GREENSBORO, N.C. – The UNC Greensboro (UNCG) men's basketball team dropped a hard-fought, 48-45, decision to visiting Wofford in a Southern Conference slugfest at the Greensboro Coliseum Saturday night.
Isaiah Miller and
Hayden Koval led the Spartans with 10 points each. Miller added nine rebounds and four assists.
Keyshaun Langley contributed seven points and had three steals. Meanwhile,
Angelo Allegri had a career best eight rebounds.
The Spartans had a chance to force overtime, but an off-balanced 3-point shot attempt hit off the front of the rim as time expired.
Storm Murphy scored 15 of his game-high 18 points after intermission as the Terriers outscored UNCG, 33-29, in the second half. Sam Godwin added 10 points as Wofford and UNCG split the season series for the second consecutive year with each team trading home court victories.
Godwin scored four points in the final 90 seconds. Both of his baskets occurred off of offensive rebounds. His first putback gave Wofford the lead for good, 44-43. His second basket extended the Terriers lead to three points with under 10 seconds remaining.
UNCG led, 43-42, following Koval's two-handed dunk with 2 minutes, 31 seconds remaining.
The loss spoiled a sterling defensive performance for the Spartans.
Records
Wofford 6-4 overall, 3-1 SoCon
UNCG 6-5, 1-2
Inside the Numbers
- UNCG held Wofford to 29.6 percent shooting (16-for-54).
- This was the second time this season that UNCG limited a team to below 50 points.
- The Spartans attempted two foul shots.
- UNCG won the rebounding battle, 41-35.
- Mohammed Abdulsalam had seven rebounds and six points.
- Abdulsalam has eight games this season with at least six rebounds.
- Miller has scored in double figures in 12 consecutive contests and 28 of UNCG's last 29 contests.
- Miller has at least one steal in 30 straight games.
- Miller raised his career point total to 1,588.
- Koval has 306 career blocked shots, which is 72nd overall in college basketball history.
- UNCG led 16-15 at intermission.
- Wofford missed 18 consecutive shots during one stretch of the first half.
- The Terriers reached double figures in scoring with 1:09 remaining in the first half.
- The 15 points scored by Wofford in the opening 20 minutes was the fewest UNCG allowed in a half since Greensboro scored 12 points in the second half in 2018 and Samford scored the same amount in the second half of a game in 2009.
- Both teams combined to shoot 11-for-52 in the first half (21.1 percent).
- The last time UNCG played a game in which both teams scored less than 50 points was on December 19, 1994 when UNCG defeated Akron, 47-44, a span of 9,519 days.
Up Next
- UNCG begins a two-game road trip when it travels to Western Carolina for a 4 p.m. start on Wednesday, January 13, 2021.
