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UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT PEMBROKE
61
Chowan Chowan 12-11,10-8 Conference Carolinas
87
Winner UNC Pembroke UNCP 25-1,17-1 Conference Carolinas
Chowan Chowan
12-11,10-8 Conference Carolinas
61
Final
87
UNC Pembroke UNCP
25-1,17-1 Conference Carolinas
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
Chowan Chowan 36 25 61
UNC Pembroke UNCP 43 44 87

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

No. 5 Men’s Basketball Dispels Of Visiting Chowan

PEMBROKE – The 5th-ranked UNC Pembroke men's basketball team shot 56.5 percent from the field, including a 10-for-15 clip from the perimeter, and put together a 16-4 run early in the second half to pull away for good, as the Braves clinched at least a share of the 2022-23 Conference Carolinas regular season title with an 87-61 victory over Chowan on Wednesday at Lumbee Guaranty Bank Court.
 
It was the 18th-straight victory for the Black & Gold (25-1, 17-1 CC) who were included as one of 10 teams "under consideration" for selection into the NCAA Tournament in the first edition of the NCAA Southeast Region ranking that was released on Wednesday afternoon. Wednesday evening's result snapped a three-game win streak for the Hawks (12-11, 10-8) who have come away empty on their last three trips to Pembroke.
 
THE BASICS
SCORE: UNC Pembroke 87, Chowan 61
RECORDS: UNC Pembroke 25-1, 17-1 CC; Chowan 12-11, 10-8 CC
LOCATION: Pembroke, N.C. (Lumbee Guaranty Bank Court)
HOW IT HAPPENED
1ST HALF
The squads went tit-for-tat through the first seven minutes of the contest before Javonte Waverly's 3-pointer at the 12:27 mark sparked the Braves on a 20-6 run that would eventually give the hosts a 37-20 advantage with 5:53 left before the intermission. The Hawks would not go away that easily, however, and scored 10 of the last 11 points of the stanza to whittle their advantage down to single digits, 43-36, heading into the locker rooms.
2ND HALF
UNCP shot better than 62 percent from the field in the second half, including a quintet of 3-pointers (6 attempts), to eventually overwhelm the visiting Hawks. The hosts strung together a 16-4 run that spanned nearly six minutes early in the period, and pushed their lead out to as many as 27 points, 87-60, following Amare Miller's dunk with 41 ticks remaining. An 11-for-15 success rate in the second half contributed to the cause for the Black & Gold as well.
INSIDE THE BOX SCORE
+ Sophomore JaJuan Carr scored a game-best 17 points on 7-of-10 shooting, while also adding a career-best seven assists and a pair of rebounds.
+ Sophomore Nygell Verdier chipped in a dozen points, including a pair of 3-pointers, and complemented his scoring prowess with six rebounds two assists and a pair of steals in 22 minutes of action.
+ Redshirt senior K.J. Walker, along with sophomores Bradlee Haskell and Javonte Waverly, finished with 11-point nights. Walker was 5-for-7 from the field, while Waverly finished with a 3-for-4 clip from downtown. Haskell tallied six rebounds two assists and two steals as well.
NOTABLES
+ The Black & Gold clinched at least a share of its second-straight Conference Carolinas regular season title with Wednesday's victory – their fifth conference regular season crown in the last seven full seasons. It is the seventh Conference Carolinas title in the 84-year history of the program, including four league titles from 1980-90 as part of the then-Carolinas Conference.
+ Wednesday night's result marked the 18th-straight victory for the Braves who have not tasted defeat since an 89-76 home setback to Francis Marion on November 30. UNCP has strung together nine-straight home wins since that contest.
+ UNCP is one of 10 teams "under consideration" for selection into the NCAA Tournament, per the release of the first NCAA Southeast Region rankings on Wednesday afternoon. The alphabetical listing also five teams from the Peach Belt Conference and four from the South Atlantic Conference.
UP NEXT
The Braves will close out the road portion of their 2022-23 regular season schedule on Saturday when they head to Franklin Springs, Ga., to take on Conference Carolinas rival Emmanuel (18-7, 14-3 CC) in the back half of a 2 p.m. doubleheader inside EC's Shaw Athletic Center.
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