Wesleyan opens men's basketball season at Oglethorpe

Atlanta, GA - The Bishops of North Carolina Wesleyan opened up their 2006-07 slate this weekend at the Oglethorpe Tip-Off Classic.  Despite averaging 85 points per game in the two-day tournament, Wesleyan dropped contests to LaGrange College and host Oglethorpe, respectively.  LaGrange downed the Bishops 110-88 on Friday before Oglethorpe won by a 99-81 score on Saturday.

In Friday's opener, Lenny Hall poured in a team-high 20 points for Wesleyan.  Jarvis Cobb chipped in with 12 points on 4-of-8 shooting from behind the arc, while Sharard Carmichael and Reggie Washington rounded out the double-figure scorers with 11 and 10 points on the night.  Defensively, Hall tallied a game-high seven steals, tying his career-high.

The Bishops trailed just 52-49 at the break, but LaGrange shot 58 percent from the floor in the second half to pull away down the stretch.  LC had three players net 20+ points in the game.

Wesleyan fell to Oglethorpe on Saturday afternoon by a 99-81 score.  Hall paced three Bishops in double figures with 24 points on 9-of-15 shooting.  Freshman Trey Drake added 15 and Adam Coleman 14 in the losing effort.  Coleman also pulled down team-high eight rebounds.

OU shot 49 percent to the Bishops 43 in the game.

The Bishops will open up their home slate on Tuesday when the University of Mary Washington visits Everett Gymnasium.  Tip-off is slated for 5:00 p.m.