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Stanley Christian
Stanley Christian
75
Montreat (N.C.) MONT 7-5, 5-4
81
Winner Bluefield College BLUE 4-7, 4-5
Montreat (N.C.) MONT
7-5, 5-4
75
Final
81
Bluefield College BLUE
4-7, 4-5
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
Montreat (N.C.) MONT 28 47 75
Bluefield College BLUE 40 41 81

Game Recap: Men's Basketball |

Men's basketball holds off Montreat

 BLUEFIELD – Senior Day for men's basketball saw the Rams take a big first half lead and held on to defeat Montreat College 81-75 Saturday afternoon at the Dome Gymnasium
Play was up-and-down the court in the early going and the teams were tied at 13 before BC made its run. A three by Brandon Shields put the Rams ahead 18-13 and two technical free throws by Omega Stitt made it 28-20 with 6:05 remaining in the half. The Rams' run continued as Christian Bullock's trey gave BC a 14-point lead forcing Montreat to call time. Stanley Christian made a three-point-play the old-fashioned way to make the score 37-21 with 2:41 to go. Bluefield's lead grew as high as 19 before the Cavaliers made a late first-half run to make it 40-28 at the intermission.
A Jermiah Jenkins three and Christian's rim-rocking dunk a minute into the half pushed the Bluefield lead to 15. Trent Dunn's fast break layup gave the Rams a 20-point advantage, 54-34, with just over 15 minutes left in the game.
Down 20 with just over seven minutes to play, Montreat made a charge and cut Bluefield's lead to 13 with five minutes to go, and 11 at the four-minute mark. Three Montreat free throws with 3:30 on the clock made it a 10-point game, and a MC trey shortly after shrank the Bluefield lead to nine. Another trey by the Cavaliers made it a six-point game at the two-minute mark and a steal and a free throw made it a four-point game with 98 seconds left. Four would be as close as Montreat could get.
Christian topped the Bluefield scoring column with 19 points. He grabbed nine rebounds. Shields had 12 points on four-for-four shooting from behind the arc, and Dunn finished with 11 points.
"It was a big win for us, a big game because it was the next one on the schedule. We try to not put too much emphasis on one win or another. I think this is a part of the building block for us, for the year, being able to come out and perform well tonight in our gym was a big key for us," said Rams head coach Richard Morgan.
"It's great having guys who contribute, trying to get some guys in the flow, and it's tough to get a flow in this type of game because there is so much at stake. One loss can make you plummet to the bottom. We're hanging around right there in eighth place. We felt like we had nothing to lose, let's play hard tonight, see what happens, and I feel like we did that."
Prior to the game senior Stanley Christian was recognized in Senior Day festivities.
 
 
 
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