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Spencer Levi 111721
58
Fayetteville St. FSU 2-2
77
Winner UNC Pembroke UNCP 3-0
Fayetteville St. FSU
2-2
58
Final
77
UNC Pembroke UNCP
3-0
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
Fayetteville St. FSU 26 32 58
UNC Pembroke UNCP 35 42 77

Game Recap: Men's Basketball | | Todd Anderson, Associate AD/Communications & Strategic Initiatives

Men’s Basketball Too Much For Fayetteville State

PEMBROKE – The UNC Pembroke men's basketball team bridged the first and second half with a 28-8 run and scored 23 points off of 17 turnovers to cruise past visiting Fayetteville State, 77-58, in the home opener for the Braves on Wednesday evening at Lumbee Guaranty Bank Court.
 
The result helped the Braves (3-0) secure their home opener for the 11th time in the last 12 seasons, while also handing the Black & Gold its eighth-straight victory in the series with their local rivals. The setback marked the first true road loss for the season for the Broncos (2-2) who registered a 23-point victory over visiting Chowan on Monday evening.
 
THE BASICS
SCORE: UNC Pembroke 77, Fayetteville State 58
RECORDS: UNC Pembroke (3-0); Fayetteville State (2-2)
LOCATION: Pembroke, N.C. (Lumbee Guaranty Bank Court)
HOW IT HAPPENED
1ST HALF
Cress Worthy canned a pair of free throws just 3:05 into the contest to knot the game up at seven points apiece, but the Braves made good on their next five shots from the field and forged a double-digit lead, 17-7, just more than three minutes later. The Broncos made it a one-possession game, 20-17, on Darian Dixon's jumper at the 8:51 mark, but the hosts eventually lugged a 35-26 advantage into the intermission.
2ND HALF
UNCP shot 72.2 percent from the field in the first nine minutes of the second half and used the hot hand to eventually build a game-high 31-point lead, 64-33, on Tyrell Kirk's 3-pointer with 11:15 to play. Fayetteville State followed with an 18-5 run of their own to whittle its deficit down below the 20-point plateau, but the Braves padded their lead back out to 26 points three minutes later before hitting cruise control.
INSIDE THE BOX SCORE
+ Seniors Deon Berrien and Spencer Levi each tallied 16 points to lead the Black & Gold. Levi showed 8-for-9 shooting from the field in just 22 minutes of action, while Berrien added a game-high seven rebounds to his stat line as well.
+ Senior Tyrell Kirk chipped in 11 points, while also adding a game-high five assists and four rebounds.
+ Freshman Javonte Waverly came in off of the bench to record 11 points on 5-of-7 shooting, while also totaling two assists and a pair of steals.
NOTABLES
+ The Braves have now captured 11 of their last 12 home openers at Lumbee Guaranty Bank Court, and moved to 19-11 in such games during the NCAA Division II era (1992-present) of the program.
+ UNCP has now captured eight-straight games in the series with Fayetteville State, including the last four matchups in Pembroke. The Braves now lead the overall series, 28-19.
+ The Black & Gold has out-rebounded each of its last 15 opponents, including nine opponents by double-digit boards. UNCP got the better end of a 45-26 disparity in the rebounding column on Wednesday.
UP NEXT
The Braves will open up Conference Carolinas play on Saturday when they lace up to take on Erskine (0-2, 0-0 CC) in the back half of a 2 p.m. doubleheader at Lumbee Guaranty Bank Court. Tickets can be purchased by visiting UNCPBraves.com/Tickets.
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BACK THE BRAVES
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