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MBBVCharlotte
John Crouch
66
UNCW UNCW 5-10,0-2 CAA
71
Winner Drexel Drexel 8-7,1-1 CAA
UNCW UNCW
5-10,0-2 CAA
66
Final
71
Drexel Drexel
8-7,1-1 CAA
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
UNCW UNCW 31 35 66
Drexel Drexel 33 38 71

Game Recap: Men's Basketball | | Joe Browning

Seahawks Fall In Close Game At Drexel

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania – Sophomore guard Camren Wynter poured in 30 points to lift Drexel past UNCW, 71-66, in the second Colonial Athletic Association matchup of the season for both teams on Monday night at the intimate Daskalakis Center in West Philadelphia.
 
The Dragons moved to 8-7 overall and 1-1 in the CAA after bouncing back from an 11-point loss to Charleston in their CAA opener on Saturday. The Seahawks dropped their seventh straight and stand 5-10 and 0-2 following their weekend swing to Delaware and Drexel.
 
Wynter, who fell one shy of his career high in scoring, made 11-of-19 shots and added 6-of-9 at the free throw line for his total. Sophomore guard Zach Walton was the only other player in double figures for the Dragons with 14 points.
 
Sophomore forward Marten Linssen paced the Seahawks for the second straight game and fifth time overall with 15 points. Junior guard Mike Okauru matched his career high with 14 points, including 12 in the first 20 minutes, and freshman playmaker Shykeim Phillips collected 12 points.
 
Trailing 33-31 at halftime, the Seahawks started quickly in the second half and led by as many as five points before the Dragons stormed back at the end to claim the first of two meetings between the two teams, who meet again on Feb. 27 in Wilmington.
 
Behind 42-38 after a bucket by Drexel's Mate Okros, the Seahawks reeled off nine unanswered points and took a five point advantage, 47-42, on an Imajae Dodd slam with 13:53 remaining.
 
But Drexel, behind Wynter, answered with eight straight points of its own to regain the lead, 50-47. Still training 59-54, the Seahawks carved out a 60-59 edge with 5:30 left on a pair of free throws by Jaylen Sims until Wynter took over.
 
The slippery guard from Hempstead, N.Y., scored Drexel's final eight points and the Dragons converted five of their last six field goals to gain the home victory. While Drexel was riding Wynter's hot hand down the stretch, the Seahawks went cold from the floor, failing to score a basket over the final 3:03 of the game.
 
In a first half that featured five ties and five lead changes, the Dragons carried a 33-31 edge into the break after shooting 46.7 percent and riding the hot shooting of Wynter.
 
The reigning 2019 CAA Rookie of the Year, Wynter scored 12 of Drexel's first 17 points on a variety of moves as the Dragons grabbed a 17-14 lead with 12 minutes remaining in the opening period.
 
The Seahawks responded to tie the game at 20-all on Okauru's driving layup with 7:25 left before the Dragons regrouped for a seven-point advantage. A spin move by Walton in the paint gave Drexel its largest lead of the half, 31-24, with 3:54 on the clock.
 
UNCW scored seven of the final nine points in the half, however, capped by a long triple in the left corner by Jake Boggs as the buzzer sounded to slice the Drexel lead to two points at intermission, 33-31.
 
The Seahawks return home for their next two conference games, beginning with a 6:30 p.m. matchup on Thursday, Jan. 2, 2020, against visiting James Madison. UNCW then entertains Towson on Saturday, Jan. 4, 2020, in a 7 p.m. tip at Trask Coliseum.
 
GAME NOTES: Sophomore guard Brian Tolefree made his first career start for the Seahawks and finished with four points and two rebounds…UNCW shot 42.1 percent from the floor…The Seahawks drained 17-of-20 free throws….UNCW outrebounded Drexel, 34-33…The Seahawks still own a 20-14 advantage in the 34-game series….UNCW stands 7-9 in 16 appearances at the Daskalakis Center…UNCW is 1-1 vs. Drexel in December games…The Seahawks are 5-2 against Drexel fourth-year skipper Zach Spiker…The Seahawks went winless at 0-6 in December after losses to Stanford, Charlotte, Mercer, Vanderbilt, Delaware and Drexel…UNCW has dropped 13 consecutive games in December dating back to a 101-60 romp over Greensboro College on Dec. 28, 2017…The Seahawks are 1-7 away from home this year, 0-6 in true road games and 1-1 in neutral site games…Drexel stands 6-2 at home.
 
 
 
 
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