YOUNG HARRIS, Ga. | In their first Conference Carolinas matchup of the year, the Mountain Lions finished on top of the Lees-McRae Bobcats with a final score of 71-59 (Nov 23rd). Young Harris had five finish with double-digit points this afternoon; Carl Cleveland led the way with 17. The Mountain Lions advance to 3-2 overall and are 1-0 in Conference Carolinas. The Bobcats move to 1-3 overall and are 0-1 in Conference Carolinas.

QUOTING HEAD COACH JEREMY CURRIER:

"We met our defensive goals. Lees-McRae is a high scoring team that averages well North of 80 PPG; we held them to 59. We knew we had to do a good job on the glass and we were plus 10 on the rebounding margin. Guys stepped up and made plays, we did not have Karl Chavis; Matija Millivojevic, Cameron Bleshoy, and Carl Cleveland all made big plays." Continuing, "This Tuesday marks the last game of a three game home stretch, so we want to take care of home court. Toccoa is athletic, they play up-tempo, and they are going to attack the rim, and get downhill offensively. We want to come in here and keep getting better. Our defense has been really good and it bails us out when we have these turnovers. We need to get the guys healthy tomorrow and then we will get into that scout and focus on our next opponent." 

INSIDE THE BOX SCORE:

· YHC continues to stay dominant on offense. Carl Cleveland (17), Matija Millivojevic (14), and Kennedy Willis (12) were the point leaders.

· Matija Millivojevic had a day. He went 4-5 from the field, 2-3 from beyond the arc, and nailed 4-6 from the FT line.

· Carl Cleveland was just shy of a double-double; He finished with 17 points and 9 rebounds, in addition to 3 steals.

· Kolbe Ashe and Morgan Rashed were facilitators today, each with 4 assists.

· Cameron Bleshoy led the team in boards with 12.

· Young Harris outrebounded Lees-McRae 38-28.

· The Mountain Lion defense held the Bobcat offense to shooting only 36% from the field and 17% from the 3PT line.

UP NEXT:
The Mountain Lions square off with Toccoa Falls College this Tuesday (Nov 26th) for an 11AM tip-off! Young Harris Athletics is hosting Education Day for this event.