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title: Men’s Basketball Fast Second-Half Start Leads Hocking Hawks Over Appalachian Bible College
description: Nelsonville, Ohio – The Hocking College men’s basketball team (4-9) achieved a non-conference win on Tuesday night over Appalachian Bible College behind a 42-29 advantage in the second half leading to a 79-60 victory. This was the Hawks second consecutive ...
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# [Men’s Basketball Fast Second-Half Start Leads Hocking Hawks Over Appalachian Bible College](https://blog.hocking.edu/hocking-colleges-fast-second-half-start-leads-hawks-over-appalachian-bible-college)

 Written by [Hocking College Contributing Writer](https://blog.hocking.edu/author/hocking-college-contributing-writer) | Dec 12, 2018 7:46:00 PM

**Nelsonville**, **Ohio **– The Hocking College men’s basketball team (4-9) achieved a non-conference win on Tuesday night over Appalachian Bible College behind a 42-29 advantage in the second half leading to a 79-60 victory. This was the Hawks’ second consecutive victory. Appalachian Bible College falls to (1-4) behind Jacob Tincher who scored a game high 22 points.

Led by their strong freshmen backcourt, the Hawks started their first winning streak of the season. [**Azende Johnson**](https://blog.hocking.edu/hocking-college-basketball-player-named-njcaa-d-iii-player-of-the-week) (Columbus/Walnut Ridge) scored a team-high 19 points, shooting 9-of-16 from the field, and freshman Tyler Jones (Cleveland/Shaker Heights) added 12 points. Jose Deleon also tallied 12 points as four Hawks finished in double figures.

Hocking College sophomore forward Dalane Brown (Youngstown/East) dominated the frontcourt with a strong double-double, scoring 15 points and grabbing a game-high 14 rebounds.  The Hawks outrebounded the Warriors, 48-26. Brown has now recorded 30 rebounds in the last two games.

The Hawks entered halftime up by six, 37-31. Coming out of the locker room, Azende Johnson (Columbus/Walnut Ridge) came out hot and went 4-of-4 from the field scoring a quick eight points. The rest of the team followed in his footsteps as the Hawks went up by 19 with just over ten minutes left. At the four-minute mark the Hawks lead was up to 26, 77-51.

Clay Bretz is a junior majoring in sports administration at Ohio University. He is currently completing an internship with the Hocking College athletic department.

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