Race Moore
Reporter
At the beginning of the semester, the men's
basketball team was a contender for the Appalachian Athletic Conference title.
Saturday, however, the Buffs fell out of contention for the conference title
when they lost to King College 65-72.
They started out the conference year 6-0 with all six victories on the road.
However, Milligan lost the past four games, all of which have been conference
matches.
After falling to rival King, Milligan now sits 10-13 overall and 9-7 in the
conference, which takes them out of contention for the conference title.
Reasons for the slide continue to frustrate the players. One member of the team
said that it is not a lack of ability, but rather players struggling with
injuries and sickness that have caused the problem.
Despite the loss, three of Milligan’s starters contributed double digits to
Milligan’s score. Senior Jonathan Harris, junior Craig Emmert and sophomore
Jakeith Hairston led Milligan with 19, 18 and 10 points respectively.
Nevertheless, Milligan picked itself back up Tuesday evening to defeat Montreat
College (N.C.) with a score of 82-75. Harris contributed 17 points to lead the
Buffs as senior Michael Morrell and junior Eric Coggins each put in 15 points.
The win brings Milligan’s record to 11-13 overall for the season and 10-7 in the
AAC.
Milligan hopes to keep up the rebound this week with home games against UVA Wise
tonight and Union College on Saturday.