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64
Southern Wesleyan SW 3-19,3-11 Conference Carolinas
86
Winner UNC Pembroke UNCP 22-1,14-1 Conference Carolinas
Southern Wesleyan SW
3-19,3-11 Conference Carolinas
64
Final
86
UNC Pembroke UNCP
22-1,14-1 Conference Carolinas
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
Southern Wesleyan SW 32 32 64
UNC Pembroke UNCP 42 44 86

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

No. 5 Men’s Basketball Runs Win Streak To 15, Routs Southern Wesleyan

PEMBROKE – The 5th-ranked UNC Pembroke men's basketball team shot nearly 57 percent from the field and took the lead for good on JaJuan Carr's 3-pointer just 19 seconds into the contest as the Braves stretched their win streak out to 15 games with an 86-64 rout of visiting Southern Wesleyan on Wednesday evening at Lumbee Guaranty Bank Court.
 
It was the seventh-straight home win as well for the Black & Gold (22-1, 14-1 CC) who nestled itself among the nation's top-5 teams in both national polls late Tuesday afternoon. The Warriors (3-19, 3-11) have now dropped 11 of their last 12 outings, and now sport three-straight setbacks in the series with UNCP.
 
THE BASICS
SCORE: UNC Pembroke 86, Southern Wesleyan 64
RECORDS: UNC Pembroke 22-1, 14-1 CC; 3-19, 3-11 CC
LOCATION: Pembroke, N.C. (Lumbee Guaranty Bank Court)
HOW IT HAPPENED
1ST HALF
Missed shots were a rarity in the opening half as both teams managed 50 percent field goal shooting or better, but it was the perimeter shooting for the Braves that inevitably allowed them to lug a 42-32 advantage into the break. The hosts held the Warriors scoreless through the first four minutes of the contest en route to building a 7-0 lead, and led by as many as 15 points, 32-17, after Elijah Cobb's layup at the 8:00 mark. Southern Wesleyan, twice, whittled its deficit down to eight points in the final 3-1/2 minutes of the stanza, but four-straight points by Amare Miller pushed UNCP's lead back to double digits.
2ND HALF
The Warriors hung around for a good part of the opening seven minutes of the second half, but Javonte Waverly's 3-pointer with 13:22 left to play opened up a 12-4 run for the Black & Gold that allowed it to pull away for good. The Braves pushed their lead out to 20 points, 71-51, on another 3-pointer from Waverly just more than two minutes later, and made it a 24-point game – their largest lead of the evening – on a pair of free throws from Cortez Marion-Holmes with just more than 5-1/2 minutes left in regulation.
INSIDE THE BOX SCORE
+ Redshirt sophomore Elijah Cobb notched his first double-double of the season with 14 points and 10 rebounds. The Murfreesboro, Tenn., product also added three rebounds and a steal to his statistics line.
+ Sophomore Javonte Waverly recorded a trio of 3-pointers on the way to chipping in 14 points. He also tallied six rebounds, one assist and a block.
+ Sophomores Bradlee Haskell and JaJuan Carr tallied 12 and 11 points, respectively, against SWU. Haskell finished the outing with a 5-for-9 shooting clip, while Carr turned in three rebounds, four assists and a trio of steals.
NOTABLES
+ UNCP climbed three spots to No. 5 in both the NABC Coaches Top 25, as well as the D2SIDA Media Top 25, on Tuesday afternoon, while also climbing to the top of the D2SIDA NCAA Southeast Region poll. With Wednesday's result, UNCP also boasts a NCAA Division II-best 22 victories this season.
+ The Black & Gold shot 56.7 percent from the field on Wednesday evening and has now canned at least 50 percent of their field goal attempts in 11 of its last 14 outings. UNCP has now registered eight or more 3-pointers in each of its last three games.
+ UNCP tallied at least 20 assists for the third-straight game on Wednesday, while also winning the rebounding battle for the 20th time this season. The hosts registered a 37-25 advantage in the rebounding column against Southern Wesleyan.
UP NEXT
UNCP will hit the road again on Saturday when the Black & Gold treks to Spartanburg, S.C., to go toe-to-toe with Conference Carolinas rival Converse (12-11, 10-5 CC) in the second half of a 2 p.m. doubleheader inside Hannah Gym.
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