Box Score Due West, SC – Lander University clipped the Flying Fleet 63-58 in non-conference men’s basketball action at Belk Arena.  The loss drops Erskine to 1-5 on the season while Lander improves to 4-2 overall.

Junior Corey Sorrell (Walton, KY, Northern Kentucky University) was the only Fleet player to reach double-digits scoring 24 points.  He also had a team-high 6 rebounds.

Lander University’s Dwight Tolbert earned a famed “double-double” scoring a game-high 27 points along with a game-high 10 rebounds.  Corey Wright and Jermel Kennedy added 11 and 10 points respectively.

After six lead changes and six ties in the first half, Erskine’s Casey Sorrell (Walton, KY, Simon Kenton High School) hit two free throws with 16 left in the opening period to give Erskine a 31-30 lead at halftime.

The lead continued to exchange hands to start the second half.  With 11:07 remaining, Lander’s Tolbert hit a 3-point shot to start a Bearcat 9-0 run.  Erskine slowly climbed back into the game that saw Erskine close to within two at 58-56 on a runner by sophomore Mike Gabbard (Erlanger, KY, Western Kentucky University) in the lane with 4:09 left to play.   After two made free throws by Tolbert, neither team scored over the next three and half minutes.  With less than 35 seconds remaining, Erskine forced Lander’s Wright to the line.  He converted both ends of the one and one to push the lead to six at 62-56.  Corey Sorrell made a nice move to the basket to cut the lead to four with 19 seconds remaining.  Wright made one more free throw to give the Bearcats the 63-58 victory.

During halftime, Erskine recognized their fall sport student-athletes who made either the Conference Carolinas Academic All-Conference or All-Conference Teams.

Erskine is back in action tomorrow against archrival Anderson University.  Game time is set for 7:30 p.m.

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