Sullivan Scores 18 as Eagles Fall at Tennessee State in Exhibition Action, 81-65
Nashville, Tenn. - Junior college transfer Antonio Sullivan (Louisville, Tenn.) scored 18 points off the bench as the Carson-Newman Eagles wrapped up their exhibition schedule with an 81-65 loss at Tennessee State University on Monday night.
Nashville, Tenn. - Junior college transfer Antonio Sullivan (Louisville, Tenn.) scored 18 points off the bench as the Carson-Newman Eagles wrapped up their exhibition schedule with an 81-65 loss at Tennessee State University on Monday night.
Carson-Newman officially opens the Chuck Benson era when the Eagles host Belmont Abbey College on Saturday night at 7:30 p.m. in Holt Fieldhouse. Admission to the game is free for the first 1,000 in attendance.
Sullivan shot 7-of-11 from the field, including 3-of-5 three-point attempts, to lead the Eagles in scoring. Junior John Holleman (St. Petersburg, Va.) added 12 points off the Eagle bench shooting 4-of-8 from the floor.
Carson-Newman hung tough for a half, closing the gap to two at the break, 36-34 on a Brad Tumer (Mt. Dora, Fla.) layup just before the half, but TSU opened the second half with an 8-0 run to begin to pull away.
Tumer, the Eagles' likely starting point guard, was seeing his first action of the fall. He has been out of the lineup since September with an injury. He finished with nine points and five assists.
Junior Kevin Hare (Lexington, S.C.) led the Eagles with eight rebounds.
C-N shot just 31 percent (6-of-19) from three-point range, and was just 11-of-19 at the line.
