BARBOURVILLE, Ky. – Despite a season-high 14 points from Brian Kirk, the Union College Bulldogs dropped a home Appalachian Athletic Conference contest 67-45 against No. 21 King (Tenn.) College on Tuesday.

The contest was the first conference game for both teams and Union moved to 4-3 overall with a 0-1 conference mark. King improved to 7-1 overall and 1-0 in the AAC.

The Bulldogs scored the first points of the game when Josh Hurd (Independence, Ky.) scored and it was the last advantage Union would own. King took the lead and never looked back as the Tornado took a 42-24 lead into the halftime break.

King continued to extend the lead in the final half en route to the 22-point win. The closest the Bulldogs could cut into the deficit was 17 points, 47-30, with 14 minutes left in the game.

Aaron Dunaway (Lexington, Ky.) added nine points for Union’s cause.

King got 14 points from both Torrington Cox and Mark Dockery. Cox also grabbed a game-high 14 rebounds. J.T. Blair added 13 points from the bench.

The Tornado squad collected ten offensive rebounds and converted that into 13 second-chance points compared to Union’s three second-chance points.

The Bulldogs attempted more shots, 60, but only made 16 and King made a total of 28 shots out of 55 attempts.

Union will return to action Saturday when the Bulldogs will travel to Montreat (N.C.) College for a 6 p.m. AAC contest.

Bulldog Notes

• This is Union's first home loss and first loss on Tuesday of the season.
• It is the first time this season an opponent has scored under 70 points and beat Union.
• Union scored the fewest points in the first half (24) and second half (21) of the year.

• The 45 points is the fewest scored by Union since a 47-point performance against Covenant (Ga.) College on January 31, 2006.