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UNC Greensboro

Mikeal Brown-Jones
Denise Archetto
77
Winner UNC Greensboro UNCG 3-2,0-0 SoCon
66
Montana St. MSU 3-3,0-0 Big Sky
Winner
UNC Greensboro UNCG
3-2,0-0 SoCon
77
Final
66
Montana St. MSU
3-3,0-0 Big Sky
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
UNC Greensboro UNCG 39 38 77
Montana St. MSU 38 28 66

Game Recap: Men's Basketball | | Denise Archetto, Assistant Athletic Director for Strategic Communications

Men’s Basketball Opens Northern Classic with 77-66 Win over Bobcats

MONTREAL, CANADA – The UNC Greensboro (UNCG) men's basketball team won game one of the Northern Classic, 77-66, against Montana State University Friday night at Place Bell Arena.
 
This was the second meeting in program history between the Spartans and the Bobcats. UNCG now holds a 2-0 advantage over Montana State.
 
Three Spartans scored in double figures, including Keondre Kennedy leading the game with 20 points. Keyshaun Langley totaled 16 points and Mikeal Brown-Jones recorded 14 points.
 
How it Happened
Montana State held the lead in the beginning of the game, until Kennedy made three-straight free throws to tie the game at five at 17:57. Keyshaun made two more free throws at 17:09 to take the Spartans' first lead, 7-5. UNCG climbed its way to an eight-point lead, 32-24, its largest of the half. The Bobcats tied the game at 37 with 1:05 left following a seven-point run. Montana State added one more basket from the charity stripe to take a one-point lead, 38-37, on its largest run of the game. Kobe Langley followed that with a jumper with 44 seconds left in the half to take back the lead, 39-38, heading to the locker room.
 
With five tied scores in the second half and the final one all knotted up at 59 with 5:39 remaining, UNCG ran with the lead during the final minutes. The Spartans made 10 free throws in the final minutes during their 18-7 run. The final free throw came from Keyshaun Langley who gave the Spartans' an 11-point lead, its largest of the game with 25 seconds left.
 
By the Numbers
  • Keyshaun registered his third-straight game with double-digit points this season.
  • Keyshaun dished out five assists.
  • Brown-Jones and Kennedy tallied their fourth game out of five this season with double figures.
  • Keondre also led the game with six rebounds.
  • Mohammed Abdulsalam and Kobe Langley scored eight points each.
  • UNCG shot 89.3-percent (25-for-28) from the charity stripe, its highest of the season.
  • The Spartans outrebounded the Bobcats, 31-28.
  • Kennedy (9-for-9), Keyshaun (6-for-6), Abdulsalam (4-for-4), and Dante Treacy (2-for-2) all shot 100-percent from the free throw line.
Records
UNCG: 3-2
Montana State: 3-3
 
Up Next
The Spartans face its second opponent in Hofstra University in Montreal, Canada tomorrow, Saturday, November 26 at the Place Bell Arena with a tip off of 2:00 p.m.
 
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