JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – The Presbyterian Blue Hose (4-1) suffered their first setback of the season with an 80-66 loss to the Maine Black Bears (3-2) in their second game of the First Coast Classic on Friday afternoon at the UNF Arena.
Junior forward
Jonah Pierce recorded his first double-figure scoring game at PC with a team-high 16 points. Junior guard
Samage Teel recorded his fourth straight double-figure scoring game with 11 points. Juniors forward
Kaleb Scott and
Marquis Barnett scored nine points each.
HOW IT HAPPENED
FIRST HALF – Presbyterian's Teel scored the game's first points with a three at the 18:48 mark. Maine scored six straight points taking a 6-3 lead. PC regained the lead, 8-6, after a three from
Kory Mincy and a basket inside from Pierce. Maine scored tying the score at eight and then a layup from Barnett pushed the Blue Hose back in front, 10-8. Maine converted on two straight baskets regaining the lead. Another three by Mincy pushed the Blue Hose back in front, 13-12. Maine connected on a three and a layup from Pierce found the game tied at 15 with 10 minutes left in the half. Maine scored five straight points taking the first half lead for good, 20-15. Maine would take a 32-25 lead into the locker room.
SECOND HALF – Scott began the second half scoring with a layup cutting Maine's lead to five points. Maine scored four straight points pushing their lead to 36-27. PC cut Maine's lead to 41-37 after Barnett converted on a three-point field goal with 14 minutes on the clock. The Black Bears answered PC's run with a 13-4 run pushing their lead to 54-41 at the 9:51 mark. With 3:32 on the clock, Presbyterian's Teel knocked down a three from the top of the key cutting Maine's lead to 67-61. However, the Blue Hose were not able to get any closer to Maine for the rest of the game.
NOTES
- Presbyterian shot 50 percent from the field and from beyond the three-point arc.
- Teel connected on three three-point field goals and Jamahri Harvey and Mincy each knocked down two threes.
NEXT GAME
Presbyterian concludes play in the First Coast Classic against Northwestern State on Saturday, November 18 at 2 p.m.
