BANNER ELK, N.C. – Lees-McRae men's basketball fell short to Mount Olive on Saturday afternoon in Conference Carolinas play, 87-85, on the McNair & Debi Tornow Court.
Dwight Canady had a game-high 20 points for the Bobcats.
THE BASICS
FINAL SCORE: Mount Olive –
87, Lees-McRae – 85
LOCATION: McNair & Debi Tornow Court – Banner Elk, North Carolina
RECORDS: Mount Olive (7-9/4-4); Lees-McRae (7-11/4-6)
HOW IT HAPPENED:
- Lees-McRae held the eight-point advantage off a three-pointer from Yerald Mieses with 12:28 left in the first half. Mount Olive cut into the Bobcat lead and held the one-point advantage with five minutes remaining in the opening half.
- Mount Olive's Matt Kirby connected on a layup with 43 seconds remaining in the first half and the Trojans led 40-37 at the halftime break.
- The Bobcats regained the two-point lead with a layup from Isajah Deburgo and pushed their lead to eight points off a three from Mieses.
- UMO continued to chip away at the lead and trailed by two with a three-pointer from Shane Peterson at 4:11 mark of the second half.
- Mount Olive took the lead off a fastbreak triple from Peterson with 2:33 left in the second half. Jaevian Alston hit free throw with 18 seconds to push the Trojans back with the 86-85 lead. Ira Wilson had his shot blocked on the other end and Mount Olive earned the 87-85 win in Banner Elk.
- Canady had a game-high 20 points in 34 minutes and went 4-6 from three-point range and 6-11 from the field. Mieses followed with 14 points. Deburgo, Nigel Okwakol, and Cedric Patterson joined Canady and Mieses with double-digit points in the contest.
UP NEXT:
Lees-McRae men's basketball hosts Erskine on Monday afternoon at 4 p.m. on the McNair & Debi Tornow Court.
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