ROME, Ga. – The King University men's basketball team won their sixth straight game on Thursday with a 15-point win over Conference Carolinas opponent Shorter.
THE BASICS
FINAL SCORE: King 99 – Shorter 84
LOCATION: Winthrop-King Centre; Rome, Ga.
RECORDS: King 15-10 (12-4 Conference Carolinas) | Shorter 4-17 (2-12 Conference Carolinas)
HOW IT HAPPENED
- Seth Cullen started the game with a three-point shot followed by Mikhail Pocknett hitting a driving layup.
- Shorter responded with 8 straight before Cullen hit another from beyond the arc. Jordan Akal went on a 5-0 run by himself to retake the lead.
- Akal would give King the lead again with 8:24 left in the first half. The Tornado would lead for the rest of the game.
- Petar Mijatovic hit a three-pointer to give King their largest lead of the first half at 36-28 before the media timeout.
- The Tornado hit the first eight points of the second half with Pocknett (5) and Cullen (3) contribute to King expanding their lead to double-digits.
- Bradley Owens would also hit a three-point shot to give King a 74-51 lead, their largest of the night.
- Jordan Akal scored 17 in the second half, 12 of them coming from beyond the arc.
INSIDE THE BOX SCORE
- Jordan Akal scored 29 points on the night, hitting 5-10 from beyond the arc and 4-4 from the free throw line.
- Mikhail Pocknett and Xavier Betancourt each contributed 19 points, both of them earning most of their points inside the arc. Pocknett had a game-high 3 steals and team-high 5 assists.
- Seth Cullen had 14 points and a team-high 8 rebounds, seven of which came on the defensive end of the court.
- The Tornado outscored the Hawks on points from turnovers 17-6, inside the paint 42-34, and slightly on second chance points 12-10 as they led for over 33 minutes of the game.
UP NEXT
The King University men's basketball team will be back in action on Saturday as they travel to take on Erskine with a 4pm tip off.
