Devin Smith BC
Gene Breland, Orangeburg, SC
65
CLAFLIN CLAFMBB 9-11
69
Winner Benedict BCM 8-11
CLAFLIN CLAFMBB
9-11
65
Final
69
Benedict BCM
8-11
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
CLAFLIN CLAFMBB 32 33 65
Benedict BCM 21 48 69

Game Recap: Men's Basketball | | Romanda Noble-Watson, SID

Benedict Battle Back to Defeat Claflin in Non-Conference Men’s Basketball Action

Columbia, S.C. – The Benedict Tigers turned a 11-point halftime deficit into a four-point win defeating the Claflin Panthers, 69-65, in a non-conference men's basketball contest at HRC Arena in Columbia, S.C.
 
The loss, Claflin fourth straight, drops the Panthers to 9-11 overall.  Benedict improves to 8-11 with the win.
 
The loss is also Claflin's first to Benedict in the last four outings.
 
Donnell Frayer, Jr. paced the Panthers with a game-high 21 points. Claflin had three players to finish in double-digits as Devin Smith dropped in 15 and Letrell West added 13 points in the loss.
 
Cornellius Reynolds led all rebounders with 10 in the contest.
 
Benedict led four Benedict players in double-figures with 20 points.  Malachi MCoy scored 14 points with a team-high eight rebounds and Anthony Gomes and Joseph Staton scored 11 points each.
 
The teams opened the second half exchanging baskets with Claflin maintaining an 11-point lead (43-32) over the first 4:30 of the half.   
 
Benedict then picked up its offensive intensity.  The Tigers used a 15-5 run over the next seven-plus minutes to tie the game at 48-all.  From that point the game was nip and tuck with neither team taking more than a three-point advantage until late in the game.
 
After the game saw its final tie at 61-61, Benedict outscored Claflin 8-4 for the final score.
 
Claflin dominated the first half from the tip scoring the game's first 9-or-11 points.  The Panthers managed to push their lead to 12 points at the 13:42 mark.
 
Benedict cut the deficit to five with 4:55 remaining in the opening half but Claflin's offense remained solid.  The Panthers would own the 12-point lead again at the 2:07 mark before taking the 11-point (32-21) lead into intermission.
 
Claflin will return to action on Monday, Jan. 27 when they host Livingstone College in a Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association (CIAA) Southern Division contest.
 
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