Weekly Men’s Basketball Notes, February 18, 2008

Men's basketball notes and game recaps for week ending February 17, 2008.

BREVARD - The young BC men's basketball team lost two close games last week, falling late in both contests to fall to 3-21 on the season ...The Tornados dropped their second straight last second overtime loss on Wednesday night, falling to the Crusaders of North Greenville 61-59 in extra time in front of a packed out Boshamer Gymnasium crowd ... In the first half, North Greenville shot 50 percent from the floor, connecting on 11-of-22 attempts, and went 3-3 from the free throw line to lead for all but 33 seconds in the first 20 minutes of play ... After the Tornados took a 5-4 lead at the 16:24 mark on a three-point basket by forward Joseph Chilton, the Crusaders went on a 11-2 run over the next five minutes of play to take a 15-7 lead ... Brevard battled back to take a 19-18 lead on a lay-up by Radosav Babic with 6:31 to go in the half. However, that basket was the Tornados last of the half, as they went ice cold from the floor and were outscored by the Crusaders 10-0 to trail 28-19 at the halftime break ... Coming out of the halftime intermission, the Tornados brought a new intensity to the floor, going on a 7-0 run to start the period, capped off by lay-up by Jonathan Whitson to cut the North Greenville lead to two at 28-26 ... After the Crusaders went scoreless in the opening four minutes, NGU found their stroke pushing their lead back up to six at 32-26 ... BC did not go away though, as they battled back to take a 34-33 lead on a jumper from about four feet out by sophomore Shane Galloway, giving the Tornados their first lead since early in the first half ... At the 5:47 mark, North Greenville's Austin Randel hit two free throws to give the Crusaders a 42-40 lead ... After a BC basket by Tripp Taraldsen tied it up at 42-42, the Crusaders again regain the lead on a Nathan Wilson lay-up, holding on to a three-point lead with until 13 seconds to go ... After a called time-out by Brevard with 13.1 on the clock and down 52-49, the Tornados came out off the huddle looking for a quick basket ... Guard Cody Siniard got the inbounds pass and hit Andrew Freeman on the left wing where he was covered and threw the ball back to the top of the key, finding a wide open Joseph Chilton who hit the shot from long range to tie the score up at 52-52 ... With 6.1 remaining in the game, North Greenville took the ball the length of the court and got two shots at the win with the last shot bounding off to the right as the horn sounded sending the game to overtime ... In the overtime, the Crusaders pulled ahead 54-52 and stayed ahead until three quick points by BC's Galloway put the Tornados ahead 57-56 with 1:15 to go in the game ... North Greenville answered with a jumper of their own to put them back on top 58-57 with 48 seconds on the clock ... On the ensuing possession, Siniard was fouled trying to set a screen and walked up to the charity stripe for two foul shots ... Siniard sank the first and then the second to but BC back on top 59-58 with 32 seconds remaining ... After a North Greenville timeout, the Crusaders scored on an open lay-up by Kyler Vitko to put the visiting Crusaders back on top, 60-59 with 18.0 seconds on the clock ... The Crusaders made a strong defensive stand on the next BC possession, regaining the possession of the ball and drawing an immediate foul from the Tornados, putting senior Adam Griggs on the line with 2.7 in the game ... NGU's Griggs hit the first foul shot and missed the second, leaving the score at 61-59 with 2.1 seconds left in the game ... The Tornados tried a last second full court pass to get off a quick shot in the final 2.1 seconds, but to no avail, ultimately falling 61-59 ... Brevard had four players in double-digit scoring, led by Whitson's 13 point performance. Chilton and Siniard had 12 points apiece, while Galloway came off the bench with 10 points ... The Brevard College men's basketball team used a big second half against Wingate University on Saturday afternoon, to battle back into the game before falling to the pre-season SAC favorites, 87-77 at Boshamer Gymnasium ... The entire 40 minutes of play was a game of runs, as Wingate jumped out to an early 4-0 lead on the Tornados and never trailed for the remainder of the game, holding off the Tornados down the stretch to seal the 10 point win ... The Tornados battled back to cut the lead to five, at 27-22, as forward Joseph Chilton hit a three-pointer from the top of the key at the 8:28 mark ... Yet Wingate made another run to close out the last eight minutes of the half, outscoring BC 21-11 in the closing minutes to take a 48-33 lead into the halftime break ... While the Tornados shot 41.7 percent from behind the three-point arc in the first half, connecting on 5-of-12, the Bulldogs went 6-of-10 from long distance and shot 52.8 percent from the floor overall to help them hold of BC and maintain their lead in the first 20 minutes of play ... After a lay-up by Siniard started off the second half, the Tornados again started off slow, falling behind 61-39 with 16:44 to go in the game ... Yet Coach Jones' squad did not go away, as they continued to hang around with the Bulldogs cutting the lead to as low as 10 on a number of occasions over the next 14 minutes of play ... The Tornados finally cut the Wingate lead to single digits with 1:56 remaining in the game, as two made free throws by sophomore Jonathan Whitson cut the lead to eight points at 81-73 ... After two missed free throws by Wingate on the next possession, the Tornados Whitson came through again, this time hitting a lay-up down low to cut the lead to six with 1:29 to play ... However, that was as close as Brevard would get, as Wingate's seniors and pre-season all-conference performers Sean Barnette and Bryan Grier scored the final six points down the stretch for the Bulldogs to seal the 87-77 win ... Leading the way for Brevard was sophomore Jonathan Whitson's game-high 29 points and 15 rebounds, his fifth double-double on the season ... Forward Joseph Chilton had 14 points, while fellow junior Sean Ferretti had a season-high 12 points on the game ... Sophomore guard Cody Siniard had his first double-double of the season, scoring 11 points to go along with his season-high 14 assists ... The Tornados will not play one, but two games this week in the state of Tennessee, first traveling to Jefferson City, T.N. to face off with the Eagles of Carson-Newman College ... On Saturday, the Tornados head to Greeneville, T.N. to do battle with the Tusculum Pioneers, as the two teams last played on December 8, 2007.

CARSON-NEWMAN - The Carson-Newman Eagles posted a disappointing 0-2 week to fall to 16-6 on the season…C-N played short-handed for much of the two losses, going without junior Bobby Guyton in both games…C-N dropped its first game of the week on Wednesday night at L-R in heartbreaking-fashion…The Eagles lost sophomore Jordan Dixon in the second half of the game at L-R, holding a three-point lead in the second half…The Eagles led 91-90 after a pair of free throws by senior Darren Williams…Senior Andy Tipton's jumper to tie it with two seconds to play didn't fall, and L-R held onto win 97-93… C-N led for the first 31:16, until a dunk by Reggie Bratton gave L-R a 78-77 lead at the 8:44 mark…Senior Clay Scott led the Eagles with 18 points and seven boards…The 18 points is a season-high for Scott…Tipton added 14 points…Freshman Cameron Sharpe added 10 points…L-R won the turnover battle…Forcing the Eagles in 22, while committing only 12…C-N dropped a home with Tusculum on Saturday night, 88-74…Freshman Cameron Sharpe had a career-high 16 points to lead the Eagles...he also had seven assists…Freshman Kevin Hare had 14 points and nine rebounds, both career highs, as he continues to play more of Guyton's minutes… Carson-Newman wraps up a three-game homestand as it hosts two home games this week, beginning with Brevard on Wednesday night in Holt Fieldhouse… Lincoln Memorial visits Saturday for a 4 p.m. tip…Saturday will be senior night at Mossy Creek, and will wrap up C-N's home schedule for the regular season…The Eagles for the sweep of the season series against both teams.

CATAWBA - The Catawba Indians earned a pair of wins last week to grab fourth place in the league ... Catawba snapped a four-game losing streak with a 107-103 double overtime win at Newberry on Wednesday then held on for an 80-78 win over Mars Hill on Saturday ... Norman Monroe led the Indians at Newberry with a career-high effort of 35 points and 16 rebounds ... He connected on 14-of-17 shots in the win ... Antonio Houston scored 22 of his 25 points after the break, while Isaac Rose and Rob Fields each tossed in 17 points ... Catawba nearly squandered a seven-point lead in the final 33 seconds of regulation, but rebounded after being down five at the outset of the second OT period ... Catawba shot 57 percent in the win and canned 14-of-18 shots during the second 20 minute session ... Catawba also used a 47-36 edge on the boards ... against Mars Hill, Rose picked up the scoring lead with 21 points on 8-of-11 shooting ... Dominick Reid gave Catawba the lead on a jumper with 14 seconds left and Donzell Williams blocked a layup in the final seconds to preserve the win ... Reid finished with 12 points with Houston and Monroe adding 11 each ... Catawba shot 48 percent for the game and held Mars Hill to just 30 percent shooting in the final half ... The Lions did grab 24 offensive rebounds ... Houston continues to lead the team in scoring at 18.4 a game ... He has moved within 54 points of reaching 1,000 for his career ... Monroe has improved his average to 11.5 a contest and is scoring 14.5 a game in league action ... Catawba will head to Lincoln Memorial on Wednesday ... the Indians host league-leading Lenoir-Rhyne on Saturday..

LENOIR-RHYNE - The No. 20 Lenoir-Rhyne College men's basketball team (19-3, 11-0) matched its longest winning streak in 15 years (12 games) after defeating Carson-Newman (97-93) at home and Lincoln Memorial (89-63) on the road last Wednesday and Saturday, respectively … The Bears are also ranked third in the most recent NCAA Division II South Atlantic Region Poll and are looking to win 20 games in a season for the first time in five years … Against the Eagles, the Bears rallied from a 51-41 halftime deficit and a 12-point deficit (55-43) early in the second half to win … Senior forwards Josh Kindred (Holly Springs, N.C.) and Reggie Bratton (Charlotte, N.C.) combined for 48 points as Lenoir-Rhyne won for the 28th time in its last 29 games in South Atlantic Conference Regular Season Games at home … Kindred tallied 23 points while Bratton came off the bench to score 25 as the Bears swept the season series from the Eagles … Kindred added 11 rebounds and blocked what would have been the game-tying shot with two seconds left to hold on for the victory … Junior forward Elliott McDowell and sophomore guard Marcus Hodges added 13 points apiece as L-R forced Carson-Newman into 22 turnovers … The Bears jumped out to an 18-1 advantage and led by as many as 36 points (80-44) late in the second half as L-R swept the season series from Lincoln Memorial as well … Junior guard Josh Rudder (Graham, N.C.) was one of three Bears to score in double figures as he finished with 15 points while sophomore forward D.J. Blackmon (Albemarle, N.C.) and McDowell added 13 points each … Lenoir-Rhyne, with a two-and-a-half game lead in the SAC standings, needs one win in its remaining three league contests to clinch at least a share of the conference regular season crown … Rudder is just 30 points away from becoming the 48th player to surpass the 1,000-point mark in school history …Bratton (1,299) and Kindred (1,168) already surpassed the mark this season … Kindred is second all-time on Lenoir-Rhyne's shot-blocking list with 179 … Head Coach John Lentz, in his 22nd season with L-R, has 398 victories for his coaching career … Lenoir-Rhyne remains on the road to play North Carolina Central (Wednesday at 7:30 p.m.) in Durham, N.C., and league-rival Catawba (Saturday at 4 p.m.) in Salisbury, N.C. … North Carolina Central leads the all-time series with Lenoir-Rhyne, 2-1, and the Bears haven't played the Eagles since the 2005-06 season (a 71-63 L-R victory) … N.C. Central is in its first year as a member of NCAA Division I … Lenoir-Rhyne, which leads the all-time series with Catawba, 100-81, and won earlier this year by a 70-66 score on December 5, 2007, in Hickory, N.C.

LINCOLN MEMORIAL - Mars Hill snapped a two-game skid as they ran past Lincoln Memorial Wednesday night in Stanford Arena, 101-81. LMU fell to 8-15 on the season and 1-9 in the league … The Lions scored 54 first half points by connecting on 75 percent (21-28) of their shots from the floor. P.J. Gore led MHC with 22 points and nine rebounds. Jabreel Moton scored 19 while Jamarl Glen added 18. Glen had a team high six assists in the win. Gore was fouled 39 second into the contest and he nailed both shots at the charity stripe to give the Lions a 2-0 advantage they would not relinquish. Gore scored 16 points in the first frame to lead the Lions to a 54-24 advantage at the intermission … Mars Hill enjoyed their largest lead of 34 points (58-24) after Akeene Coakley hit a layup with 19:38 left in the game. LMU would trim the lead to 16 points with 6:23 left in the game after Emmanuel Njomo hit a shot in the paint. That was as close as the Railsplitters would get. Njomo led all scorers with 28 points … Terry Delaney and Ryan Whitaker were the only other players for LMU in double figures. They scored 14 and 13 points in the contest, respectively … MHC scored 62 points in the paint, 29 off LMU miscues and 22 off the break. The Lions won the rebound battle 34-30 and ended the contest hitting 63.3 percent (38-60) from the floor ... The Bears of Lenoir-Rhyne College who remain undefeated in South Atlantic Conference play, cruised past Lincoln Memorial on Saturday night to move to 19-3 overall and 10-0 in league play. The Bears pulled out to as much as a 20 point lead in the first half and never trailed as Lincoln Memorial was forced to battle from behind for forty minutes without its top scorer Terry Delaney who was under the weather and out of the lineup … In the second half, Lenoir-Rhyne broke the back of the Railsplitters, opening the game up to a 35 points lead on three different occasions before eventually coming away with a 26 point 89-63 victory … Despite the loss, LMU's Emmanuel Njomo led all scorers with 20 points while Railsplitter freshman Ryan Whitaker finished closely behind with 17 points … The Railsplitters fall to 8-16 overall and 1-10 in South Atlantic Conference play as they prepare for their final South Atlantic Conference home game of the season this Wednesday night when LMU plays host to Catawba College at 8:00 p.m. The Railsplitters will close out the regular season schedule on the road when they travel to Carson-Newman College and Newberry College in the final week of the month.

MARS HILL - Mars Hill split their games last week. MHC is now 10-13 overall and 4-7 in the SAC … In the first game of the week, Mars Hill snapped a two-game skid as they ran past Lincoln Memorial Wednesday night in Stanford Arena, 101-81. The Lions scored 54 first half points by connecting on 75 percent (21-28) of their shots from the floor … P.J. Gore (North Myrtle Beach, SC) led MHC with 22 points and nine rebounds. Jabreel Moton (Cincinnati, OH) scored 19 while Jamarl Glen (District Heights, MD) added 18. Glen had a team high six assists in the win. Gore was fouled 39 second into the contest and he nailed both shots at the charity stripe to give the Lions a 2-0 advantage they would not relinquish. Gore scored 16 points in the first frame to lead the Lions to a 54-24 advantage at the intermission … Mars Hill enjoyed their largest lead of 34 points (58-24) after Akeene Coakley (Mt. Pleasant, SC) hit a layup with 19:38 left in the game. LMU would trim the lead to 16 points with 6:23 left in the game after Emmanuel Njomo (Fairfax, VA) hit a shot in the paint. That was as close as the Railsplitters would get … MHC scored 62 points in the paint, 29 off LMU miscues and 22 off the break. The Lions won the rebound battle 34-30 and ended the contest hitting 63.3 percent (38-60) from the floor … In the second contest of the week, Freshman Dominick Reid (Concord, NC/Cannon School) hit a jumper with 14 seconds left and Donzell Williams (Salem, VA/Glenvar HS) blocked a last-second attempt by Mars Hill to lift Catawba to an 80-78 win over the visiting Lions in South Atlantic Conference men's basketball action on Saturday afternoon at Goodman Gym … The wild finish capped a back-and-forth second half that saw Mars Hill rally from 11 points down. Catawba held a 60-49 lead with 12:10 to go, but the Lions stormed back using a 16-3 run to grab a 65-63 lead on a three-pointer by Stoney Polite (Morganton, NC) with 7:33 remaining … The game would see five ties and five lead changes from there. A three-pointer by Antonio Houston (Charlotte, NC/E. Mecklenburg HS) put the Indians up 74-70 with 4:12 left then a three-pointer by Polite and a layin by Jordan Skinner (Yellow Springs, OH) helped tied the score at 75-all at the 2:27 mark … After a layup by Catawba's Isaac Rose (Jonesville, NC/W. Forsyth HS), Jarmarl Glen (District Heights, MD) converted a three-point play on a follow shot that put Mars Hill up 78-77 with 23 seconds left. That set the stage for Reid's jumper that gave Catawba a 79-78 lead. Mars Hill would miss a shot on its next possession and Rob Fields (Orangeburg, SC/Orangeburg-Wilkerson HS) made the second of two free throws with five seconds to play for the 80-78 edge. Glen would drive the length of the court, but his layup was blocked by Williams and time expired … Glen (22 points, 11 rebounds) and Skinner (18 points, 13 rebounds) posted double-doubles for the Lions … P.J. Gore (N. Myrtle Beach, SC) added 14 points before fouling out with 4:40 to play … The first half saw a dozen lead changes with the largest lead coming at 31-26 by Catawba at the 6:03 mark. The Lions led 42-30 at the break, shooting 51 percent for the half. Mars Hill cooled off in the final half, hitting just 30 percent. Catawba shot 48 percent in each half. Mars Hill stayed close with its work on the boards, grabbing 16 of its 24 offensive rebounds in the final half.

NEWBERRY - The Newberry College Indians stand at 11-12 overall and 4-7 in the South Atlantic Conference after dropping their only SAC game of the week in 2 OTs on Wednesday and winning a road non-conference game on Saturday… On Wednesday, Clemente Martin scored his 1,000th career point and Kendrick Johnson broke the school's record for blocks in a career, but it wasn't enough as the Indians fell to Catawba, 107-103, in double overtime… Martin finished the game with 27 points, while Stephane Bakinde added his second double-double of the season with 18 points and 10 rebounds… Cory Etheridge scored a season-high 24 points, including three trifectas in the final 17 seconds of regulation and a long-distance contested three at the buzzer to send the game to overtime… Grant Domsic's 14 and Johnson's 10 rounded out the double-digit scorers for Newberry… Newberry led by as many as 11 points late in the first half and took a six point advantage into the locker room with a 41-35 lead... Catawba erased the deficit quickly, scoring the first seven points out of the break to take a 42-41 lead with 18:33 left in regulation... The visitors extended the lead to 52-47, but Martin single-handedly went on a six-point run - which encompassed his 1,000th point - to narrow the deficit to one... As the teams battled back and forth, Catawba pulled ahead by nine points with 2:25 to play after a series of missed shots by Newberry... The 78-69 advantage was Catawba's largest lead of the game... However, Catawba's missed free throws in the final minute gave the hosts a chance to come back late... Etheridge nailed three triples in the final 17 seconds of the game, including the contested long-distance buzzer beater to tie the game for the fifth time and go to OT... Each team scored seven points in the first overtime... Etheridge stole the ball away from Monroe with under three seconds on the clock, but the desperation shot at the buzzer missed, extending the game by another five minutes... Houston scored the first points of the second extra period, giving Catawba a two-point advantage, but an Etheridge three-pointer and buckets in the paint from Martin pushed Newberry ahead by five with 2:34 left... But Catawba pounded the offensive glass to narrow the Newberry lead to one, and took the lead on a Houston lay-in following a steal... A missed Newberry three-pointer and subsequent foul put Catawba on the line, but Dominick Reid only made one of his opportunities from the charity stripe, keeping the lead at two... With Newberry needing only one bucket to tie the game late, Houston sealed the win for the guests, stripping the ball away from Etheridge and sinking both free throw attempts with less than two seconds on the clock... The lights in the Eleazer Arena scoreboard hadn't shown triple digits for either side in a men's game since Newberry's 101-81 win over Wingate on January 17, 2004... It was the first time both teams in a Newberry game had broken the century mark since the Indians' 117-103 loss at Mars Hill on December 4, 1995... On Saturday, the Indians took a trip to ski country in their off night from SAC play and took a 69-59 decision at Lees-McRae... Etheridge scored 17 points and had six rebounds off the bench... Martin netted 16 points, while Bakinde scored 13 and Domsic netted 10... Johnson scored eight points and grabbed eight rebounds while blocking six LMC shots... Matt Alexander only scored three points but had a career best nine assists and grabbed seven boards... The Bobcats scored the first bucket of the game and the two teams traded scores for the first three minutes of the game, but Domsic's triple with 16:18 left in the opening half gave Newberry a lead it would never relinquish... The Indians kept up the pace in the opening half and took a 15-point lead into the locker room... A late jumper by Ty Overmyer gave Newberry a 42-27 lead at the break... The Indians shot 60 percent (15-of-25) from the floor to grab the halftime lead... Nick DeSchepper kept LMC in the game early in the second half, as Newberry had been poised to extend the lead even further... The freshman scored 10 points in the opening four minutes of the stanza to cut the lead to eight at 45-37 with 16:10 to play... But that was as close as the Bobcats would get to the Indians, as the guests stretched the lead to as many as 19 down the stretch... Newberry scored 24 points off of 16 LMC turnovers and out-rebounded the Bobcats, 33-25... The Indians face two crucial SAC matchups this week, starting with a Wednesday night game at Tusculum... Newberry returns home on Saturday for a 4 p.m. tip off against Wingate.

TUSCULUM - The Tusculum Pioneers (10-14, 4-8 SAC) went 1-1 last week, including an 88-74 road win at Carson-Newman… Sophomore Kyle Moore poured in a game-high 26 points as TC split the South Atlantic Conference season series with their in-state foes, while also recording its sixth straight win in Jefferson City… Moore hit 11-of-18 shots from the floor to help the Pioneers (10-14, 4-8 SAC) pick up a key road win… Seniors Lavonti Jeter and Jordan Lear added 22 and 17 points, respectively as TC was able to distance itself from C-N down the stretch… The Pioneers led by as many as 13 points in the first half, before having their lead cut to seven at the break, 44-37… Tusculum pushed its lead out to a dozen at 55-43 on a jumper by Robert Troutman, before C-N answered with a 13-4 run, to cutting the score to 59-56 with 12:38 remaining in the game… Tusculum answered with six straight points, including two free throws by sophomore Darren Hobbs and baskets by Jeter and sophomore Jimmy Boone… The Eagles responded with seven straight markers and trimmed the deficit to 65-63 with eight minutes remaining… The Pioneers erupted with a 15-3 spurt, including a Jeter three-point play and a three-pointer by Lear as Tusculum led 80-66 with 5:09 remaining… C-N got as close as 10 (82-72) down the stretch, but Moore canned a 23-foot trey with 1:18 left as the shot clock expired to halt the rally… Rebounding was one of the keys to the game… The Pioneers won the battle of the boards 42-32, and came up with a number of key offensive rebounds down the stretch… Tusculum shot a sizzling 60 percent for the night, including 15-for-24 in the second half (62.5 percent)… The Pioneer also dominated the inside game as TC outscored C-N 52-24 in the paint… The Eagles, who have been averaging over 100 points per game in their last six outings, was held to 74 points on 40 percent shooting… In Tusculum's 64-53 home loss to Wingate, Jeter accounted for 13 points and eight rebounds, while Lear and Ryan Troutman finished with 12 and 10 points, respectively… The Bulldogs used a 17-3 run over a span of 7:35 in the second half to take a 50-40 lead with 8:17 remaining… Tusculum cut the deficit back to six at 50-44 following a pair of free throws by Troutman… But Wingate capped off the win with an 8-2 run in the closing moments preserve the road win… Tusculum led throughout most of the first half, taking its largest lead at 13-6 at the 14:24 following a three-pointer by Boone… TC would lead again by seven (31-24) after a three-point play by Troutman. Wingate answered with a 5-0 spurt thanks to a three-point play and a lay-up at the buzzer as TC led 31-29 at the break… Wingate shot 49 percent from the floor in the game, including 54.2 percent in the second half. Tusculum shot 32.1 percent from the field, including 27 percent in the second half… Tusculum has made a three-point field goal in 577 consecutive games.

WINGATE - The Wingate University men's team went 2-0 on the week, improving to 18-5 overall and 8-2 in the SAC. The Bulldogs won 64-53 at Tusculum Wednesday. They picked up an 87-77 victory Saturday at Brevard ... Senior forward/guard Sean Barnette (Rock Hill, S.C.) led the way Wednesday night with 19 points and 11 rebounds. Sophomore guard Larry Staley (Charlotte, N.C.) added a career-high 14 points for the Bulldogs. Wingate held Tusculum to a season-low 53 points; the Pioneers shot just 32.1 percent from the field ... Senior guard Sam Holmes (Danville, Va.) scored a career-high 20 points Saturday to lead the Bulldogs past Brevard. Redshirt senior forward/center Bryan Grier (Charlotte, N.C.) barely missed a triple-double for the second time this season against Brevard. He had 18 points, 13 rebounds and eight blocks. In his two games against Brevard this season, the NCAA Division II career blocked shots leader has 31 points, 23 rebounds and 17 rejections ... A three from David Johnson (Durham, N.C.) gave Wingate a 21-9 lead at the 12:09 mark. A DeMario Mattox (Rocky Mount, Va.) lay-up with 10:11 remaining made the score 25-13. Brevard would then go on a 9-2 run to cut the lead to five at the 8:28 mark. The nine points came from three-pointers by three different players ... Holmes had the answer, scoring the game's next five points to stretch the lead back to 11. Wingate held a 10-point lead at the 1:32 mark, then ended the half on a 7-2 run. The 7-2 Wingate run was capped by a lay-up from junior forward Kenny Villines (Fayetteville, N.C.) with nine seconds remaining in the half ... The Bulldogs would stretch the lead to 22 on a lay-up from Grier less than four minutes into the second half. Brevard responded with a 15-3 run over the next three minutes to cut the lead back to 10 ... Wingate would slowly build the lead up, as a Grier lay-up made it 77-59 at the eight-minute mark. The Tornados once again got the lead back down to 10 on a three from Sean Ferretti with only three minutes remaining. A lay-up from Jonathan Whitson with 1:29 to go made it 81-75 ... Barnette grabbed a rebound from a missed free throw. The 2007 Daktronics All-American converted the put-back to give Wingate an eight-point lead. Grier had a steal and a lay-up to make it 85-75 with a minute left ... Wingate shot 48.6 percent (35-of-72) from the field, while hitting eight-of-18 (44.4 percent) from beyond the arc. Brevard shot 38.9 percent (28-of-72) from the field, while hitting seven-of-22 (38.9 percent) three-point attempts. Wingate converted 15 Brevard turnovers into 17 points, while the Bulldogs had only seven turnovers in the game. Wingate outscored the Tornados 16-0 in fast break points. Brevard held a 49-39 rebounding edge ... The 2007 SAC Player of the Year and SAC Male Athlete of the Year, Barnette is the only player in SAC history to score 2,000 points. He currently has 2,123 career points. The all-time blocked shots leader in Division II history, Grier has 433 career blocks ... The Bulldogs take on Mars Hill Wednesday. Wingate beat the Lions 94-89 earlier this year. Villines led the way with 18 points, while Barnette had 13 points and 13 rebounds. Mattox had 12 points, eight rebounds, five assists and three steals ... Wingate visits Newberry Saturday. The Bulldogs took an 86-83 win over the Indians in Cuddy Arena in December. Barnette had 25 points and 14 rebounds. Grier added 16 points and 13 rebounds.