Clicking on all cylinders, the Lee men's basketball team put 110 points on the board and held offensive-minded North Alabama to 97 in a fast-paced Gulf South Conference win on Saturday afternoon in Walker Arena.

Keevin Tyus, who had been held in check over the past two to three games, exploded for 29 points and grabbed seven rebounds to pace the Flames to their fifth conference win of the year. Rico Overall, despite an ankle injury, recorded 23 points and Rantavious Gilbert had his biggest scoring outburst of the season with his second straight double-double, 15 points and 10 rebounds. He also continued to climb in the blocked-shot standings with six. 

Lee had five players reach double-figure scoring. Levi Woods hit three 3-pointers and finished with 14 points. He also had five rebounds and three assists. Stephan Burrows rounded out the double-digit scoring with 11. He also had a season-high eight assists.

Coach Tommy Brown was extremely pleased with his team's 22 assists compared to only 12 turnovers. North Alabama also did an excellent job of taking care of the basketball, 17 assists and seven floor mistakes. 

The Flames shot a blistering 63 percent from the field (39-of-62) and made 7-of-14 triples. They also went to the free-throw line 27 times and converted 25. In fact, the afternoon turned into a parade to the free-throw line. The Lions were awarded 35 freebies and canned 25. The rebounding battle was almost even, favoring the Flames 38-37. 

"We got gutsy performances from both Overall and (Blake) Copeland," said Brown. "They were both playing injured. Our trainer did an excellent job of trying to get them prepared for today's game. We definitely took over the game in the second half. Woods is playing much better and Gilbert played the way we'd like for him to play in every game. I challenged him after their big man took a rebound away from him in the first half and he responded."

Tavaras Tolliver led a well-balanced North Alabama attack. He finished with 21 points. Bilal Richardson followed with 18 points and 10 rebounds before leaving the game with five fouls. John Fletcher added 16 and Jeff Hodge 12. The Lions shot 40 percent from the field and 38 percent from 3-point range.

"Our team just keeps on battling and we will see what happens," pointed out Brown. "We will face two more tough challenges in West Alabama and West Georgia next week. We appreciate the fans turning out to support our guys and they will see more good action next week as we go against two more really strong GSC clubs."