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Bears battle with the Wolves

| By: by Cody Junkin
Courterius Scott, Andre Ngomabie, Cy Merrett
Southwest Mississippi Men's Basketball played Co-Lin on Thursday, February 19th in a 64-71 road loss.

The Wolves jumped out to an early lead but were quickly answered when a Chidi Nwosu three pointer tied the game.

Shortly after, a Leano Rolle pass to Courterius Scott would give the Bears the lead, and they would hold it for the rest of the first half.

With 9:00 left in the half, Courterius Scott and Chidi Nwosu hit back to back three pointers to put the Bears up 22-16.

Cy Merrett would close out the half for the Bears scoring on a nice spin move to extend the Bears lead to 35-26 going into the halftime break.

The Wolves offense woke up in the second half as the took the lead back with 15:55 left to play.

Cy Merrett would quickly steal the lead back followed immediately by a Leano Rolle steal and score.

The last 11 minutes of play were back and forth with six total lead changes.

The Bears soon found themselves down 12 points with 2:22 left in the game.

A Leano Rolle three pointer followed by a turnover and quick Cy Merrett three pointer cut the lead to 6 giving the Bears a chance.

But it wasn't enough as a few missed shots later Southwest was faced with a 64-71 road loss to Co-Lin.

Cy Merrett led the Bears with 18 points. Following close behind were Courterius Scott and Leano Rolle with 17 and 16 points.

"I thought the momentum of the game really swung after Leano's technical foul. They went on a 30-10 run after that. They executed well on offense during that stretch and we struggled to score.
Missed some good looks," said Head Coach Corey Schmidt.

"I thought we executed really well in the first half and did what we needed to do. They came out in the second half and shot unbelievable to start, then we started having some defensive breakdowns. We have to be more focused regardless of the circumstances of the game. Have to do a better job settling down on runs," said Coach Schmidt.

The Bears (13-14, 7-4*conference) are back at home on Monday, February 23rd taking on Pearl River.

 
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