CONWAY, Ark. — Hendrix lost to Lyon College 79-75 in its regular season opener on Saturday evening at Grove Gymnasium. A late 9-0 run brought the Warriors within one with 3:51 remaining before the visitors pulled away to build up an insurmountable lead down the stretch. The Warriors forced 23 turnovers and scored 21 points off them over the course of the contest but were undone on the boards, getting outrebounded by Lyon 53-37.
Eli Lovelady's layup off an assist from
Buck Sorrells started the Warriors' 11-0 opening run, and
Jason Martinez followed with three 3-pointers — each assisted by
Joseph Dockett — to make it 11-0 at 16:13. Lyon answered with seven straight points, but the Warriors pushed back to 23-17 on Martinez's 3-pointer at 9:02 after a
Ty Wright steal. Dre'Yon Quattlebaum scored Lyon's next six points to tie it at 23 at 7:11, and after
Holden Plant's fast-break layup put the Warriors back in front, Quattlebaum's two free throws tied it again at 25. The lead changed hands late, with Kaloyan Hristov and Trevonne Horsley putting Lyon ahead on separate possessions before
Tim Johnson and Wright made free throws around a Camron Williford free throw to send the Warriors into halftime ahead 30-29.
The Warriors pushed their lead to 50-38 on
Joseph Dockett's layup at 12:22 after
Jason Martinez, Wright and Sorrells contributed baskets during the early second-half stretch. Lyon worked back through Trevion Ross, Karlin Hardy and Kaloyan Hristov, taking a 52-51 lead on Ross' free throw at 9:07;
Eli Lovelady put the Warriors back ahead 53-52 at 8:39, but Lyon followed with scores from Dre'Yon Quattlebaum, Ross, Hardy and Hristov to go up 61-53 and later reached 65-55. The Warriors answered with a 9-0 run from 4:57 to 3:51, with Sorrells, Martinez and
Holden Plant scoring, Lovelady adding free throws and a four-turnover defensive stretch from 4:51 to 3:18 helping make it 65-64. Camron Williford, Hardy, Ross and Quattlebaum helped Lyon move ahead 73-64, and although
Graham Comeaux,
Tone Martinez and
Jason Martinez hit 3-pointers in the final 41 seconds with Martinez also making two technical free throws, Lyon closed out a 79-75 win.
