Coker Trio Shine Against Catawba
Aaron Hall, Jonah Vaysbakh, and Xavier Moultrie lead the Cobras in their Win against Catawba College.
Hartsville, S.C.: The Cobras welcomed Catawba College to the Deloach Center tonight. Coker outscored Catawba 57-40 in the second half to claim its first conference win of the season.
By The Numbers:
- Final Score
- Coker | 92
- Catawba | 85
- Records
- Coker | 2-19 (1-14)
- Catawba | 15-6 (10-5)
Top Performers:
- Aaron Hall: 24 points, 7 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 steal
- Jonah Vaysbakh: 21 points, 8 rebounds, 2 assists
- Xavier Moultrie: 22 points, 6 rebounds, 2 assists,
- Zundra "Deuce" Jackson: 7 points, 8 assists, 2 rebounds, 3 steals, 1 block
- Predrag Panisic: 9 points, 7 rebounds, 2 assists
How it Happened:
- In the first half, the Cobras jumped out to a 4-point lead early in the game with Aaron Hall putting up 5 in the opening minutes of the contest.
- Heading into the halfway point of the first half, the Cobras grew their lead to 5 points just before the commercial break with a BIG 3 from Jonah Vaysbakh in the corner.
- Catawba went on a 13-point run in the dying moments of the 1st half to go into the break with a 10-point lead. Jonah Vaysbakh was leading in all stat lines with 4 rebounds and 11 points for the Cobras.
- Coming out of the break, Zundra "Deuce" Jackson drained a 3-pointer to start the scoring in the 2nd half.
- Xavier Moultrie came up huge for the hittin back-to-back corner 3's to bring Coker within 5.
- With 13 minutes left to play, the Cobras retook the lead after a 7-point run that was finished off by a HUGE 2-pointer and 1 from Aaron Hall to make the score 55-53.
- The final lead change came with 6:34 left in the game via Aaron Hall at the free throw line (2/2).
- Aaron Hall, Xavier Moultrie, and Jonah Vaysbakh all hit the 20+ points figure to help lift the Cobras to their first Conference win of the Season and a final score of 92-85
Words for Coach:
Ben Lewis: "How important was that first Win?"
Coach Nick Pasqua
"Oh man, it was huge. It was a long time coming. We've been close just about every game; we just haven't been able to close the games out. So it feels good."
What's Next?
The Cobras will welcome Mars Hill at the DeLoach Center this Saturday. The game is scheduled for a 4:00 PM tipoff.
#GoCobras
