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PFEIFFER SPORTS INFORMATION
Tuesday, February 26, 2008
RESULTS VS. BELMONT ABBEY (2008-02-26 19:30:00)

Pfeiffer Falls to Abbey 93-90
Tuesday, 26 February 2008
Misenheimer, NC---The Pfeiffer men’s basketball team lost to Belmont-Abbey 93-90 in Conference Carolinas action Tuesday evening. With the loss the Falcons fall to 20-6 overall and 15-4 in the conference. Belmont-Abbey is now 16-11 and 14-6.

Pfeiffer used four three-pointers in the first three minutes to build an early 14-3 lead.

Abbey came back and cut the Pfeiffer lead to 18-14 with almost thirteen minutes left.

A Logan Call driving lay-up gave the Falcons a 31-20 advantage with 10 minutes to go.

Derrick Truesdale hit a “3” to buil the Pfeiffer lead to 43-31 with 5:29 to go.

Pfeiffer went into halftime up 52-38 hitting 8 three-pointers in the first half.

Abbey started the second half on an 11-0 run to get back into the game.

A Robert McGriff field goal pushed the Falcons lead back into double figures at 70-60 with 9:21 left.

Abbey fought back and Jonathan Jckson had a four-point play to tie the game at 83 with 3:40 to go. Abbey built an 87-83 lead.

Pfeiffer cut the lead to two on several occasions. With 20 seconds to go Pfeiffer had two three-point shots miss. Abbey made one of two free throws but a last seond three-pointer by the Falcons bounced off the rim and gave the Crusaders a93-90 victory.

Derrick Truesdale led the Falcons with 17 points. Richard Barbee led the Crusaders with 33 points.

Pfeiffer travels to Limestone on Friday for a 7:30 pm game. They will also host a conference tournament quarter-final game Monday at 7:00 pm against as yet a undetermined opponent.

Pfeiffer - M vs Belmont Abbey - M DATE: 2/26/2008 TIME: 7:30:00 PM Eastern SITE: Home ATTENDANCE: 400 Pfeiffer - M min fgm-a 3gm-a ftm-a or-t a pf to st pts 32 L Call 24 4-7 2-3 0-0 1-3 3 3 4 0 14 22 T Carr 21 0-1 2-8 0-0 0-4 0 5 1 2 6 23 M Davidson 14 0-0 2-5 2-2 1-2 1 1 0 0 8 13 M Johnson 1 0-0 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 1 0 0 5 Q Maxwell 17 0-1 2-6 0-0 3-3 3 0 3 0 6 33 R McGriff 23 4-8 1-3 2-2 0-3 1 3 2 3 13 1 J Pettiway 19 2-5 0-1 0-0 0-1 3 2 1 0 4 30 J Roper 3 0-0 1-2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 3 15 A Slaton 19 0-0 1-3 0-0 0-2 2 2 2 1 3 20 C Thomas 20 3-3 0-0 0-0 3-6 1 3 1 2 6 24 D Truesdale 23 3-6 3-4 2-2 0-0 0 3 3 1 17 0 C Woods 16 5-7 0-0 0-0 2-6 0 3 1 2 10 Team Totals 21-38 14-36 6-6 10-32 14 25 19 11 90 Percentages: FG 47.3%, 3FG 38.9%, FT 100% Blocked shots: 0 () Pts off turnovers: 36 2nd Chance pts: 8 Bench pts: 43 Pts in Paint: 28 Biggest lead: 14 (45-31) Team Off Reb: 0 Team Def Reb: 2 Deadball Reb: 0 Team Turnovers: 19 Belmont Abbey - M min fgm-a 3gm-a ftm-a or-t a pf to st pts 2 R BARBEE 36 10-14 2-5 7-10 2-7 0 0 7 1 33 10 K BAUZA 11 0-0 0-1 0-0 0-1 0 3 2 0 0 5 K GUMBS 4 0-2 1-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 3 3 J JACKSON 38 4-8 2-6 3-5 1-2 4 2 5 1 17 11 P KUHLMAN 9 1-1 0-0 0-1 0-0 1 3 2 0 2 42 R MARCZENKO 33 7-10 0-0 8-9 3-13 0 2 2 1 22 4 D MURPHY 32 3-4 0-4 2-4 1-5 2 3 3 7 8 24 A PAPANS 7 1-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 2 1 2 50 C PATUS 29 2-3 0-0 2-2 2-5 1 1 1 0 6 Team Totals 28-43 5-17 22-31 11-40 8 15 24 11 93 Percentages: FG 55%, 3FG 29.4%, FT 71% Blocked shots: 0 () Pts off turnovers: 19 2nd Chance pts: 14 Bench pts: 7 Pts in Paint: 36 Biggest lead: 7 (90-83) Team Off Reb: 2 Team Def Reb: 5 Deadball Reb: 4 Team Turnovers: 24 Score by Periods Per 1 Per 2 Per 3 Per 4 OT Total Pfeiffer - M 52 38 0 0 0 90 Belmont Abbey - M 38 55 0 0 0 93 Number of ties: 0 Number of lead changes: 1