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Newberry travels to Mars Hill to face the Lions

NEWBERRY – The Newberry Wolves will be on the road Wednesday, December 16 as they will be going to Mars Hill to face the Lions at 8 p.m. in the Stanford Arena.

The Wolves faced the Lions two times last year in conference play. The first game was on January 17th as Newberry went on to win 108-100 in overtime. The second meeting was on February 21st in Eleazer Arena where the Wolves won 79-70.

Newberry will look to get back to back wins after beating Anderson on Saturday. Xavier Holmes earned his second double-double in two games as the Wolves went on to beat Anderson 81-73 Saturday night at Eleazer Arena in a tough SAC game.

 INSIDE THE BOX SCORE

  • Newberry shot 45.3% in the field and 29% from behind the arc while the Trojans shot 42% in the field and 30.4% from behind the arc.
  • The Wolves forced 18 turnovers and grabbed nine steals.
  • Xavier Holmes held team high with 23 points and 11 rebounds while taking two steals and two blocks.
  • Brandon Taylor notched 12 points, eight boards, two assists and one steal.

WHO: Newberry College at Mars Hill
WHERE: Mars Hill N.C. (Stanford Arena) 
WHEN: 8 p.m. December 16th 
LIVE VIDEO: http://www.ustream.tv/channel/mars-hill-lions  
LIVE AUDIO: http://portal.stretchinternet.com/newberry/ 
LIVE STATS:
http://www.marshilllions.com/sports/mbkb/2015-16/boxscores/20151216_6zx1.xml  

NEWBERRY'S LEADING SCORERS

SCORING 

Pts 

Pts/G 

Xavier Holmes 

10 

153 

15.3 

Mitch Riggs 

10 

124 

12.4 

James Stepp 

10 

117 

11.7 

Ronell Crockett 

10 

91 

9.1 

Brandon Taylor 

10 

89 

8.9 

Gerald Evans 

10 

78 

7.8 

The Wolves will be back home on Saturday, December 19th as they will face the Railsplitters of Lincoln memorial at 4 p.m.

 

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