PBC Men’s Basketball: Black Leads Cougars Past UNG to Semifinals

AUGUSTA, Ga. – The Columbus State College males’s basketball crew defeated the North Georgia Nighthawks 74-69 within the Peach Belt Convention Event Quarterfinals Thursday, March 2 contained in the Christenberry Fieldhouse on Augusta College’s campus. The Cougars transfer to 16-13 (8-10 PBC) and advance to the Semifinals on March 3 in opposition to Augusta.

The story of the night time was the combat and willpower of the Cougars by way of out the sport. After dropping each common season video games to the Nighthawks, Columbus State was hungry for a convention event upset. CSU did not see the lead till quarter-hour left within the second half however had stress on North Georgia all sport.

Demierre Black was excellent tonight and the one factor on his thoughts was a Cougar win. Black exploded for a season-high and a career-high 27 factors as he went an ideal one hundred pc from the three-point line and was 12 for 16 from the sector tonight. He led all gamers tonight in scoring as he additionally added three rebounds, three help, and two steals. 

Daniel Melvin had 11 factors tonight and each single three-pointer could not have come at higher instances as he stopped the UNG momentum a number of instances. Grant Howard had an important exhibiting as he contributed 10 factors and Jehloni James had an important night time on each ends of the ground as he added 9 factors and precipitated chaos on protection. CSU had the fourth most rebounds allowed by UNG all season (39) and so they had been in a position to ice the sport on two made free-throws by the trusty Lederrius Jones.

NOTES:
– Daniel Melvin has double-digit factors in 9 of his final 11 video games
– Nelson Haskin’s has 11 video games on the season with 9 or extra rebounds
– That is Demierre Black’s tenth double-digit level sport of the season

UP NEXT:
Columbus State has superior to the PBC Closing 4 for the second yr in a row and can face the second-seeded Augusta College on Friday, March 3, tip off TBD.