Beavers Drop SLIAC Contest

The Blackburn College Men's Basketball team took on the Webster Gorloks at home for their St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference game but fell short of the Gorloks 78-70. 

The Beavers were led by sophomore Darius Duff with 18 points while freshman Odis Grissom and senior Izayah Talmadge with 9 points apiece. Sophomore Cameron Johnson grabbed 6 rebounds for the Beavers with senior Zach Kelsey not far behind with 5 rebounds. 

BC started out with a layup by Duff, followed by an Talmadge jumper, and another layup by Duff. The Beavers were ahead 14-13 when sophomore Cayden Paquette hit his first three of the game. Two free throws from Talmadge put BC up 22-19 with about three minutes left until halftime, but the guest rallied to take a 32-29 lead into the break. 

Grissom sank two free throws to get the Beavers down by only 5 early in the second half, but were unable to narrow the gap as Webster captured the SLIAC win. 

The Beavers move to 5-9 overall and 4-3 in Conference. The Beavers return to action Saturday as they host Principia College Saturday.