YOUNG HARRIS, GA| In the Mountain Lion's first Conference Carolinas matchup of the year, they pushed past the Southern Wesleyan Warriors 77-64 and picked up the victory on Saturday (Dec 9th) evening.

The Mountain Lions move to 5-3 overall and are 1-0 in Conference Carolinas, while the Warriors move to 1-8 overall and are 0-1 in Conference Carolinas. YHC returns to action this Wednesday (Dec 13th), where they take on Francis Marion at 1pm.

INSIDE THE BOX SCORE:

· Carl Cleveland registered a double-double this evening, scoring 20 points in addition to 11 boards.

· Cole Deptula led the Mountain Lion offense with 22 points.

· Young Harris shot 54% from the field to Southern Wesleyan's 39%.

· Griffin Effenberger and Jamal Edmonson were the impact players for SWU, with 15 and 14 points respectively.