Box Score CONWAY, Ark. – Hendrix opened up the 2019-20 season at home Saturday afternoon against Baptist Bible College. The Warriors scored 50 second half points Saturday in its dominant 87-55 defeat of BBC. Brooks Cartwright recorded 17 points and eight rebounds in his collegiate debut while 2018-19 Southern Athletic Association Newcomer of the Year Seth Stanley accounted for 16 points, four rebounds and a pair of steals. With the win, Hendrix improves to 1-0 on the young season and win its first official season opener since Nov. 15, 2015 (Dallas; 88-79).

THE BASICS
Score:  Hendrix 87, BBC 55
Records: Warriors (1-0) | Patriots (2-3)
Location | Time: Conway, Ark.
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Up Next: at Ozarks Monday at 7:30 p.m. 

OF NOTE
- BBC held the slim 8-7 advantage with 13:39 left in the first half before Hendrix recorded a 5-16 run to hold a 23-13 lead with 6:14 to go.
- In the last five minutes of the opening half, Cartwright drained two three-pointers, Rod Cummings II scored back-to-back tough layups in transition with contact and Fitch had a rim-rocking dunk with less than a minute to go off an assist from Cartwright as Hendrix enjoyed a 37-22 lead at the break.
- Hendrix ballooned its lead to 24 points early in the second half after Sean Coman connected from deep, as did Stanley and Cartwright as the Warriors led 48-24 with 16:52 to go in regulation.
- Stanley recorded a quick 5-0 run all by himself midway through the second half before an and-one play by Coman and a successful free throw attempt put the home team up 61-37 with 10:05 to go.
- The Patriots found themselves down by 23 a couple of times in the final six-plus minutes but Hendrix led by at least 26 points in the final 5:06 as the Warriors cruised to a 87-55 season-opening, home-opening win.

BOX SCORE NOTABLE
- Cartwright shot 6-of-9 from the floor including 3-of-6 from deep and 2-for-2 at the charity stripe.
- Stanley shot an even .500 from the floor (6-of-12), from trifecta land (3-of-6) and at the free throw line (1-of-2)
- After leading the team in free throw shooting a year ago, Coman went 5-for-5 at the free throw line Saturday; finishing with 14 points and four rebounds in the huge 32-point win at home.
- Carl Fitch carded 11 points and seven boards; also shot 9-for-14 at the charity stripe.
- Damecko Johnson added nine points off the bench while Cummings II finished with eight points, four steals, five assists and three boards in 28 minutes of work.
- 11 total players reached the scoring column Saturday versus BBC.
- The Warriors shot 43.1 percent (25-of-58) from the floor and 29-for-36 (80.6 percent) at the charity stripe while holding the Patriots to shooting 3-for-26 (11.5 percent) from three-point territory.

WHAT WAS SAID
"Happy about the win and happy about the performance of the guys; they deserve it," head coach Thad McCracken went on to say. "It's nice to finally be able to play games. We still have some things to work on but finally getting a chance to play someone other than ourselves gives us a chance to find out what those things are. Unfortunately, we have a short turnaround. Monday will be our third game in five days but hopefully we can go compete at Ozarks and comeback with some film to watch and have some time to work on those things."

WHO'S NEXT
Hendrix hits the road for Clarksville, Ark. to take on the University of the Ozarks Eagles Monday at 7:30 p.m.

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