HUNTINGTON, Ind. – The Indiana Tech men's basketball team hit 20 threes in their 114-78 win over Holy Cross in a neutral site game at Huntington University on Saturday. The 20 threes are the most by an Indiana Tech team in at least a dozen years.
Holy Cross got off to a hot start, hitting three straight threes to take a 9-3 lead two minutes into the contest. With Holy Cross ahead 11-5, Indiana Tech used a 13-0 run to swing the lead in their favor at 17-11.
Holy Cross cut the lead to two at 19-17, but a 7-0 run put Tech ahead 26-17. Indiana Tech took a 33-20 lead with nine minutes to go in the first half.
Indiana Tech used three straight threes to extend their lead to 20 at 45-25. With a 47-30 lead, Tech scored 11 straight points to extend the advantage to 58-30. Indiana Tech led 70-41 at halftime.
The Warriors led by as many as 36 in the second half to cruise to a 114-78 victory.
Indiana Tech had eight players score in double figures, led by
Evan Haroldson with a career-high 20 points on 8-11 shooting, including 4-7 from three.
Logan Beaston nearly had a triple double with 18 points (6-9 from three), nine rebounds and seven assists.
Caleb Lehrman,
Jaxon Pardon, and
Eric Hobson each added 11 points, and the trio of
Dallas Roberts,
Steele Brasfield, and
Trey Yoder each scored 10 apiece.
Indiana Tech went 20-42 from the three-point line in the win.
The Warriors move to 3-2 on the year. Indiana Tech returns to action next Saturday at crosstown rival Saint Francis.
