Story from the Jackson Sun 1/16

FHU men off to best start in five seasons

By MICHAEL ODOM
January 16, 2009
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HENDERSON - The Freed-Hardeman men are off to their best start in conference play since the 2002-03 season after a 96-80 win against Bethel at Freed-Hardeman.

The Lions (12-6, 4-1) have won five straight games since a Dec. 8 loss to Lambuth, and they have beaten Bethel six straight times.

"Any time we can get a win, it is great," Freed-Hardeman coach Jason Shelton said.
Bethel (10-7, 0-5) is still winless in the TranSouth conference and has lost six of its last seven games.

FHU's Zack Frey reached the 1,000-point milestone with a game-high 32 points. He is the 25th player to reach the mark in men's basketball at Freed-Hardeman.
Frey shot 14-of-16 from the field and grabbed 8 rebounds.

"My teammates were getting me the ball," Frey said. "And I was in the zone, they recognize when someone is hot and got me the ball."

But it wasn't just Frey that shot well. The Lions shot 58 percent as a team and outrebounded the Wildcats 43-32.

The Lions shot well from the start and jumped out to a 51-39 lead at halftime on 60 percent shooting. Frey was also hot shooting 8-of-9 from the field while scoring 19 points.
"That is the great thing about having good teammates, they get you the ball where you need it," Shelton said.

The shooting did not cool down much in the second half as the Lions continued to shoot over 55 percent.

"It was a high-scoring game," Frey said. "We were setting good screens, and we were cutting hard so our offense got to do what it wanted."

Bethel tried to comeback in the second half on the back of Dontaye Hinton and Antoine Lesesene, but the Lions hit 9-of-15 free throws in the second half to seal the win.
Hinton led the Wildcats with 31 points and Lesesene added 19.

FHU is now 6-0 when scoring more than 80 points and 10-1 when it outrebounds its opponents.
Shelton said the true test for his team comes Saturday in the form of No. 5 Union at Fred DeLay Gymnasium at 4 p.m.

"The Union game gives us a great opportunity to measure ourselves," Shelton said.