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Mount Olive MO 12-12,11-9 Conference Carolinas

101

UNC Pembroke UNCP 22-2,19-2 Conference Carolinas

Mount Olive MO

12-12,11-9 Conference Carolinas

Final

Feb. 16, 2022

101

UNC Pembroke UNCP

22-2,19-2 Conference Carolinas

Score By Periods
Team	1	2	F
Mount Olive MO	37	47	84
UNC Pembroke UNCP	46	55	101

Summary
Box Score

Game Recap: Men's Basketball | February 16, 2022 | Todd Anderson, Associate AD/Strategic Initiatives

No. 9 Men’s Basketball Tops Century Mark Again, Bests Mount Olive

PEMBROKE – Senior Spencer Levi matched a career-high with 25 points on 12-of-13 shooting to become the 39^th member of the UNC Pembroke men's basketball program's 1,000-Point Club and lead an impressive offensive charge that led the 9^th-ranked Braves past visiting Mount Olive, 101-84, on Wednesday evening at Lumbee Guaranty Bank Court.

The triumph marked the second-straight victory for the Braves (22-2, 18-2 CC) who shot better than 56 percent from the floor against the Trojans, including a 10-for-22 success rate from the perimeter. The loss snapped a three-game win streak for Mount Olive (12-12, 11-9) who has now dropped seven of the last eight in the series with the Black & Gold.

THE BASICS

SCORE: UNC Pembroke 101, Mount Olive 84
RECORDS: UNC Pembroke 22-2, 18-2 CC; Mount Olive 12-12, 11-9 CC
LOCATION: Pembroke, N.C. (Lumbee Guaranty Bank Court)

HOW IT HAPPENED

1ST HALF

The Braves converted on 60 percent of their field goal attempts in the opening half, including a sextet of 3-pointers (10 attempts), to eventually allow them to take a 46-37 advantage into the locker rooms. The visitors hung tough for a good part of the first nine minutes of play, but Jakari Gallon's tip-in at the 10:24 mark sparked the hosts on a 17-4 run that helped them pull away for good.

2ND HALF

UNCP opened the second half with a 13-2 run and eventually stretched its lead out to 20 points, 59-39, after a 3-pointer from Jordan Ratliffe just more than four minutes in. The Black & Gold pushed its lead out to a game-best 25 points, on Spencer Levi's layup with 10:49 to play, and hit the century mark on Bradlee Haskell's 3-pointer that made it a 100-79 contest.

INSIDE THE BOX SCORE

+ Senior Spencer Levi cashed in on his 11^th double-double of the season, this time pulling down 10 boards and matching a career high with 25 points on 12-of-13 field goal shooting.
+ Redshirt junior Jordan Ratliffe tallied 19 points in 29 minutes of action, and narrowly missed his first career double-double with nine rebounds as well.
+ Senior Deon Berrien logged 15 points on 6-of-10 shooting, while also adding three rebounds and a pair of assists.

NOTABLES

+ Spencer Levi became the 39^th-member of UNCP's 1000-Point Club with a 25-point showing on Wednesday. He has now scored 1,021 points in three-plus seasons in Pembroke. He has now logged 1,515 points over his collegiate career which includes his freshman season at Dallas.
+ The Braves registered a 41-20 advantage in the rebounding column on Wednesday, including 17 offensive boards. It is the third time in the last five games that UNCP has outdone its opponent by 20 or more rebounds.
+ UNCP is 21-18 all-time against Mount Olive in a series that dates all the way back to the 1985-86 campaign. The Braves are now 10-7 against the Trojans at Lumbee Guaranty Bank Court.

UP NEXT

UNCP will open up its last road trip of the season on Saturday when it heads to Due West, S.C., to take on Erskine (4-22, 4-18 CC) in the back half of a 2 p.m. doubleheader inside Belk Arena. The Braves posted a 110-73 home win over the Flying Fleet on November 20 at Lumbee Guaranty Bank Court.

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