HICKORY, N.C.-- Lenoir-Rhyne caught fire in their first home game in 23 days, connecting on 17 3-pointers in a blowout victory over Coker on Wednesday night. The Bears improved to 6-2 inside Shuford Arena with the victory. 

GAME INFORMATION:
Final: Lenoir-Rhyne 97, Coker 59
Records: Lenoir-Rhyne (7-7, 2-4 SAC), Catawba (10-7, 4-3 SAC)
Location: Hickory, N.C. | Shuford Arena

STATS OF THE GAME:
- The two teams got off to a rapid start with each squad scoring 21 points in the first 10 minutes of the game.The Bears would use a 10-0 run to take a 31-21 lead and never looked back. 
- LR went 10-of-19 from long range in the first half and took a 42-29 advantage into the break. 
- L.J. McCoy started the second half with a 4-point play and Jalen Johnson hit the team's 12th 3-pointer of the day to push the lead to 17. 
- Coker hit a triple at the 15:48 mark to make it 57-36 but then would convert just one field goal attempt in the next eight minutes. By the time Coker connected from the field in that stretch, LR pushed the lead to 36 points.
- LR led by as many as 42 and Cooper Fowler capped the 3-point barrage with a triple at the 1:26 mark. 
- McCoy led the Bears with 21 points and went 6-of-9 from long range. Nas Tyson added 20 points and eight boards and was 3-of-4 from behind the arc. 
- Johnson had 11 points, eight assists and four rebounds and made a trio of triples and Salle Wilson came off the bench for nine points and five rebounds in 16 minutes.
- LR was 7-of-12 from deep in the second half and went 17-of-31 in the game (54.8 percent). 
- The Cobras went just 7-for-29 from the field in the second half and shot 38.8 percent from the floor and 29.6 percent from three in the loss.
- LR also dominated the boards with a 43-20 advantage that led to an 18-0 domination in second chance points. 
 
BEYOND THE BOX SCORE: 
- The Bears finished three 3-pointers shy of breaking the program record. LR hit 19 against Coker in 2020 and also against Newberry in 2003. 
- McCoy entered the game eighth in the nation in made threes per game and 13th in Division II in 3PT percentage. 
- LR only allows opponents to shoot 29.6 percent from three, which is good for 20th in the nation. 
- All but one of the Bears' seven losses on the year have come by single digits. 
- The Bears narrowly missed their first 100-point game since scoring that many against UVA Wise almost exactly a year ago on Jan. 11, 2022.
- 1/11/22 was also the last time LR won by at least 30 points.  

UP NEXT:  LR will return stay at home to host Emory & Henry on Saturday. Tip off is set for 4 p.m.