GREENVILLE, SC- Men's Basketball continued their hot play of late against Toccoa Falls College. MBB came into the game winners of two straight. Crusaders made their first trip back to Greenville, SC since the 2018 National Championship game. The Crusaders started slow against the Eagles but an Isiah Reed and 1 pushed the Crusader lead to 16-11 and GLCC never looked back. The Crusaders would build their first half lead to 15 at the break despite foul trouble from Trent Temple, Whitney Harris, and Jahmal Eggleston. The bench picked up the Crusaders in the first frame, Antone Matthews, Titus Lawrence, Jacob Cole all stepped up in a big way for GLCC. Crusaders would take a 38-23 lead into the break holding the Screaming Eagles to 8/31 from the floor and 4/17 from 3.

In the second half the Crusaders would continue to assert their will defensively on the Eagles. The pressure combined with strong zone defense stifled the Eagles. The Eagles would make a run cutting the GLCC 23 point lead to 14. Over the last 7 minutes the Crusaders defensive focus improved and saw their lead balloon to 32 points. Kevin Wright had a career night scoring a career high 17 points to go along with 7 rebounds and 4 assists. Isiah Reed and TQ Belcher each chipped in double doubles on the evening, while Whit led the Crusaders bench attack with 15 points on 6/8 shooting.

Inside the Box Score:

• Crusaders held the Eagles to just 35 percent shooting and 20 percent from three.
• Crusaders had 15 assists on just 10 turnovers
• GLCC outrebounded the Eagles 46-27
• GLCC bench outscored the Eagles 24-10

What Coach Says:

"I really liked our focus today. I thought this was one of our most complete efforts we have had to date. Our guys did a tremendous job competing defensively. I was really proud of the way we played on that end of the floor. I think there is obviously some things we can still clean up but the guys are really buying into our defensive gameplan." On the bench play, "I really believe we have tremendous depth. I thought our bench was elite tonight. Not everything they did is seen in the box score but they really provided a spark for us tonight." On Kevin Wright, "Kevin was great tonight. I really believe Kevin is one of the best PGs in the country. He continues to get better with every game, him playing at as high of level as he did was huge for us tonight."

What's Next:

Crusaders will take on Bob Jones tomorrow at 4:00p to close out their SC trip.