Efianayi leads Gardner-Webb to 93-70 win over Brevard
BOILING SPRINGS, N.C. -- David Efianayi scored 28 points, D.J. Laster had a double-double and Gardner-Webb rolled to a 93-70 win over Division III Brevard College on Tuesday.
Laster had 14 points and 11 rebounds for the Bulldogs (2-3), who broke the game open with 9-0 and 10-0 runs in the final 7 1/2 minutes of the first half. Efianayi had 19 points at the half that ended with a 45-31 lead. The Bulldogs shot 58 percent and the Tornados, who played the game as an exhibition, shot 34 percent, making just 3 of 16 3-pointers.
Gardner-Webb kept a hot hand in the second half, shooting 59 percent, which kept Brevard, which shot 58 percent, from mounting a challenge.
Six additional players scored eight or nine points for the Bulldogs, who finished 10 of 20 from distance and had a 43-26 rebounding advantage.
Divese Cason had 17 points for Brevard.
Game Information
- Referees:
- Tommy Morrissey
- Keith Batson
- Owen Luckie
2023-24 Big South Conference Standings
Team | CONF | GB | OVR |
---|---|---|---|
High Point | 13-3 | - | 27-9 |
UNC Asheville | 12-4 | 1 | 22-12 |
Gardner-Webb | 11-5 | 2 | 17-16 |
Winthrop | 8-8 | 5 | 17-15 |
Longwood | 6-10 | 7 | 21-14 |
Presbyterian | 6-10 | 7 | 14-19 |
Charleston Southern | 6-10 | 7 | 10-20 |
Radford | 5-11 | 8 | 16-17 |
South Carolina Upstate | 5-11 | 8 | 10-20 |