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MBB
James Benson
77
Winner Southern Wesleyan SW 3-2,3-2 Conference Carolinas
74
Mount Olive MO 2-5,2-5 Conference Carolinas
Winner
Southern Wesleyan SW
3-2,3-2 Conference Carolinas
77
Final
74
Mount Olive MO
2-5,2-5 Conference Carolinas
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
Southern Wesleyan SW 38 39 77
Mount Olive MO 33 41 74

Game Recap: Men's Basketball |

Men's Basketball Team Falls Short to Southern Wesleyan 77-74

MOUNT OLIVE, North Carolina - The University of Mount Olive men's basketball team fell short 77-74 to the Warriors of Southern Wesleyan University on the 39th Annual Church Night, Saturday afternoon at Kornegay Arena in Mount Olive, N.C. UMO fell to 2-5 and 2-5 in conference, while SWU improved to 3-2 and 3-2. 

INSIDE THE SCORE
UMO got on the scoreboard first scoring the first point of the contest with a layup from Johnny Hughes III. SWU found their first basket shortly after with a three pointer by Hunter Arusha. SWU found their momentum as they went on a 10-1 run to take the ten point lead 13-3 at the 16:22 mark. The Trojans were able to pull ahead by one with a layup by Darius Spragley to help UMO take the lead 21-20 with 7:31 remaining in the game. Both teams went back-to-back and battled it out on the court but SWU went on a 18-21 run to pull ahead by five and ended the first have 38-33.

Southern Wesleyan came out of halftime opening up a 10-point lead 43-33, in the first 2:00 of the second half. Mount Olive climbed their way back with 12 points with nine of the field goals were three-pointers made by Darius Spragley and Johnny Hughes III to  help tie up the game 45-45 at the 14:39 mark. Southern Wesleyan continued to pull ahead by nine at te 11:24 mark and take the lead 54-45. Although the Trojans fought hard to come back, and even brought the SWU lead down to one point with only .3 left in the game, the Worriers ended up taking home the win 77-74.

MOUNT OLIVE LEADERS
The Trojans were led by Darius Spragley with 29 points each. Johnny Hughes III were close behind with 14 points in the game.

SOUTHERN WESLEYAN LEADERS
The Warriors were led by Addie Demarcus with 35 points. Hunter Arusha and Ta'Jay were 

KEY MOMENT
The key moment of the game came in the final seconds when SWu was able to hold off the Trojans for the win.

UP NEXT
Mount Olive's next game is a road match-up against the Flying Fleet of Erskine on Friday, Feb. 5th. Tip-off between the Trojans and the Flying Fleet is set for 7:00 PM following the women's game at 5:00 PM.

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