Wofford pounds ’Cats
From staff reports

SPARTANBURG, S.C. — Wofford cruised past visiting Lees-McCrae 80-38 Tuesday.

Wofford (1-1) was led by freshman Noah Dahlman with his first career double-double, scoring 15 points and pulling down 12 rebounds.

“We had an opportunity to give a lot of guys legitimate time on the floor tonight,” Wofford coach Mike Young said. “That playing time will be beneficial as the season progresses. The freshman class had a nice night; all three are good players and will only get better. Now we get a chance to take a break and try to get better as a team and rest the bodies.”

Lees-McRae’s Modestas Riauka cut Wofford’s lead to 8-7 early on, but the Terriers countered with a blistering 28-1 run over the next 10 minutes to take control of the game. Back-to-back dunks by Terry Martin and Tim Johnson in the last minute of the first half gave the Terriers a 42-10 lead at the half. In the first half, Wofford shot 60.7 percent from the floor, while Lees-McRae hit a disasterous 3-of-32 from the field, good for 9.4 percent.

Wofford shot 56.6 percent from the floor for the game,while Lees-McRae was 18.6 percent from the floor. Wofford had a 50-4 advantage on the boards.

In the second half, Wofford scored the first five points to extend its lead to 47-10. Lees-McRae cut the lead to 31 seven minutes into the second half, but the Terriers pushed the lead to 40 with 8:35 remaining in the game.

A three-pointer by Andrew Bellebaum with a minute to go in the game gave the Terriers a 43-point lead, 80-37, with 52 seconds left, their largest in the game. Lees-McRae hit a foul shot to cut the final margin to one.

All 11 players who played for the Terriers scored in the game. Drew Estep and Shane Nichols did not see time because of injury. In addition to the double-double by Dahlman, Wofford got 14 points from Corey Godzinskiand 10 from Terry Martin (10).

Elon 77, Erskine 58
ELON — Chris Long scored a game-high and career-high 18 points and Adam Constantine posted his first collegiate double-double with15 points and a game-high 12 rebounds — both career bests — to pace Elon to a non-conference victory over visiting Erskine.