The Road to Narrow Gate by Spring Dalton

Both Ferrell and Fountain hit 3 three-pointers to account for 6 of the Roadrunners 8 treys on the night.ĭonavan Miller was the last Roadrunner in double-digits with 10 points and 3 assists. Jaelin Ferrell and Jacquez Fountain each had 11 points with Ferrell adding 7 rebounds. Cobb went for 12 and 4, with Evans had 12 and 6. Sean Cobb and Carterius Evans led the way in the paint combining for 24 points and 10 boards. Blue Mountain battled hard down the stretch cutting the lead to 6 at one point but Dalton State proved too much winning 68-61ĭalton State (Ga.) improves to (10-6 overall, 5-3 SSAC) with the win, while Blue Mountain Christian (Miss.) falls to (8-6 overall, 3-5 SSAC) with the loss.With 3:14 on the clock, the DS advantage grew to 15 points (63-48) after a Jacquez Fountain trey.DS slowly began to gain the momentum and busted off a 14-3 run with the score tied at 39-39 to take an 11-point lead (53-42) with 7:41 remaining in regulation.Great play over the next two minutes saw the Birds tie the game at 35-35 after a Sean Cobb and 1 play.Ferrell once again started the half off with a three-pointer but they couldn't take advantage of opportunities as Blue Mountain kept the lead at 6 at the 17:36 mark.Boubacar Kamissoko hit a jumper in the lane with just seconds left in the half to cut the deficit to 3 points, but a solid in-bound play from the Toppers led to a three-pointer from Ryan Sanders as Blue Mountain carried a 6-point lead (30-24) into the half.Out of the media timeout, Blue Mountain reeled off an 8-0 run over the next 5 minutes to take a 22-17 lead.The Roadrunners started to gain an advantage and pulled out a 4-point lead (17-13) with 7:42 remaining.Blue Mountain answered back with 7-straight to take a 7-5 lead just under 4 minutes into the contest.Jaelin Ferrell started the game off with a three-pointer as the Roadrunners scored the first five points of the game.– Dalton State erased a six-point halftime deficit as five Roadrunners scored in double-figures in a 68-61 win over Blue Mountain Christian (Miss.) in Southern States Athletic Conference basketball action at Mashburn Arena in Dalton on Thursday night.

The Road to Narrow Gate by Spring Dalton