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Patrick Wessler
66
Hofstra Hof 17-10,8-6 CAA
70
Winner UNCW UNCW 22-4,11-2 CAA
Hofstra Hof
17-10,8-6 CAA
66
Final
70
UNCW UNCW
22-4,11-2 CAA
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
Hofstra Hof 32 34 66
UNCW UNCW 34 36 70

Game Recap: Men's Basketball | | Brandon Sans

Men's Basketball Turns Back Pride, 70-66

WILMINGTON, North Carolina – UNCW shot 52.9 percent in the second half and closed the game on a 6-0 run to race past Hofstra, 70-66, in Saturday afternoon Coastal Athletic Association men's basketball action at a sold-out Trask Coliseum.

The Seahawks (22-5, 11-2 CAA) claimed their third straight game of the week on Homecoming while snapping the Pride's (17-10, 8-6 CAA) four-game win streak.

Redshirt junior Patrick Wessler scored 14 of his team-high 18 points in the second half to go with nine rebounds. Senior Christian May added 13 points while Madison Durr chipped in 11 and Nolan Hodge finished with 10.

Hofstra guards Cruz Davis and Preston Edmead combined for 43 points, while starting forward Joshua DeCady contributed 14 points.

In a game that featured 10 ties and 14 lead changes, the Pride took a 66-64 lead with 2:20 to go on a DeCady three-pointer. May then responded with a trifecta of his own 20 seconds later and the Seahawks closed out the win at the free throw line, converting three free throws in the final minute for the win.

UNCW carried a slim 34-32 lead at halftime, but Hofstra took a nine-point lead in the first 10 minutes of the second half with a 10-0 run that featured six points from Davis and Edmead. The Seahawks then rattled off 13 of the next 18 points to make it a one-possession game entering the final six minutes.

The Seahawks close out their three-game homestand on Thursday against Monmouth at 7 p.m.

GAME NOTES: This was a school record 11th sellout at Trask Coliseum with three home games to go … The win was the 800th Division I victory in program history … Both teams had 10 offensive rebounds and nine second-chance points … UNCW was 22-of-36 from the free throw line compared to Hofstra's 17-of-23 conversion rate … It was the Seahawks first Homecoming win in three years … UNCW went 3-0 this week.
 
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