"T.C. Thomason had a great defensive game. He held Eric Dickinson to four points, and he had been averaging 19 a game," Mason said. "And Nestheide, Thomas Britt and Ryan Crowdis did a great job on their perimeter guys."
Centre led 43-29 at the half, and stretched its lead to as many as 23 points in the second half. Centre shot 30-for-59 Friday, making seven of 22 3-pointers.
Matt Jacobson added nine points, five rebounds and three assists. The Centre men and women play at Sewanee today.
Women
Oglethorpe 71, Centre 50 - At Atlanta, Centre (3-7, 0-2) trailed by just two points at the half, but shot just 26 percent (8-for-30) in the second half in a loss to Oglethorpe (9-4, 1-1).
"We just came out and had a tough shooting second half. We were 0-for-13 from 3-point range, which hurt us a lot because we had been scoring a lot of points behind the arc," Centre coach Wendie Austin-Robinson said. "We played a great first half, but it was a bad shooting second half. We were worn down by Oglethorpe in the second half."
Chelsea Goodman had nine points and four rebounds, Jenny Jones had eight points and Keonia Masterson had eight points and nine rebounds for Centre.
Centre led 11-5, which was the biggest lead by either team in the first half. The Stormy Petrels led 34-30 with three minutes left in the first half, but Goodman's layup at the buzzer made it a 34-32 game. Oglethorpe outscored Centre 35-6 to open the second half and led 59-38 with 7 minutes remaining.
CENTRE 76, OGLETHORPE 57
CENTRE (9-3): Matt Nestheide 10-16 3-4 26, John Patterson 5-6 2-5 12, Matt Jacobson 4-7 0-2 9, Danny Noll 2-2 1-1 6, Beau Braden 3-5 0-0 6, T.C. Thomason 2-7 0-0 5, Thomas Britt 1-6 3-3 5, Kris Bentley 1-3 0-0 3, Ryan Crowdis 1-4 0-0 2, Ross Herman 1-3 0-0 2, Kyle Christopher 0-0 0-0 0, Rob Matthews 0-0 0-0 0, Stuart Rutledge 0-0 0-0 0, Kameron McRay 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 30-59 9-15 76.
OGLETHORPE (6-4): Ahmad Kareem Shaheed 5-12 3-4 13, Arthur Pilkevich 5-12 0-1 12, Andrew Tulowitsky 5-9 1-2 12, Terry Bailey 2-6 0-0 5, Eric Dickinson 1-7 1-2 4, Alex Watterson 0-1 3-4 3, David Allison 1-3 0-0 2, Nick Watterson 1-1 0-0 2, Eric Palmer 1-3 0-1 2, Craig Jackson 1-1 0-0 2, Kaspar Allese 0-0 0-0 0, Jordan Adams 0-2 0-0 0, Wade Weldon 0-1 0-1 0, Matt Woodruff 0-0 0-2 0, Eddie Buckley 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 22-58 8-17 57.
Halftime-Centre 42-39. 3-Point Goals-Centre College 7-22 (Nestheide 3-7, Thomason 1-3, Bentley 1-3, Jacobson 1-3, Noll 1-1, Crowdis 0-1, Britt 0-4), Oglethorpe 5-14 (Pilkevich 2-3, Dickinson 1-3, Tulowitsky 1-2, Bailey 1-2, Palmer 0-2, Adams 0-1, Weldon 0-1). Fouled out-None. Rebounds-Centre 36 (Patterson 7), Oglethorpe 41 (Shaheed 8). Assists-Centre 15 (Thomason, Jacobson, Crowdis 3), Oglethorpe 8 (Tulowitsky 3). Total fouls-Centre 19, Oglethorpe 13. A-189.
OGLETHORPE 71, CENTRE 50
CENTRE (3-8): Chelsea Goodman 4-11 0-0 9, Keonia Masterson 4-7 0-0 8, Jenny Jones 4-10 0-0 8, Monica Vonderbrink 2-6 0-0 5, Holly Overcash 2-4 0-0 4, Andrea Loveless 1-3 2-2 4, Rebecca Rhule 2-5 0-0 4, Chrystal Claunch 1-7 2-2 4, Alison Denbow 1-4 0-0 2, Tara Milburn 1-1 0-0 2, Morgan Smith 0-0 0-0 0, Jessi Asher 0-1 0-0 0, Jennifer Marees 0-5 0-0 0. Totals 22-64 4-4 50.
OGLETHORPE (9-4): Katic Kulavic 3-7 4-6 10, Biz Richmann 3-9 3-5 9, Amaris Wilson 3-5 3-4 9, Courtney Reed 4-7 0-0 9, Anna Findley 3-8 0-0 8, April Harris 3-5 0-0 7, Jamie Osmanson 2-6 1-1 5, Hannah Brooks 2-5 0-0 4, Jasmine Johnson 2-7 0-0 4, Tina Grace 1-3 0-0 2, Caitlin Brightwell 1-3 0-0 2, Brittany Corbett 1-5 0-0 2, Danielle Bowles 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 28-71 11-16 71.
Haltime-Oglethorpe 34-32. 3-Point Goals-Centre 2-19 (Goodman 1-5, Vonderbrink 1-3, Jones 0-1, Overcash 0-2, Rhule 0-1, Claunch 0-2, Denbow 0-2, Marees 0-3), Oglethorpe 4-12 (Findley 2-3, Harris 1-1, Reed 1-1, Osmanson 0-3, Brooks 0-2, Corbett 0-1, Kulavic 0-1). Fouled out-None. Rebounds-Centre 37 (Masterson 9), Oglethorpe 49 (Richmann 13). Assists-Centre 14 (Denbow 5), Oglethorpe 14 (Kulavic 6). Total fouls-Centre College 16, Oglethorpe 12. A-169.
