Saturday, February 17th, 2007

Men’s Basketball Team Falls To PCC In Regular-Season Finale

The Piedmont College men’s basketball team wrapped up its regular-season schedule tonight in Pensacola, FL with an 83-75 non-conference loss to Pensacola Christian College at PCC’s Sports Arena. The host Eagles used an 8-0 run late in the second half to seal the victory.

Piedmont held a slim one-point lead with four minutes remaining in the first half before PCC put together a 15-2 run to hold a 12-point advantage with under a minute to go in the half. The Lions responded with a quick five-point spurt capped by Branden Mayweather’s three-point basket at the buzzer to trail by seven at half.

PC picked up where they left off and used a 14-3 run to open the second half and grab a 46-42 lead. From there the game would remain a single possession game until PCC’s late eight point run.

Piedmont’s Jake Baldwin led all scorers with a game-high 23 points including 19 in the second half. Michael Adams added 18 points and four rebounds while teammate Michael Rubio came off the bench to score 12 points on 3-5 shooting from behind the three-point line.

PCC connected on 9-21 three-point attempts and 20-24 free throws to ice the game late.

Piedmont ends the regular-season with a 13-12 overall record and will conclude the season at the Great South Athletic Conference tournament on February 23-24 in LaGrange, GA. The third-seeded Lions will take on tournament host LaGrange College at 3:00 on Friday.