YOUNG HARRIS, Ga. | The Young Harris College men's basketball team played their first home game of the season on Saturday (Nov. 16) afternoon at The Harp Recreation and Commencement Center against the Wingate University Bulldogs. Young Harris outscored Wingate 39-31 in the first half, with a strong offensive performance. The Bulldogs came out swinging in the second half, outscoring the Mountain Lions, 38-31. The difference? Karl Chavis scored on a fade away jumper with four seconds remaining in the contest, to give Young Harris the 70-69 victory over Wingate.
QUOTING HEAD COACH JEREMY CURRIER:
"We had a long week, four games in the last seven days. Three of our opponents are NCAA teams, we have been in one play games in all of them, and today it paid off. Tremendously proud of our players, their resilience, their belief, and they never got rattled. This is a game where it pays off to have a veteran group that has been in this situation a bunch. Really proud of all of our guys, a great win for our team." Continuing, "We must get some rest, our guys have been pushing through, we were the last team in our league to play at home. I need our guys to get some rest tomorrow, we will get back to it on Monday. We got to get some guys back to health, and a lot of guys are playing a lot of heavy minutes. We will get healthy and start focusing on our next league game on Saturday at home against Lees-McRae."
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The Young Harris College men's basketball team will rest up, before playing Conference Carolinas opponent Lees-McRae on Saturday (Nov. 23) at The Harp Recreation and Commencement Center in Young Harris.
