UNC Pembroke UNCP 12-1,9-1 Conference Carolinas

Southern Wesleyan SW 7-5,5-3 Conference Carolinas

UNC Pembroke UNCP

12-1,9-1 Conference Carolinas

Final

Jan. 08, 2022

Southern Wesleyan SW

7-5,5-3 Conference Carolinas

Score By Periods
Team	1	2	F
UNC Pembroke UNCP	39	51	90
Southern Wesleyan SW	31	55	86

Summary
Box Score

Game Recap: Men's Basketball | January 8, 2022 | Todd Anderson, Associate AD/Communications & Strategic Initiatives

No. 20 Men’s Basketball Toughs Out Win At Southern Wesleyan

CENTRAL, S.C. – Southern Wesleyan whittled an 18-point second half deficit down to just three with just more than four minutes left, but the 20^th-ranked UNC Pembroke men's basketball team used clutch rebounding and key transition scoring down the stretch to hold off the red-hot Warriors, 90-86, on Saturday inside Tysinger Gymnasium.

The result helped the Braves (12-1, 9-1 CC) push their winning streak out to eight games, while also helping the Black & Gold improve to 5-1 away from Pembroke this season as well. The setback snapped a five-game victory skein for the Warriors (7-5, 5-3) whose last loss came on the last day of November.

THE BASICS

SCORE: UNC Pembroke 90, Southern Wesleyan 86
RECORDS: UNC Pembroke 12-1, 9-1 CC; Southern Wesleyan 7-5, 5-3
LOCATION: Pembroke, N.C. (Lumbee Guaranty Bank Court)

HOW IT HAPPENED

1ST HALF

UNCP took a 16-point lead, 22-6, just 8-1/2 minutes into the afternoon, but Southern Wesleyan followed with an 18-4 run over the next four minutes and eventually made it a one-possession game, 26-24, after Julian Cameron's 3-pointer at the 7:18 mark. The teams traded punches for the next five minutes before a 3-pointer from Jordan Ratliffe sparked the visitors on a half-ending 10-4 run that gave the Black & Gold a 39-31 advantage heading into intermission.

2ND HALF

The Braves scored the first eight points of the second half and led by as many as 18 points, 52-34, after Deon Berrien's layup with 16:15 to play, but the Warriors put together another rally and eventually climbed to within three points, 71-68, on Demarcus Addie's jumper with 4:22 remaining. UNCP tacked up 11 of the game's next 15 points to stretch its win streak back out to double digits, and wrapped the game in Black & Gold with four-straight points from senior Spencer Levi, including an emphatic dunk with four seconds on the clock.

INSIDE THE BOX SCORE

+ Senior Spencer Levi matched a career-high with 25 points and registered his eighth double-double of the season with a dozen boards as well. Levi fueled his offensive numbers with an 11-for-17 success rate from the free throw line.
+ Redshirt junior Jordan Ratliffe logged 22 points on 9-of-12 shooting, including a 4-for-5 clip from beyond the arch. He also added six rebounds.
+ Senior Tyrell Kirk scored 13 points on 5-of-7 shooting, while also adding four assists and a pair of steals.
+ Freshman Trenton McIntyre and senior Deon Berrien chipped in 11 points apiece. The duo combined to produce an 8-for-9 showing at the charity stripe.

NOTABLES

+ UNCP is now 5-1 away from Pembroke this season, including a neutral site victory over Catawba in November. Saturday's triumph marked the Black & Gold's third-straight road win.
+ The Braves turned in 57.4 percent shooting overall at Southern Wesleyan, and have now converted on at least half of their field goal attempts in six games this season. Saturday's shooting performance was the best for the Black & Gold since a 61.5-percent performance against Columbus State on January 9 of last season.
+ UNCP shot 58.3 percent (7-for-12) from downtown on Saturday – their best performance from the perimeter since converting on 15 of their 25 3-point field goal attempts in a win over Tusculum on Nov. 16, 2019.

UP NEXT

The Braves will make a quick trip home on Thursday to take on Conference Carolinas foe Barton (4-6, 2-4 CC) in the back half of a 5 p.m. doubleheader at Lumbee Guaranty Bank Court. Tickets can be purchased by visiting UNCPBraves.com/Tickets.

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