Hawks Come From Behind to Beat #12 Barton
December 5, 2006

WILSON, NC - The Chowan men's basketball team came from behind to beat #12 ranked Barton College on the road tonight. The Hawks trailed by 15 points at one point in the second period but went on a 14-2 run to take a 70-69 lead with just over four minutes to play in the game. The Bulldogs knotted the game at 74-74 at the 1:08 mark but it wouldn't last long as Chowan's Trayvon Lathan converted on a lay up to take a two point lead. Marcus Artis blocked the ensuing shot from the Bulldogs to set up Joe Brice's lay up at the other end of the court and give Chowan the 78-74 lead and eventual win. 

Tonight's game featured six ties and six lead changes and saw the Hawks shoot 58% from the floor. Senior Trayvon Lathan scored a game-high 27 points on an 11 of 15 shooting performance. The 12th ranked Bulldogs entered the game at 5-1 overall and are coming off a CVAC Championship season that saw them advance to the Elite Eight of the NCAA Tournament. 

Joining Lathan in double-figures tonight was Brice who netted 16 points. Deon Tynes had 8 points while Artis grabbed 8 rebounds. The Hawks held the Bulldogs to 40% shooting from the floor in the game. Before tonight's match up Barton was hitting shots at a 54% rate and had three players averaging double-figure scoring. 

Chowan improves to 3-4 on the year while Barton moves to 5-2. The Hawks will take off for the school's exam period and hit the court again on December 14th when they host UNC-Pembroke at 7:30pm.