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90
Winner UNC Pembroke UNCP 15-1 (7-1)
79
Chowan CHOWAN 7-6 (5-3)
Winner
UNC Pembroke UNCP
15-1 (7-1)
90
Final
79
Chowan CHOWAN
7-6 (5-3)
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
UNC Pembroke UNCP 46 44 90
Chowan CHOWAN 34 45 79

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

No. 13 Men’s Basketball Uses Big Offensive Night To Trip Up Chowan

MURFREESBORO – Cortez Marion-Holmes and Javonte Waverly combined for 50 points on 78 percent field goal shooting to pace a big offensive night from the 13th-ranked UNC Pembroke men's basketball team as the Braves ran their win streak out to eight games with a 90-79 victory over Chowan on Wednesday evening.
 
The result marked the 18th-straight regular season road win for the Braves (15-1, 7-1 CC) who finished the night with season-bests in both the points (90) and field goal percentage (59.3) columns. It was the first home loss of the season for the Hawks (7-6, 5-3) who rolled into the contest sporting the nation's 22nd-best rebounding margin, but were -16 in the rebounding column on Wednesday.
 
THE BASICS
SCORE: UNC Pembroke 90, Chowan 79
RECORDS: UNC Pembroke 15-1, 7-1 CC; Chowan 7-6, 5-3 CC
LOCATION: Murfreesboro, N.C. (Bob Burke Court)
HOW IT HAPPENED
1ST HALF
The Braves shot better than 66 percent from the field in the opening frame, including a quartet of 3-pointers, and nearly doubled up the Hawks in the rebounding column en route to toting a 46-34 lead into the intermission. The first nine minutes of the evening featured six tie scores and as many lead changes, but Javonte Waverly's running layup at the 11:10 mark ignited the Braves on a 23-6 run over the next eight minutes that fueled the halftime advantage. The Black & Gold went 10-of-15 from the field across the 8-minute span, while Chowan countered with 2-for-12 shooting.
2ND HALF
The Hawks showcased the hot hands in the early goings of the second half, and used a mild 8-0 scoring run to whittle a 12-point halftime deficit down to just four points, 55-51, just less than seven minutes into the latter stanza. Chowan scored six-straight points later in the period to pull to within three points, 75-72, following Daylan Askew's layup with 5:18 to play, but the Braves responded with five-straight points to give themselves a comfortable cushion once again.
INSIDE THE BOX SCORE
+ Sophomore Javonte Waverly scored 13 of his career-best 27 points amid a 5-for-6 shooting effort in the first half, including a perfect 3-for-3 effort from the perimeter. He finished the night with a career-best 10 field goals (15 attempts), while also adding a team-best eight rebounds.
+ Redshirt freshman Cortez Marion-Holmes fueled a career-best 23 points with a perfect 8-for-8 effort from the field, as well as a 7-for-8 showing at the free throw line. He also turned in seven boards.
+ Newcomers JaJuan Carr and Elijah Cobb chipped in 12 and 10 points, respectively. Carr complemented his scoring with five rebounds, three assists and two steals, while Cobb tallied a trio of steals.
NOTABLES
+ Wednesday's victory marked the 18th-straight win for the Braves in regular season road games – a streak that dates all the way back to an 82-63 triumph at Chowan on November 30 of last season. UNCP is now 8-0 in true road games this season.
+ UNCP registered a +16 advantage (37-21) in the rebounding column on Wednesday – the seventh time this season that the squad has outdone its opponent by double-digit rebounds. Chowan rolled into Wednesday's contest sporting NCAA Division II's 22nd-best rebounding margin (+7.2). The Hawks were +13.2 in the rebounding column through six home games in 2022-23.
+ The Black & Gold shot a season-high 59.3 percent from the field on Wednesday, its best shooting night since connecting on 61.3 percent of its field goal attempts in a road win over Mount Olive on Jan. 17, 2022. Wednesday's shooting display marked the seventh time this season that the Braves have connected on at least 50 percent of their field goal attempts.
UP NEXT
The Braves will make a quick trip home on Saturday when they bunker down to host North Greenville (1-13, 0-7 CC) in the second half of a 2 p.m. doubleheader at Lumbee Guaranty Bank Court. The contest will culminate Never Walk Alone Day on campus.
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