Late surge not enough as Tornado fall at NGU

Box Score TIGERVILLE, S.C. – The King University men's basketball team traveled to North Greenville University tonight and fell short by a final score of 84-77. The Tornado made a strong push at the end but it was not enough as the Crusaders proved to be too much.

THE BASICS
FINAL: North Greenville, King
LOCATION: Hayes Gymnasium; Tigerville, S.C.
RECORDS: King 3-9, 2-8 Conference Carolinas; North Greenville 4-4, 4-4 Conference Carolinas

HOW IT HAPPENED
First Half

An MJ Foust layup was the first basket of the game which gave King their only lead of the first half.
The two teams traded baskets in the opening moments of the game before a 9-0 run by the Crusaders gave them a 14-4 lead with 16:23 remaining in the half.
With 7:38 remaining in the first period of play, JaMarquis Johnson nailed a triple to trim King's deficit to five points.
NGU responded with a 14-2 run to land their largest lead of the half. The Crusaders were up 42-25 with 3:44 left to play in the half.
The Tornado scored the final five points of the half via an Isaiah Curry layup and triple from Johnson to head into the locker room down 42-30 at the intermission.

Second Half

Damion Ottman opened the scoring in the second with a make from beyond the arc.
Darron Howard added a triple of his own just 64 seconds later to trim the Crusader lead to 11 points.
The deficit was trimmed to single digits when Ottman nailed a fade-away jumper to make it 61-52 with 10:05 remaining in the contest.
After King cut the Crusader advantage to eight points, NGU reeled off ten straight points to go up 77-59.
King made one last push down the stretch and cut the score to 82-77 with a minute to go following an 18-5 run the Tornado.

INSIDE THE BOX SCORE

Ottman led the Tornado in scoring with 12 points to go along with three rebounds and an assist.
Curry flirted with a double-double as he tallied 11 points and nine rebounds.
Blake Atwood notched double digits in the scoring column as he added 10 points to accompany his three rebounds and one assist.

FOR THE FOES

Jalon Cokley posted a game-high 23 points as well as four rebounds and an assist.
The duo of David Muncy and Jacob Redding combined for 32 points, scoring 17 and 15 respectively.

UP NEXT

King travels to take on Chowan University on Friday and Saturday. Tipoff from Murfreesboro, N.C. is scheduled for 7:00 p.m. on Friday and 4:00 p.m. on Saturday.
North Greenville hosts Southern Wesleyan University on Thursday evening.

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