Second-Half Surge Sends Taylor Past UNOH
UPLAND, Ind. – Taylor used a 34-16 run over the majority of the second half to grab control of Thursday’s non-league game with Northwestern Ohio and held off a late counter from the Racers to secure a hard-fought, 73-67, victory inside Odle Arena.
The game-changing rally was ignited on the defensive end for Taylor, as the Trojans held UNOH (5-9) to one field goal over its first 11 shot attempts out of the intermission and flipped a 33-30 deficit into a 43-37 edge with 12:35 remaining.
TU continued to widen the gap, controlling the action and pushing the margin into double figures on a Kaden Fuhrmann triple for a 53-42 lead and eventually built a 15-point advantage by the 4:43 mark.
Taylor did not see its lead cut below eight points at any point over the final 10 minutes until the guests struck for nine points in a 35-second span to draw within 70-67 with 18 ticks showing on the clock.
Taylor held on however, as Fuhrmann put the game away at the free throw line to ice the 73-67 victory.
Taylor stifled UNOH over the final 20 minutes, holding the Racers to 23.5-percent shooting in the second half and outscoring the guests by a 43-36 count.
Jason Hubbard led the way with 26 points and 14 rebounds for his sixth double-double in 12 outings this season. The senior led the second-half charge for Taylor with 17 points and nine rebounds after the break.
Fuhrmann followed with 16 point and 12 rebounds, netting his first collegiate double-double and setting a new career-high on the glass. Fellow guards, Jackson Lewis and Gavin Yoon also reached double figures in the scoring column with 10 points each.
Taylor (6-8) improved to 6-3 over its last nine outings with the victory and will look to continue those winning ways in Florida, when it takes on Keiser (5-7) and Webber International (5-10) in the Sunshine State on December 21 and 22.
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