Wooten, Stegall lead Kennesaw State to victory over Lipscomb

1/26/2008 9:21 PM

KENNESAW, Ga. (AP) -Ronell Wooten scored 23 points and Shuan Stegall added 21 to lead Kennesaw State to a 79-72 victory over Lipscomb on Saturday night.

Both teams held 10-point leads in the game - Lipscomb with 14:08 left in the first half and the Owls with 7:01 left in the game.

Kennesaw State (4-15, 2-4 Atlantic Sun) got solid production off Lipscomb turnovers and also had a big edge in bench scoring - 22-12. Lipscomb had 24 turnovers, leading to 25 KSU points and KSU had 18 turnovers, but the Bisons (8-12, 2-4) could only get 13 points off those mistakes.

The victory marked the first time this season for Kennesaw to win two in a row, coming on the heels of Thursday night's victory over Belmont.

Adnan Hodzic led the Bisons with 23 points, Eddie Ard added 14 and Josh Slater 10. Kelvin McConnell added 13 points for Kennesaw State.

The game features five ties and five lead changes.