Berry still connected on 14 3-point tries, hitting at a 41.2 percent clip.

The Vikings will be back in action next Saturday against Pfeiffer at The Cage Center. Tip-off is set for 2 p.m.
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