In a tale of two halves, the North Greenville Crusaders trailed the Trojans of the University of Mount Olive 35-9 at halftime but fought back to put some doubt into the Trojans and ultimately fell by just thirteen points with a final score of 56-43 at Kornegay Arena in Mount Olive, North Carolina. North Greenville struggled mightily in the opening half, making just three field goals and two free throws to score a total of nine points and allowing the Trojans to jump out to a huge lead going into halftime. NGU vastly improved in the third quarter, making four field goals and six free throws to even up Mount Olive's third quarter production 15-15. Then, the Crusaders would close out the game by more than tripling UMO's fourth quarter point productr 19-6 to draw back within thirteen as time expired. North Greenville finished the game with a .304 field goal percentage.

Key Stat: Points off Turnovers - Although the Trojans forced just five turnovers more than NGU, they were able to capitalize with 29 points off turnovers, more than twice of North Greenville's 13 points off turnovers.

Results

• Score: NGU 43 / UMO 56
• Location: Kornegay Arena / Mount Olive, NC
• Records: NGU 4-15, 4-9 CC / UMO 11-12, 7-7 CC

Individual

• Angie Rodriguez neared a double-double, finishing with ten points, nine rebounds, two assists, two steals, and a block.
• Abi Oates posted ten points along with a rebound and a steal.
• Jayda Glass finished with nine points, three assists, and two steals.

Upcoming

• NGU will face the Valkyries of Converse University on Wednesday, February 1st in Tigerville.