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.