PREVIEW DAY 2: CHIPOLA WOMEN & MEN LOOK TO FINISH 2-0 IN PANAMA CITY

PANAMA CITY, Florida – The Chipola women's and men's basketball team will travel to Panama City this weekend to play in the Richard Sanders Fall Classic presented by Visit Panama City Beach. All games will be played at the Billy Harrison Fieldhouse on the campus of Gulf Coast State College.

TOURNAMENT INFORMATION

Admission to the games each day is $5. There is no live streaming available for Chipola games but fans can keep up with in-game updates on each team's X.com (Twitter) page. Final scores will be posted on all social media accounts and will be sent to anyone has signed up for the Chipola Athletics text messaging service.

Chipola Women's Basketball X.com account: @ChipolaWBB

Chipola Men's Basketball X.com account: @ChipolaHoops

Text Messaging Service: Sign-up

TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE 

Saturday – November 9, 2024

Noon     WBB:     Chipola vs. Andrew College (GA)

2 PM     WBB:     Gulf Coast vs. Daytona State

4 PM     MBB:     Gulf Coast vs. East Central CC (MS)

6 PM     MBB:     Chipola vs. Copiah-Lincoln CC (MS)

Sunday - November 10, 2024

1 PM     MBB:     Gulf Coast vs. Copiah-Lincoln CC (MS)

SATURDAY PREVIEW

Chipola Lady Indians (2-0) vs Andrew College (0-3), Noon

RECAP: The Lady Indians (2-0) took out FCSAA/Region VIII opponent Daytona State (1-2), 97-66, in the opening game of the Richard Sanders Classic on Friday.

Four Chipola players finished the game in double digits led by sophomore Jailynn Brill with 22 points. Kanija Daniel turned her second double digit performance in as many games by following up her 14 points from last Monday's win over Bishop State with 18 against Daytona. 

Chipola's only returning player from a season ago, Mekhila Brown, missed her career-high by one point by adding 16. Freshman Ahmani Klabunde added 10 in the win.

As they did in their first game, Chipola continued to spread the ball around as ten players scored in the game.

Brill scored 10 points in the second half and helped Chipola pull away from the Falcons who had kept the game close in the first half coutesy of the three point shot.The Falcons hit eight shots from deep in the first half but, after halftime defensive adjustments, they managed just two in the final twenty minutes of play.

TODAY: Chipola's opponent on Saturday, Andrew College, fell to 0-3 on the season after a 94-31 loss to #6 Gulf Coast on Friday. 

#10 Chipola Indians (2-1) vs. Copiah-Lincoln CC, 6 PM

RECAP: After a dismal first half on Friday that sent the Indians to the locker room trailing 32-20 to East Central Community College on Friday afternoon, Chipola pulled off one of its biggest second-half comebacks in the Donnie Tyndall era.

Markel Freeman had a career-high 23 points. all in the second half, to lead the Indians back from a 20 point deficit in the second half.

In the first half, it appeared sophomore Antonio Baker was the only Chipola player on the court as he scored 14 of the Indians' 20 first half points. Only two other players scored in the first two minutes with Matthew Webster adding 5 and Abraham Ibezimakor connecting on one of two free throws.

Things didn't get much better in the early going of the second half. Down by 20, Chipola used an 8-0 run to pull within 12 with just over ten minutes remaining in the game.

The Indians' defense along with Freeman's hot shooting from behind the arc, pulled Chipola to within two, 48-46, with five minutes remaining in the game.

After Antonio Baker tied the game with a five footer over the Warrior's defense, Markel Freeman broke away to lay the ball and give Chipola a 50-48 lead with 3:19 remaining.

The Warriors would not go away and, with 19.2 seconds left on the clock, held a 56-52 lead following a pair of free throws.

Baker hit a three to pull within one and Chipola fouled East Central to send them to the line with ten seconds left on the clock. After the Warriors made one of two from the line, Chipola dribbled the ball down and called timeout in front of their bench.

Trailing 57-55 and only a thirty second timeout remaining, Coach Tyndall used it to draw up a play that would send the game into overtime. Baker received the inbounds pass and drove down the lane to lay it in at the horn.

Chipola's defense finally wore down the Warriors in overtime. The Indians pulled away and took their second victory of the season, 66-59, over East Central.

TODAY: Copiah-Lincoln CC will be playing their first game of the Richard Sanders Classic when they take the court against Chipola at 6 PM on Saturday night.

The Wolves started the season 0-2 after dropping a pair of close games in Niceville at the Raider Classic. Northwest Florida defeated Co-Lin, 74-64, on Friday and Southern Union took care of the Wolves, 86-82, on Saturday.

Co-Lin picked up their first win of the season last Tuesday night defeating Mississippi Delta on the road, 78-61.

Wolves' freshman guard Deven Bates averages 24.5 points per games.