Men’s basketball team tripped up by Coe, 74-56, at Radio City Classic

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – The Olivet College men's basketball team lost to Coe (Iowa) College, 74-56, tonight in its first game at the Radio City Classic. The game was played at Welch College's Student Activities Center in Nashville, Tennessee.

• Final Score: Coe 74, Olivet 56
• Location: Student Activities Center; Nashville, Tennessee
• Records: Olivet 3-7 overall, Coe 7-5 overall

• The Comets led by 9-2 after junior Ryan Bart drained back-to-back three-pointers and senior Noah Wiswary made a triple in an 80-second span. The Kohawks came back with an 8-0 run to take their first lead, 10-9. Olivet answered with a trey by sophomore Lorris Upshaw and a jumper by freshman Haidyn Garrison to regain a four-point lead, 14-10, at the 14:42 mark of the opening half.
• A 9-0 Coe run made the score 19-14 around the midpoint of the half. Bart connected on another three-pointer to close the gap to two points. The Kohawks extended their lead to 15 points twice. After the last time at 36-21, seniors Tevin Ali and Derrick Johnson each made a three-pointer for either team's only points of the half to make the score 36-27 at the break. That would be as close as the Comets would get for the rest of the game.

• Olivet did not have any players score in double figures.
• Bart and Upshaw scored nine points apiece.
• Garrison and Johnson each finished with eight points.
• Garrison grabbed a team-best eight rebounds.

• Cael Schmitt led all players with 17 points.
• TJ Schnurr posted a double-double, 12 points and 11 rebounds.

• The Comets face Wittenberg (Ohio) University tomorrow night at 7:30 p.m. ET for its last game of the Music City Classic.