YOUNG HARRIS, Ga. - The University of North Georgia men's basketball team weathered the storm and pulled away in the second half to beat Young Harris, 88-70, in a Battle of Blood Mountain matchup Wednesday night.
Young Harris opened up with the momentum, jumping out to a 19-7 lead midway through the first half before the Nighthawk offense woke up, taking the lead for the first time at 30-29 with under a minute to play in the half before the Mountain Lions retook the lead into halftime.
The Nighthawks retook the lead quickly in the second half, but couldn't get a stranglehold on the advantage until a 9-0 run over a 1:04 period midway through the second half. The lead was shortly in double digits for the road team as UNG snapped the losing streak.
NOTES
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Malik Hardy led North Georgia with 18 points, while
Kody Shubert put up 17.
Giancarlo Bastianoni added a career high 14 points with
Eric Jones contributing 12 more.
- UNG was a perfect 17-of-17 from the free throw line in the second half.
- The 18 point margin of victory marked the first time since the 2013-14 season that UNG defeated Young Harris by 10 or more points, winning back on February 5, 2014, by a 93-79 score in Memorial Hall.
NEXT UP
North Georgia will look to continue its winning ways at USC Aiken on Saturday at 3:30 p.m.
