Eagles Drop 79-72 Thriller to Columbia

WALNUT RIDGE, Ark. - The Williams men's basketball team dropped a 79-72 thriller to the Columbia Cougars on Thursday night.

The Eagles jumped out to a 23-10 lead in the opening seven minutes of the game. The Cougars responded with a run to cut the lead to four with 2:58 left in the half. They tied it at 36 with 1:24 left, but the Eagles scored four points to end the half up 40-36. 

The second half was pretty close and back-and-forth. The Eagles led 66-63 with five minutes remaining in the game. The Cougars tied it up with 3:31 remaining and less than a minute later took the lead off a made three-pointer. From that point, the Eagles were never able to get the lead back. 

The Eagles shot 38.5% from the field (25-65), 33.3% from the three-point line (8-24), and 63.6% from the free-throw line (14-22).

DJ Townsend led the team with 19 points coming off the bench. Duke Hardin was also in double figures with 13. 

Isaiah Thompson led the team on the boards with seven. 

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