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McLaughlin dribbling the ball up the court
Nathan Jones
83
Winner Lynchburg LYN 1-0
70
Methodist MUMBK 1-3
Winner
Lynchburg LYN
1-0
83
Final
70
Methodist MUMBK
1-3
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
Lynchburg LYN 51 32 83
Methodist MUMBK 21 49 70

Game Recap: Men's Basketball | | Michael Spratt

First Half Shooting Was Monarchs Downfall in Loss

FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. Methodist men's basketball suffered an 83-70 non-conference loss Sunday afternoon to the University of Lynchburg in the March F. Riddle Center.
 
A combination of the Hornets being lights out (64%) and the Monarch shooting woes (27.3%), in the first half, was the biggest factor of the contest.

JUST THE FACTS
Final score: Lynchburg def. Methodist, 83-70
Records: Methodist 1-3, Lynchburg 1-0
Location: March F. Riddle Center; Fayetteville, North Carolina

HOW IT HAPPENED
  • Scoring first in the game was Lynchburg with Israel Lockamy draining a shot from downtown. Methodist then scored the next four points to take, and only, lead. After that, it was all Hornets for the remainder of the first half.
  • Lynchburg used runs of 17-0 & 10-0 to balloon their advantage all the way to a 51-21 half time score.
  • The start of the second half did not look to different from the first half, as the Hornets increased their lead to a 34 point difference, 67-33. Then the Monarchs started slowly chipping their way back into the game.
  • A layup by Jamal DeShields-Beard sparked a 9-0 run by Methodist got it to a 25 point difference. Later in the half, three-pointers by Dante Burden, Kevin McLaughlin Jr., and Jeremy Mull on a 11-2 run by the Monarch made the score 75-62.
  • Burden and McLaughlin Jr. scored the final four points to trim the deficit to as close as 11, but Methodist were not able to overcome their first half performance.
MORE TO IT
  • What helped the Monarch get back into the game were points off turnovers. Methodist forced 20 Lynchburg turnovers, which resulted in 25 points.
  • Second chance points were also in favor of the Monarchs. Even though Methodist was out rebounded (42 to 31), they were able to capitalize by scoring 13 points of second chances.
  • Tharon Suggs led the Hornets with 22 points. T.C. Thacker also had an impressive game with a double-double (17 pts &10 rebs) to go along with five assists and two steals.
  • Leading Monarch scorer Burden finished with a game-high 23 pts., five rebs., four assts., and four stls. McLaughlin Jr. was the only other Methodist player with double-digit points, with 16.
UP NEXT
Methodist plays again Wednesday November 17 at 7 p.m., when they travel to Salem, Va., to take on preseason ranked #20 Roanoke College.
    
 
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