Box Score North Greenville wrapped up their weekend with a dominating 84-50 victory over the Warriors of Southern Wesleyan at Tysinger Gymnasium in Central, SC. The Crusaders outscored the Warriors in every quarter, and four NGU players hit double digits. Journey Muhammed was the leader in points with 14. With the win, the Crusaders now move to 7-4 both overall and in conference play, and currently sits at 4th place in the conference standings.

Results

• Score: NGU 84 / SWU 50
• Location: Tysinger Gymnasium / Central, SC
• Records: NGU 7-4, 7-4 CC / SWU 1-11, 1-10 CC

Recap

• The Crusaders would quickly get on top and pull away, starting the game with a 14-2 run with Kira Bell and Journey Muhammad scoring eight of those points. NGU would lead by as much as fifteen in the quarter before SWU would hit a jumpshot to close out the quarter.
• Both teams would hit several shots early in the quarter, but North Greenville would pull away even more with a 13-1 run to take a 26 point lead. The Warriors would finally put a stop to the bleeding, but the Crusaders would end up scoring the final four point to lead 51-23 at the half.
• A slow start to the 3rd quarter would results in Southern Wesleyan scoring the only points in the first two and a half minutes. However, NGU would get going again and a 14-3 run would result in a 34 point lead, the largest of the game. The Warriors scored the last four points of the quarter to cut the deficit to 30.
• With the game in hand, the 4th quarter would turn out to be the most competitive of the game, but NGU would still outscore the Warriors by four. The Crusaders would score the final four points of the game to increase the final lead to 34 points.

Individual

• Journey Muhammad put together a 14 point performance and also collected 3 rebounds, an assist, and a steal.
• Savannah Hughes posted 13 points, 3 steals, 2 rebounds, and an assist.
• Jykya Bell had a solid game off the bench, scoring 11 points and recording 6 rebounds and 3 steals.

Upcoming

• NGU will return to Hayes Gymnasium for the final time this season to take on the Erskine Flying Fleet on Tuesday, February 16th.