PBC Men’s basketball: Lander advances to the PBC Semifinals

AUGUSTA, Ga.- The Lander males’s basketball group is making its second consecutive look within the PBC Semifinals after defeating Younger Harris 80-67 within the PBC Quarterfinals on the George A. Christenbery Fieldhouse Thursday afternoon.

Lander advances to 21-8 total whereas Younger Harris drops to 19-10 total.

Jacob Cooper led the Bearcats with 19 factors towards the Mountain Lions whereas additionally including six assists and two steals.

Jared Sherfield was shut behind with 18 factors whereas additionally including 4 rebounds and three assists. Ajang Aguek and Jaylon Pugh additionally hit double figures in scoring.

Lander would start the primary half on a scorching begin because the Bearcats took an 8-2 result in start.

Jared Sherfield scored the sport’s first basket with a 3-pointer with 19:17 left. Sherfield would rating once more, this time hitting a bounce to provide Lander a 5-2 lead with 18:27.

Jaylon Pugh’s 3-pointer acquired Lander to its 8-2 lead with 17:27 left within the first half.

The Mountain Lions would begin to get in movement as a layup and jumper fell earlier than Sherfield made a layup with 15:40 left to place Lander in entrance 12-6.

Younger Harris would get inside 4 factors with 13:18 earlier than Sherfield dropped a layup to provide Lander a 16-10 edge.

Ajang Aguek would make a pair of layups as Lander would take a 26-18 lead with 8:57 left within the first half.

Younger Harris would keep dedicated within the first half, because the Mountain Lions acquired the sport to 28-24 with a layup with 4:04 left within the first half.

A Younger Harris dunk acquired the Mountain Lions to a one-possession sport with 3:38 left within the first half.

Sherfield would hit a 3-pointer to provide Lander a five-point cushion and a 31-26 lead with 3:05 within the first half.

Lander and Younger Harris traded baskets because the rating moved to 33-28 and would keep that method as the 2 groups headed to the locker rooms on the half.

Lander shot 12-of-24 from the sector within the first half together with 5-of-12 from 3-point vary and 4-of-7 from the free-throw line. Younger Harris went 13-of-30 from the sector within the first half together with 2-of-10 from 3-point vary and no makes an attempt from the free throw line.

Younger Harris scored 5 straight factors to start the second half to get inside one level of Lander earlier than Pugh drained a 3-pointer with 18:19 left to place Lander in entrance by 4.

Younger Harris would counter with a 3-pointer of its personal to get again inside one level of Lander with 17:39 left.

After Jacob Cooper hit a jumper, Lander would construct up a nine-point lead with Aguek controlling the paint with a pair of layups to place Lander forward 46-37 with 13:55 remaining within the sport.

The Bearcats would take a 10-point lead when Aguek would make a layup and Connor McKay hit a jumper within the ache to make it 53-43 Lander with 11:43 left within the second half.

Younger Harris hit a pair of free throws to chop the result in eight earlier than Sherfield hit a 3-pointer with 11:05.

Cooper made a pair of layups to increase the Bearcats’ result in 58-45 with 10:07 remaining.

After Younger Harris made a run, Pugh hit a 3-pointer to place Lander in entrance 65-51 with 7:21 remaining.

The Bearcats would take a 16-point lead with 4:55 left after Cooper hit a pair of free throws.

Aguek would slam house a dunk with 1:23 whereas Cooper would drain a late 3-pointer because the Bearcats scored their remaining factors.

Younger Harris made a pair of last-second baskets that introduced the deficit to 13 factors when the ultimate buzzer sounded.

Lander shot 30-of-51 from the sector for the sport together with 10-of-21 from 3-point vary and 10-of-15 from the free-throw line. Younger Harris went 28-of-58 from the sector for the sport together with 6-of-20 from 3-point vary and 5-of-5 from the free throw line.

Lander will battle the No. 1 seed USC Aiken Pacers on Friday, February 3 at 5 pm in Augusta, Ga.