Tigerville, SC - North Greenville was unable to keep up with the Lees-McRae Bobcats, falling 100-66 in the conference matchup. NGU shot well with a 43.6 field goal percentage, but the Bobcats shot 49.3% and were able to take advantage of North Greenville's 23 turnovers. Kovi Tate led with a 17-point performance.

1st Half

The two teams kept up with each other early on in the game, with neither leading by more than two in the first five minutes of the game. However, Lees-McRae would spend the next five minutes on a 15-5 run to lead 25-13. NGU would work to close the deficit to just five points, but the Bobcats opened the lead back up with a 12-4 run to take a 47-34 lead into halftime. North Greenville shot 44.8% but were unable to hit a three-pointer in the first half. Kovi Tate led the Crusaders with nine points.

2nd Half

Lees-McRae came out on fire to begin the second half, scoring fourteen of the first sixteen points of the half. From there, the Bobcats continued to shoot well, leading by as much as 36 in the half. LMC went on to score 53 points in the half to hit triple digits. Again, the Crusaders shot fairly well with a 42.3 field goal percentage, but just could not keep up with a Lees-McRae offense that was firing on all cylinders with a 54.8 field goal percentage for the half. Kovi Tate, Caleb Arrington, and Joe Conley all shared the lead in points for the half with eight each.

Individual

Kovi Tate scored 17 points while also posting 8 rebounds and a steal.

Joe Conley posted 11 points, 6 rebounds, and an assist.

Ryan Mobley recorded 10 points, 8 rebounds, 4 assists, and a steal.

Caleb Arrington also scored 10 points. He posted 4 rebounds and 3 assists.

Upcoming

NGU will head to Gaffney, SC to face the Limestone Saints on Tuesday, January 29th.