The University of Central Arkansas men s basketball team lost 93-81 to Lipscomb on Thursday night at the Farris Center as five Bisons reached double figures.
THE ESSENTIALS WHAT #44 Michigan (6-3) vs #200 Lipscomb (7-4) WHERE Crisler Arena Ann Arbor, MI WHEN 4:00 PM Saturday THE LINE Kenpom: M -14 Torvik: M -13 TELEVISION BTN Plus(?!) THE OVERVIEW Lipscomb had a great year in 2019, finishing 45th in Kenpom with a 29-8 record, but got relegated to the NIT after a loss in the ASUN conference tournament final. That led Belmont to hire away Casey Alexander, and in the three years and change since the Bisons have been thoroughly middling under Lennie Acuff. Acuff's conference record three years in is 24-23. This year is likely to be more of the same. They check in at #200 on Kenpom and have a split personality kind of schedule featuring losses to #333 Alabama A&M, #282 Tennessee St, #256 South Dakota, and a one-point win a couple days ago over #325 Tennessee Tech. On the flip side they've beaten Belmont, Chattanooga, and Navy, all reasonably good teams, and came up a bucket short against #90 Notre Dame at ND. So I guess that's
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (AP) Garrett Hicks scored 20 points as Alabama A&M beat Lipscomb 63-59 on Friday night. Hicks also had five rebounds and three steals for the Bulldogs (3-5). Cameron Tucker added 13 points while going 6 of 11 and 1 of 3 from the free throw line, and he also had seven rebounds.