GREENSBORO, N.C. – Senior Dante Treacy and graduate student Mohammed Abdulsalam led the UNC Greensboro (UNCG) men's basketball team with 17 and 12 points, respectively, as the Spartans fell to crosstown rival NC A&T Wednesday night.  
 
Treacy and Abdulsalam's totals were season highs. Abdulsalam also contributed a season-high 14 rebounds for his second-career double-double, his first of the season.
 
How it Happened
UNCG opened the game with back-to-back three pointers from Treacy and the Spartans fed off that energy to climb to an 11-point advantage, 15-4, its largest of the game. The Aggies cut the deficit to one, 19-18, off a 14-4 run with 10:24 remaining. Seven-straight points from the Spartans gave them an eight-point lead, 26-18. The two teams each scored six points each, as UNCG held a seven-point advantage, 31-24, with 3:45 remaining. A 9-3 run from the Aggies, included a Kobe Langley three pointer, his only one of the game, putting the Spartans up one, 34-33 at the half.
 
NC A&T started the second half with a 7-2 run, to hold its second lead of the game, 40-36. UNCG cut the deficit to one, 43-42, following back-to-back free throws from Treacy at 12:48. The Aggies' offensive threat continued, as they went on a 12-2 run, for an 11-point lead, 55-44. UNCG's seven-point deficit was the final single-digit difference following its 7-3 run, for a 58-51 advantage in favor of the Aggies. The Aggies held a 21-point lead with 42-seconds remaining, NC A&T's largest advantage of the game and held on for the win, 73-56.
 
By the Numbers

• Abdulsalam had the Spartans' lone block of the game.
• UNCG held the slight advantage in points in the paint, 24-22.
• The Aggies had 17 points off of turnovers, compared to the Spartans' six.
• UNCG had 11 second-chance points, while NC A& T had 10.
• This is the fifth game out of eight that the Spartans have scored a three-pointer to start the game.

From Head Coach Mike Jones
"Our defense was tough, we had some opportunities to score, and we didn't convert a couple of times. It is difficult to win if you don't put points on the board. We did show some fight. A&T made some tough shots, including some at the end of the shot clock at times. On the other end, when we have opportunities, we have to convert. Defensively we took a step, we have to clean up and talk on the court. Offensively, we have to keep working, we still have to operate with confidence."
 
Records
UNCG: 3-5
NC A&T: 4-4
 
Up Next
The Spartans continue their six-game road trip as they travel to Elon, N.C. to face its second CAA foe Elon at the Schar Center with a 4:00 p.m. tip-off on Saturday, December 3.