EMORY, Va. (Nov. 15, 2016) – Down 28 points at halftime, the Sewanee men's basketball team could not overcome its slow start falling at Emory & Henry, Tuesday, 83-57, inside the John Rutledge King Center.

The Tigers made only 22.2 percent of their attempts the opening 20 minutes. Comparably, the host Wasps hit 52.6 percent of their shots the first half.

In the second half, Sewanee outscored E&H 42-40 after making 10 second-half threes and 51.7 percent of its overall shots. Unfortunately, the deficit was too much to prevail.

Sewanee never led in the game. The closest the Tigers got was after back-to-back layups by Brody Stone and Clay Born, which tied the game at 4-4 early in the first half. From there, Emory & Henry outscored Sewanee 31-4 over the next 13 minutes.

Eventually, the Waps led by as much as 35 early in the second half.

After the terrible start, Sewanee managed to make 37.5 percent of its shots. The Tigers were also hampered by Emory & Henry's play inside. The Wasps scored 42 points in the paint and had 14 second-chance points.

Individually, senior Jorden Williams paced Sewanee with 21 points. Freshman Adrian Thomas added 12 points while Stone finished with five points and five rebounds.

Reserve Colin Molden led five E&H players in double figures with 16 points.

Sewanee will host its first home game of the 2016-17 season against Boyce, Friday. Tipoff is schedule for 6:00 p.m. inside Juhan Gymnasium.

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