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McLaughlin dribbling up court
Nathan Jones
72
Winner Greensboro GBORO 9-11, 4-6 USA So
66
Methodist MUMBK 1-17, 0-8 USA So
Winner
Greensboro GBORO
9-11, 4-6 USA So
72
Final
66
Methodist MUMBK
1-17, 0-8 USA So
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
Greensboro GBORO 24 48 72
Methodist MUMBK 26 40 66

Game Recap: Men's Basketball | | Michael Spratt

Methodist Could Not Stop Greensboro Second Half Comeback at Home

FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. Foul troubles for Methodist men's basketball, in the second half, led to a Greensboro College 72-66 come from behind victory in the March F. Riddle Center on Saturday afternoon.

JUST THE FACTS
Final score: Greensboro def. Methodist, 72-66
Records: Methodist 1-17 (0-8 USA South), Greensboro 9-11 (4-6)
Location: March F. Riddle Center; Fayetteville, North Carolina

HOW IT HAPPENED
  • Senior Kevin McLaughlin Jr. got the scoring going for the Monarchs and he would score the first seven points for his team to jump out 7-4. After a lay-in by the Pride, Methodist went on their longest run of the game, 11-0, to take a sounding 18-6 lead midway through the first half.
  • The Monarchs would go ice cold from the field for the next six minutes, while Greensboro used that to their advantage to reclaim some of those points back, 18-12. Brone Brinson was able to end Methodist scoring drought on a layup, 20-12, with four minutes to go in the period but in that remaining time the Pride outscored the Monarchs 12-6. Giving Methodist a slight 26-24 halftime lead.
  • Greensboro hit a three on the first shot of the new half to make it 27-26 for their first lead of the game. Shortly after, Clayton Coe scored five of the next seven points to put the Monarchs back in front, 33-27.
  • The Pride tied the score a couple of times before taking over 39-37 but then Jeremy Mull of Methodist knocked down a three-pointer to put his team back on top. Greensboro followed that up by draining threes on three of their next four made buckets to go up 50-40.
  • In the final eight minutes of the second half, the Monarchs fought back twice to keep the score close. The first time was when once again McLaughlin Jr. made seven consecutive points to close the gap to five ,52-47, before the Pride brought the deficit back up to 13. The second time came with 12 seconds left on clock when Tomas Stevens hit a three to make it 69-66 but that would be best Methodist got to the lead.
MORE TO IT
  • As a team, the Monarchs committed 20 team fouls that sent Greensboro to the charity stripe 22 times, with 20 trips in the second half. The Pride connected on 16 of their attempts while Methodist went to the free throw line 10 times and made six.
  • Coe came one rebound shy of a double-double but still had a game-high nine boards, as the Monarchs came down with a team total of 43 rebounds to Greensboro 29.
  • McLaughlin Jr. had a team-high 18 points as he was one of four Methodist scorers to finish with double figures. The other three Monarchs were Stevens (15), Brinson (12), and Coe (10).
UP NEXT
  • Methodist heads to Pfeiffer University on Monday for a USA South game with a start time of 7:30 p.m.
  • Greensboro travels to Averett University for a USA South contest on Tuesday with tip-off set for 7 p.m.
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