Kavas, Carter double up to lead Seattle past Longwood 70-50
SEATTLE -- Matej Kavas scored 22 points with 13 rebounds, Myles Carter scored 14 with 12 boards and Seattle trounced Longwood 70-50 in the Elgin Baylor Classic Sunday night.
Kavas' 13 rebounds are a career high and Carter tied his personal rebound best.
Lorenzo Phillips gave Longwood its last lead (11-10) with 15:03 left before the first half. Kavas -- who finished with four 3-pointers -- responded with a 3 that sparked a 16-4 run and Longwood (5-3) never recovered.
En route to a 38-15 halftime lead, Seattle's Morgan Means scored 16 points and made half the team's six 3-pointers. Longwood shot 6 of 27 (22 percent) including 2 of 12 (17) from beyond the 3-point arc.
Means scored 19 points for Seattle (6-2) which shot just 39 percent.
Phillips led Longwood (5-3) with 22 points and six rebounds and Spencer Franklin scored 10 with rebounds.
Game Information
- Referees:
- Mark Cook
- Kelly Pfeifer
- Toby Doolittle
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 |
2023-24 Western Athletic Conference Standings
Team | CONF | GB | OVR |
---|---|---|---|
Grand Canyon | 17-3 | - | 30-5 |
Tarleton State | 16-4 | 1 | 25-10 |
UT Arlington | 13-7 | 4 | 20-14 |
Seattle U | 11-9 | 6 | 23-14 |
Utah Valley | 11-9 | 6 | 16-16 |
Stephen F. Austin | 10-10 | 7 | 18-15 |
Abilene Christian | 10-10 | 7 | 16-18 |
California Baptist | 8-12 | 9 | 16-17 |
Utah Tech | 7-13 | 10 | 11-20 |
Southern Utah | 5-15 | 12 | 10-21 |
UT Rio Grande Valley | 2-18 | 15 | 6-25 |