ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. – Freshman Tyrell Kirk registered a career-high point total for the second-straight game and the 21^st-ranked UNC Pembroke men's basketball team held Flagler to just 25.8 percent shooting in the second half on the way to a 92-65 win over the Saints on Saturday afternoon inside Flagler Gymnasium.
 
The result marked the most lopsided victory for the Braves (15-4, 11-2 PBC) since a 91-63 home win over Wingate last season, and the largest margin of victory for the club over a Peach Belt Conference opponent in school history. It was the second-straight setback for the Saints (7-10, 4-9) who have now dropped seven-straight series matchups as well.
 
Kirk, who registered a career-best 20 points in Wednesday's loss at Francis Marion, recorded 25 points, eight rebounds and four steals to lead the Black & Gold in Saturday's road win. Akia Pruitt notched his 12th-career double-double outing with 20 points and a dozen boards, while James Murray-Boyles came off the bench to 18 points and eight rebounds.
 
Damerit Brown tallied a double-double with 21 points and 11 rebounds to lead the Saints who made just eight field goals in the second half. Vaughn McCall turned in 14 points for the hosts as well.
 
The Braves shot 57.8 percent from the floor in the second half, and led by as many as 29 points, 87-58, after a running jumper by James Murray-Boyles with 2:32 left to play. That basket capped a 16-3 run by the visitors who led by double digits for the entirety of the second period.
 
Flagler led 5-2 after a Cortlin Davis layup just 87 seconds into the first half, but the Braves answered with eight-straight points to take the lead for good. The Saints cut their deficit back to four points, 16-12, after an old-fashioned 3-point play by Brown at the 14:31 mark, but UNCP answered again, this time with 15-straight points that gave it a 31-12 lead four minutes later.
 
The Braves will be back in action again on Tuesday when they return home for a rematch with Lander (7-12, 3-10) at Lumbee Guaranty Bank Court. Tipoff is slated for 7:30 p.m. at Lumbee Guaranty Bank Court. UNCP posted an 81-78 win over the Bearcats earlier this month in Greenwood, S.C.