 Center Isaac Butts attemps a lay-up amidst two Lees-McRae players during the game at Holmes Convocation Center Tuesday night. Photo by Casey Gahagan
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by MARC WALKER
Intern Sports Reporter
To chase down an opposing player and pin their basketball up against the glass is no easy task, and has almost become exclusively trademarked by Lebron James. Appalachian State guard Marcus Wright “Lebron-ed” an opposing player from Lees-McRae Tuesday night as the Mountaineers claimed a 77-44 win over the Bobcats.
The crowd erupted as ASU consistently put tremendous defensive pressure on Lees-McRae.
Wright came off the bench to help put ASU up to an early lead, 24-15, with slightly more than 11 minutes left in the first half.
Lees-McRae, clearly
smaller than Appalachian, attempted to make up for what they lacked in
size by scoring from the outside. However, they only shot 33.3 percent
from the field, and as the first half ended, Appalachian was up by 17
points.
Issac
Butts led the team in points at the half with 10, and ASU scored 24
points in the paint, just two points less than the Bobcats’ first half
total.
The second half went much the same as the first did, with Butts putting another two points on the board almost immediately.
“If the
[opposing] team isn’t going to respect us down low, then we’re going to
get the ball [down low] and score as much as possible,” Butts said.
With a
career high of 22 points in only 21 minutes, Butts does not seem
affected by a preseason injury has limited his practice time.
Coach
Buzz Peterson pulled out all the starters with around 4 minutes left,
yet Appalachian continued to put points on the board.
“Offensively,
of course [as] you saw, I want the ball to touch inside, I want a big
fellow to touch it. That has to be the emphasis for this team,”
Peterson said.
In the three games Ryann Abraham has played this season he has led the team in both assists and steals.
“It
doesn’t matter how many minutes you play, what position, [or] if you
start or not,” Abraham said. “If you get on the court, you’ve got to
get the job done.”
Photo by Casey Gahagan | The Appalachian
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