A crowd of 1,944 watched App State men’s basketball open its season with a win against Division III Warren Wilson in Boone Monday, 142-74.
The game began with the teams going back-and-forth before App State took a 15-11 lead going into the first media timeout. Warren Wilson employed a full-court press from the start of the game, leading to easy dunks or layups when the Mountaineers broke the press. After the quick start, App State went on a 25-12 run that included a couple of alley-oop dunks and three pointers. The Mountaineers recorded nine dunks in a seven-minute span, along with a couple of nice defensive plays to take control of the contest.