mens basketball
78
Coastal Georgia CG 10-9
93
Winner Warner Univ. WU 15-5
Coastal Georgia CG
10-9
78
Final
93
Warner Univ. WU
15-5
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 OT 1 F
Coastal Georgia CG 28 45 5 78
Warner Univ. WU 33 40 20 93

Game Recap: Men's Basketball | | Warner SID GA, Kyle Cunningham

(RV) Warner Men’s Basketball – Wild Night In The TAC! Royals Close Out Overtime Thriller In Exciting Fashion!

LAKE WALES, Fla. – Five minutes is all the Royals need sometimes to run away with a game and tonight was a perfect example. After playing 40 exciting minutes of basketball, the Royals and Mariners were tied 73-73 and headed for overtime.

The Mariners stood no chance in overtime in the TAC, getting outscored 20-5 and falling short of the Royals 93-78.

This win moves the Royals to 15-5 and 4-4 in Sun-Conference play.

Maxwell Benoit ended the night as the game's leading scorer, having a career night, scoring 32 points on 12 total shots (10-12), going 5-6 from the 3-point line and 7-8 from the free throw line.

The first half was a back and forth battle that ended with the score at 33-28 in favor of the Royals.

Jaquez Dickerson was a big part of the Royals success in the first half, he created problems for the Mariners of Coastal Georgia the entire half and finished with 4 points and 5 rebounds.

Maxwell Benoit and Darryl Mercer Jr. were the main sources of scoring for the Royals in the first half, Benoit ended with 12 points on 6 shots while Mercer ended the half with 10 points on 9 shots.

Both teams' benches contributed excellently in the first half as each team had 11 points off the bench.

The Mariners came out on a mission in the second and erased the 5-point deficit from halftime quickly and would not let up the rest of the 2nd half, outscoring the Royals 45-40 in the half and forcing overtime.

In overtime the Royals decided to show up and show out in full effect, grabbing a quick 13-point lead with more than 2 minutes left in the game, after forcing several steals, making some fantastic defensive stops and seemingly not missing on the offensive side of the ball in the extra period!

Warner had five different players score in double-digits:
Player Points Rebounds Assists
Maxwell Benoit 32 2 1
Darryl Mercer Jr. 19 5 4
Jaquez Dickerson 12 11 0
Rod Boggan 11 4 4
Kimar Edwards 10 1 2
 
 
 
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