Buffs open season with loss at No. 15 Cumberlands

David Tripp and Adam Graham combined for 33 points, but the Milligan University men’s basketball team fell to No. 15 University of the Cumberlands, 81-56, Tuesday night on the road. The game represented Milligan’s season opener.

Buffs open season with loss at No. 15 Cumberlands
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November 3, 2020

WILLIAMSBURG, Ky. (Nov. 3, 2020) – David Tripp and Adam Graham combined for 33 points, but the Milligan University men's basketball team fell to No. 15 University of the Cumberlands, 81-56, Tuesday night on the road. The game represented Milligan's season opener.

Tripp scored 19 points after going 8-for-15 from the floor. Graham was a spark off the bench with 14 points on 3-for-9 shooting. Tyler Faulkenberry scored eight points and registered a team-high nine rebounds.

Milligan and Cumberlands stayed even through the first five minutes until an 11-0 Patriots run made it a double-digit game nearly the rest of the way. Cumberlands closed the first half on an 8-0 run to go ahead by 22 at the break, its largest lead of the game until that point.

It stayed close to a 20-point game the entire second half, with Milligan getting as close as 17 after a pair of Graham made free throws near the eight-minute mark.

Four players made it to double figures in scoring for Cumberlands, led by Deng Mayot and Steven Fitzgerald who both scored 13. Mayot added a game-high 16 rebounds, including 11 on the defensive end.

Up next, Milligan starts its home and Appalachian Athletic Conference slates with Point coming to town Saturday for a 4 p.m. matchup. Home games this season can be followed online at milliganbuffs.com.