The men’s and women’s basketball teams were victorious over the Montreat Cavaliers at a home game Wednesday night.
The Milligan men’s team beat the Cavaliers 98-93, and a scoring outburst from Hayley Wyrick on the women’s team fueled the Lady Buffs to a 70-56 win.
Wyrick finished the game with a game high of 26 points and two rebounds. Wyrick shot 60 percent from the court and made 10 out of 10 free throws to lead the Lady Buffs. Also in double figure scoring was Courtney Wilson, who scored 11 points and six rebounds for Milligan.
The Lady Buffs drained 11 more 3-pointers than the Cavaliers, and Milligan out rebounded Montreat 41-34. During the second half of the game, the Lady Buffs pulled away and improved on their 35-23 lead at halftime.
With this win, the Lady Buffs pushed their current winning streak to five games and avenged a loss to the Cavaliers earlier in the year. The Lady Buffs currently sit in first place in the conference with this win and improved to 12-3 in conference play and 16-7 overall. Montreat is in the middle of the pack in the Appalachian Athletic Conference (AAC) and fell to 6-9 in the conference and 9-10 overall.
A career night from Jacob Cawood guided the Milligan Men’s Basketball team to a 98-93 victory.
Cawood finished the game with 26 points and knocked down four 3-pointers, while grabbing seven rebounds. Offense was not the only thing Cawood did well; on defense, Cawood came up with a couple of huge drawn charges and a big block. Daxton Bostian came up with 21 key points while grabbing six rebounds.
Bostian provided some key energy on defense in the first half, which allowed the Buffs to take an early 10 point lead midway through the first half. The Buffs out hustled the Cavaliers throughout the game, coming up with some key stops toward the end of the game.
As a team, the Buffs shot 32 of 61 (52.5 percent) from the court, while Montreat shot only 33 of 71 (46.5 percent) from the court.
Montreat came into the game as the second best team in the AAC and left the game falling into the third spot. With this win, Milligan broke away from a tie for sixth in the AAC and became sixth in the AAC. Milligan improved to 7-7 in the conference and 11-11 overall. Montreat fell to 9-5 in the conference and 16-5 overall.