Box Score MEMPHIS, Tenn. – Tylon Chatman had a career night as he helped lead the Lee University men's basketball team past Christian Brothers University 81-68 on Wednesday night. Chatman made seven shots from long range on the way to a 30-point contest. With the win, the Flames improved to 13-12 overall and 10-11 in Gulf South Conference action.
 
The CBU squad scored the first bucket of the game. And then never led again the rest of the contest. The Flames then scored 14 straight points after that made it a 14-2 game. Each time in the first half that CBU tried to make a run, Tylon Chatman or Willie Walton hit a three-point shot to keep the lead in double digits. Lee made 18 field goals in the first half to lead it 40-21
 
CBU came out strong in the second half and went on two separate 6-0 runs to cut it back down to a 51-43 game halfway through the second period. Zach Gray hit a big three right before the under 12 media timeout and pushed it back out to a 54-43 lead. CBU refused to go away and brought it back to a 56-49 game. Chatman then hit another long range shot as the shot clock was running out and Lee went back up by ten with eight and a half minutes left in the game. Chatman hit another three made it a 62-50 contest and forced a timeout from CBU.
 
Chatman hit two more three-point shots and stifled any chance of a CBU comeback. Walton and Gray each had a few more buckets and the Flames won 81-68.
 
Chatman had a career high 30 points making 11 total shots and seven from long range. It was the first time that Lee had a player make seven three-point shots since Tariq Daughton did against the University of Alabama in Huntsville in March of 2024 in the five-overtime game.
 
Gray was one rebound away from a double-double as he finished the night with 17 points and nine rebounds. Walton had 14 points while Vaughn had ten. CBU had four players in double figures led by Iman Kheirati. Who had 19.
 
Lee was 10-of-23 from long range while CBU was 8-of-24. The Flames also had a 43-28 advantage in the rebounding department. 
 
Lee will end the regular season with a match at rival Union University in Jackson, Tenn. on Friday, February 25.

Coach Bubba Smith's Thoughts:

"Good road win tonight. I thought our guys established a great tone defensively in the first half. Wish we would have played more consistent in the second but we did enough to get the win. Tylon really put us on his shoulders in the second half and gave us the margin we needed."