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Andrew Robinson takes a three point shot against Carson Newman
55
Carson-Newman C-N 10-7,4-3 SAC
63
Winner Newberry Newb 9-6,2-3 SAC
Carson-Newman C-N
10-7,4-3 SAC
55
Final
63
Newberry Newb
9-6,2-3 SAC
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
Carson-Newman C-N 27 28 55
Newberry Newb 34 29 63

Game Recap: Men's Basketball | | Michael Sanders, Director of Athletic Communications

Wolves Snap Two-Game Skid With Convincing Win Over Carson-Newman

NEWBERRY, S.C. – Snapping a two-game losing streak, the Newberry College (9-7, 2-4 SAC) men's basketball team turned in an impressive 63-55 win over the Eagles of Carson-Newman in front of a home crowd on Saturday, January 14.

Junior Andrew Robinson (Lexington, S.C.) led the Wolves with 13 points in the contest, hitting three triples in the game.  Senior QuanDaveon McCollum (Clio, S.C.) was second on the team with ten points in the game while junior Jalen Johnson (Sumter, S.C.) led the Wolves with 8 boards on the day.

Both squads battled back and forth in the opening minutes of action before the Wolves were able to stretch their early lead our to seven points on the back of two layups from Robinson and a jumper from McCollum to take the 12-5 advantage.

That lead would stretch to as many as nine on multiple occasions over the next few minutes of play, but the Eagles would claw back into the contest shrinking that lead to just one heading into the final media timeout of the opening half. The Eagles would tie the score at 25 just a moment later, but the Wolves outscored the Eagles by a 9-2 margin down the stretch to take the 34-27 lead into the halftime break.

Newberry came out of the break hitting their first two shots from the floor to extend their lead to 11, their largest of the contest. Neither team would truly allow the other to go on a run until the Eagles began to chip into the Wolves lead after the second media time out of the second half, with Carson-Newman working back to a tie at 48 mid ways through the second half. 

However, the Wolves put together a 9-2 run yet again after that tie to jump back out to a seven-point advantage. After the Eagles pulled back to within five, the two teams would go cold from the floor for nearly two full minutes before the Wolves were able to knock down a three from Robinson and extend their lead back out to eight. The Eagles outscored the Wolves over the final two minutes, but it wouldn't be enough as Newberry closed out the 63-55 win.

The Wolves return to action in Eleazer Arena on Wednesday, January 18 as they welcome in the Bears of Lenoir-Rhyne for a conference match-up.  Tip-off is slated for 7:30 p.m.

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