Recap of last nights game

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Lions shake slow start, upset No. 16 RedHawks
Thu, January 08, 2009 - [MEN'S BASKETBALL]
PULASKI, Tenn. -- Freed-Hardeman head coach Jason Shelton put together a strenuous non-conference schedule just for nights like this.
The Lions overcame a sluggish start to rally past No. 16 Martin Methodist (Tenn.) College, 66-62, at the Curry Life Center on Thursday night. FHU improves to 10-6 on the season and 2-1 in the TranSouth Conference while handing the RedHawks (14-2, 4-1) their first conference loss.
With the victory, FHU emerged mostly unscathed from a difficult three-game road swing (Trevecca, Cumberland, Martin Methodist) to open conference play.
"We've played a tough [non-conference] schedule to prepare us to play good teams [in conference]," said Shelton. "We played a good team tonight."
For much of the first half it looked like the Lions would do anything but pull an upset as they opened the game ice cold from the field, making just four of their first 20 shot attempts and missing on their first 10 from behind the 3-point arc. As a result, FHU found itself trailing 29-13 with 4:38 left in the half.
But then the shots started falling.
The Lions closed the half by outscoring the RedHawks 14-3 with Jesse Moulton knocking down a trio of 3-pointers to fuel the run, closing within five points (32-27) at the break. Picking up where it left off, FHU scored the first six points of the second half on two Shun Trevillian 3-pointers to take its first lead of the game.
Martin Methodist retook control, going on a 13-3 run to take an 11 point lead, 46-35, with 12:43 remaining. But FHU stormed right back with a 16-2 run of its own to retake the lead at 51-48 on a Logan Greer 3-pointer. The Lions then extended their lead to 58-51 with just over 3:00 remaining and held off the RedHawks' final push by making 8-of-10 free throws in the final minute, including four straight from Moulton to seal the win.
Shelton pointed to a pair of players who didn't see many minutes as catalysts for the big spurts in each half: Anthony Sampson in the first half, and Vince Barnes in the second half.
"Both played very short minutes, but their time out there was huge," he said. "Anthony got people where they needed to be [offensively] in the first half. ... We put Vince in because of matchups, and he did a great job."
Moulton led all scorers with a career-high 23 points while making 5-of-10 from behind the arc and 8-of-8 from the foul line. Trevillian and Zack Frey each added 12 points. Martin Methodist was paced by Aubre Bodison's 12 points.
"[Jesse] is a very good shooter," said Shelton. "We did the right things to get him shots. Because of that, it created opportunities for other people."
Freed-Hardeman now prepares for its home conference opener against Blue Mountain (Miss.) College on Saturday at 4:00 PM.