The Freed-Hardeman Lions haven't had a lot of success when making five or fewer 3-pointers but thanks to some solid defense, an off night from behind the arc never became a factor.
The No. 20 Lions held Martin Methodist (Tenn.) College to 33 points below their season scoring average in a 77-51 win on Monday night in the FHU Sports Center to sweep the regular season series between the two schools for the first time since 2004.
Freed-Hardeman was 5-4 when making five or fewer shots from behind the arc entering the game tonight.FHU (17-8, 10-2) closed the first half on a 16-4 run that saw the Lions make six straight field goal attempts to take a 42-27 lead into halftime. Despite going 3-of-11 from 3-point range, the Lions still shot 57.1 percent from the field in the half thanks in large part to a 7-for-7 performance from Zack Frey.
The RedHawks (17-9, 5-7) pulled within 10 points early in the second half, but Freed-Hardeman answered with a 14-1 run to take a 60-37 lead with 12:43 to play. Martin Methodist would not get closer than 16 points the rest of the way as FHU cruised to the win despite suffering one of its worst 3-point shooting nights of the season, going 5-of-24 for 20.8 percent.
Frey finished the game with 22 points on 9-of-11 shooting to lead all scorers. Ken Bingham added 11 points while Kyle Teichmann contributed 10.
The Lions remain in second place in the TranSouth Conference and now have two games upcoming this week against the two teams directly below them in the standings - Trevecca Nazarene (Tenn.) and Mid-Continent (Ky.). FHU hosts Trevecca on Thursday before traveling to MCU on Saturday.
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