John Brown edges Lyon College at the buzzer, 77-76
November 15, 2007
By Gene McCoy
Lyon Sports Information Director
BATESVILLE - Andrius Mikutis scored on a layup at the buzzer to give the John Brown University Golden Eagles a 77-76 win over the Lyon College Scots Thursday evening in nonconference play.
Lyon's Jonathan Donaldson sank two free throws with :08.2 remaining to send the Scots to a 76-75 advantage, but Joel Tesis found Mikutis under the bucket for the game winner.
John Brown improves to a perfect 5-0 this season. Lyon sinks to 2-2.
Donaldson led all scorers with 25 points on 9 of 15 shooting from the floor and 5 of 6 from the free-throw line. Teammate Levi Taylor added 14 on 6 of 15 from the field and 9 of 11 from the charity stripe.
Tesis paced the Golden Eagles with 24 points and a game-high 11 rebounds. Mikutis earned 16 points and Cody Page pitched in 12.
Lyon shot 56 percent (14 of 25) from the field in the first half -- including 50 percent from the 3-point line -- and led 40-37 at halftime. John Brown peppered the net in the second half at a 63-percent clip, scoring on 15 of 24 chances to make up the difference by the final horn.
The Scots shot 48 percent (23 of 48) for the balance of the game and John Brown shot 58 percent (28 of 48).