Results vs. Belmont Abbey (2007-01-27 19:30:00)

January 27, 2007

Men' Basketball Loses by Three to Belmont

Saturday, 27 January 2007

Belmont, NC---Pfeiffer lost to Belmont-Abbey 110-107 in CVAC men's basketball action Saturday night. DeMario Grier scored 29 points but it wasn't enough as the Falcons(13-5,7-4) fell just short against the Crusaders(5-12,4-7). Robert McGriff added 20 points and 9 rebounds forPfeiffer. Pfeiffer grabbed a quick 5-0 lead that grew to 11, 17-6, on a Thomas Carr three-pointer with only four minutes gone in the game. A 9-0 Abbey run cut the Falcon lead to three, 21-18, with 12:48 left. A DeMario Grier "three" gave Pfeiffer an eight point lead but the Crusaders came right back to tie the game at 28 all. The two teams traded baskets the rest of the half and at the break Belmont led 54-52. A Logan Call lay-up with 15:48 to go brought the Falcons within one at 64-63 but Belmont responded and pushed the lead to ten soon after. Belmont held a 101-91 lead with two minutes to go when the Falcons made one final run at it. Robert McGriff made two free throws with 7 seconds left to cut the Falcon defecit to two. Belmont was immediately fouled and hit the first free throw but missed the second. However, Belmont was able to grab an offensive rebound and hold on for a 110-107 win. Pfeiffer will return to action Monday when they travel to Mount Olive for a 7:30 pm tip-off.

Belmont Abbey College Crusaders vs Pfeiffer University Falcons Visitors: Pfeiffer University Falcons ## Name P FG 3 Pt FT PTS ORB DRB TR PF AST TO BS ST MIN 3 Marcus Hodges G 1/1 1/1 0/0 3 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 7:39 4 Tavares Cooper G 5/12 0/1 7/10 17 2 2 4 1 0 1 0 1 23:39 5 * DeMario Grier G 11/30 3/15 4/6 29 0 5 5 4 0 3 0 2 28:41 11 * Cortland Thomas G 0/1 0/0 0/0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 12:42 14 * Derek Moore G 3/4 0/0 0/0 6 1 0 1 5 3 2 0 0 13:36 20 * Craig Thomas G 0/2 0/0 0/1 0 1 4 5 3 3 1 0 1 20:40 22 Thomas Carr G 4/6 4/6 0/0 12 2 0 2 5 3 1 0 0 15:28 24 Derrick Truesdale G 0/0 0/0 0/0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3:55 25 Derrick Brown G 2/3 2/3 0/1 6 0 2 2 3 2 0 0 0 14:25 31 Kevin Gonzales G 0/0 0/0 0/0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 DNP 32 * Logan Call P 7/11 0/0 0/3 14 6 2 8 1 2 1 0 1 21:56 33 Robert McGriff G 7/18 2/3 4/6 20 7 2 9 0 1 3 1 3 25:16 1 Andrew Pieters GF 0/0 0/0 0/0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 DNP 00 Randall Terry G/F 0/1 0/0 0/0 0 3 1 4 3 2 1 0 1 11:48 Team 2 3 5 Totals 40/89 12/29 15/27 107 25 21 46 27 16 14 1 10 199:45 Total FG 1st Half 20/48 41.7% 2nd Half 20/41 48.8% Game 40/89 44.9% 3 PT FG 1st Half 8/17 47.1% 2nd Half 4/12 33.3% Game 12/29 41.4% Free Throws 1st Half 4/8 50.0% 2nd Half 11/19 57.9% Game 15/27 55.6% Home: Belmont Abbey College Crusaders ## Name P FG 3 Pt FT PTS ORB DRB TR PF AST TO BS ST MIN 1 Brooks Beard G 1/1 0/0 0/0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4:31 3 * Jonathan Jackson G 11/18 3/6 8/9 33 1 2 3 4 4 4 0 0 34:55 4 * Anthony Bell F 8/17 3/12 11/13 30 0 8 8 4 2 3 0 3 35:00 5 * Deonte Murphy G 7/12 2/4 5/7 21 0 1 1 2 7 3 0 1 38:01 10 Karl Bauza F 0/0 0/0 0/0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0:21 11 Patrick Kuhlman G 1/2 1/2 0/0 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 7:05 21 * Sidney Hoff F 1/2 0/0 0/3 2 1 2 3 5 0 0 0 1 10:35 23 Andre Fells G 0/0 0/0 0/0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 DNP 24 Arturs Papans F 3/7 0/0 0/1 6 5 6 11 2 0 2 0 0 18:49 33 Ric Marczenko F 3/3 0/0 0/0 6 2 1 3 1 0 2 0 0 10:31 34 Chris McDowell F 0/0 0/0 0/0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 DNP 42 James Prince F 0/0 0/0 0/0 0 1 1 2 0 1 5 0 0 5:00 50 * Chad Patus F 3/5 0/1 1/5 7 4 9 13 4 5 1 0 2 34:57 Team 4 3 7 Totals 38/67 9/25 25/38 110 18 33 51 24 21 20 1 7 199:45 Total FG 1st Half 18/31 58.1% 2nd Half 20/36 55.6% Game 38/67 56.7% 3 PT FG 1st Half 6/15 40.0% 2nd Half 3/10 30.0% Game 9/25 36.0% Free Throws 1st Half 12/19 63.2% 2nd Half 13/19 68.4% Game 25/38 65.8% PU BAC PU BAC PU BAC Free Throw Pts 15 25 3Pt Points 36 27 Pts/Possession 1.19 1.25 Pts off Turnovers 23 20 2nd Chance Points 23 10 Pts off Bench 58 17 Total Rebounds 46 51 Team Rebounds 5 7 Dead Ball Reb 3 3 Off Rebound % 43.1 46.2 Def Rebound % 53.8 56.9 Total Rebound % 47.4 52.6 Technical Fouls PU None BAC None Officials Unknown 1st Half 2nd Half OT 1 OT 2 OT 3 OT 4 Total Pfeiffer University Falcons 52 55 0 0 0 0 107 Belmont Abbey College Crusaders 54 56 0 0 0 0 110