ADRIAN, Mich. -- The Adrian College men's basketball team kicked off its season at home against Anderson University from Indiana. De'Ovion Price made an impact in his Adrian debut as the freshman dropped 19 points for the Bulldogs. Anderson came away with the Friday night victory by a score of 75-65.

The Bulldogs started the scoring as Price found Connor Pelham on a back door cut for a quick dunk on the first possession of the game. Anderson came back and took a 9-2 lead, but the Bulldogs responded with a 12-2 run to lead 14-11. Anderson retied the game at 18-18 with just under nine minutes to play in the first half and ended up on a run to jump up 31-23. Price finished the half with a pair of jumpers but Adrian went into the break trailing 38-27.

Adrian struggled to start the second half as Anderson went on an early run and grabbed its biggest lead of the night at 51-33. P'hariz Watkins, Robert Warrick, James Clay, Pelham and Price sparked a run and got the deficit down to eight. After the Ravens lead by ten again, Pelham made a layup followed by a 3-pointer from Price off a turnover to lead by five. Time was not on Adrian's side as they were forced to foul late giving the Ravens points from the free-throw line to with 75-65.

Price led the Bulldogs with 19 points followed by 12 from freshman Andrew Larson. Pelham added a double-double on the night with 12 points and ten rebounds. Watkins came off the bench scoring nine of the team's 13 points off the bench.

The Bulldogs will have a quick turnaround and get back to action on Saturday, November 13 as they host Manchester University at home starting at 3:00 PM.