Men's Basketball Hands Greenville First Conference Loss, Seven Griffins Reach Double-Figures

ST. LOUIS, Mo.—The Fontbonne University men's basketball team posted a season-high 142 points and dealt the Greenville Panthers its first conference loss in the 142-129 win.

Final: Fontbonne 142, Greenville 129

Location: DSAC

Records: Fontbonne (4-5; 2-1 SLIAC), Greenville (3-6; 2-1 SLIAC)

How It Happened

In the first half, the Griffins jumped out to a 26-17 lead at the 11:58 mark on Elijah Rice's made layup. With 6:25 left on the clock, the Panthers trailed 47-34 on Rakim Murphy's layup. Then, the Griffins offense took over going on an 11-0 run over just two minutes time to stretch its advantage out to 58-34.

The team held onto its double-digit lead the rest of the way and went into the locker room on top, 72-58.

The Griffins shot 63.3 percent from the floor in the first half and had four players in double-figures with Jalen Wadlington leading with 17. Greenville shot 42.6 percent from the field and had its struggles from downtown going 9-of-26 (34.6 percent).

In the second half, Wadlington's made layup gave Fontbonne the 97-76 lead with 13:50 remaining in regulation. The Panthers, though rallied with a 9-0 run in less than two minutes as Rakim Murphy's layup made it a 97-85 contest.

However, the Griffins got its lead back out to near 20 on Noah Coddington's made jumper to expand the lead out to 116-97 with 6:46 to go. Fontbonne never looked back from there as they went on for the 13-point win.

Inside The Numbers

• Fontbonne set new season-highs in field goals made (60), field goals attempted (91), defensive rebounds (48), total rebounds (64), and assists (37).
• Greenville ended the outing with a 42.5 field goal percentage and collected 20 offensive boards.

Greenville Leaders

• Kendall Edmond and Sontiago Grady tied with a team-high 16 points each.
• Austyn Contreras and Henry Johnson added 13 and 12 points.
• Marvin Bateman, Kameron Vinsel, and Quincy Pinkard contributed 10 points apiece.

Fontbonne Leaders

• Jalen Wadlington nearly went perfect from the floor going 16-of-17 to finish with a career-high 36 points.
• Anthony Jones also set a career-high with 23 points, while Jared Woodcock added 20 points.
• Domonic Doolin recorded his first double-double with season-highs in points (16) and rebounds (13).
• Caden Clark and Elijah Rice tied with 12 points each. Sean McGee finished with 10.

Up Next

The Griffins close out its home stretch on Wednesday when they'll host Waldorf in a non-conference outing. Tip-off at 7 p.m.  

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