YOUNG HARRIS, Ga. | It was Education Day here at the Harp Recreation and Commencement Ceneter (Nov 26th). Young Harris College finished the first half of the game in the dominating position 44-12 over the Eagles and remained in control of the game till the end, finishing 82-43. Our leading scorer was
Carl Cleveland with 16 points, Toccoa Falls leading scorer was Emmanuel Hughes tied with 16 points. The Mountain Lions are now 4-2 overall, the Eagles 0-4.
QUOTING HEAD COACH JEREMY CURRIER:
"I am really proud of our players and their attention to detail on the defensive end. We were without two of our best defenders in
Kennedy Willis and
Karl Chavis today, and our team responded by setting a school record for the fewest points allowed in a game. It was great to see
Cole Deptula and
Paul Hosey have great games as we will need them to play at a high level for us to reach our potential." Continuing, "I thank everyone that came out to the game; Education Day has always been an awesome event at YHC, and Happy Thanksgiving to all of our Young Harris family!"
INSIDE THE BOX SCORE:
• Cleveland leading with 16 points, also had a time in field going 7 for 10, racked up six total rebounds and went almost perfect at the free throw line going 2 for 3.
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Cole Deptula and
Justin Payne both tied at 15 points for the Mountain Lions.
• Deptula tied at rebounds with Cleveland at six, Deptula also tied for the lead in assists with six.
• Payne went fifty-fifty outside the curve hitting three out of six shots in addition to two steals from the Eagles.
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Paul Hosey had the third greatest number of points for the Mountain Lions with 10 total points, he was also almost perfect at the FTL going 2 for 3.
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Matija Millivojevic led Young Harris College in total rebounds with eight.
• The Mountain Lions out shot the Eagles 51.5% (34-66) compared to their 21.4% (14-58).
• Young Harris College out-rebounded the Eagles by a staggering 49-26.
UP NEXT:
Your Mountain Lions returns to action November 30th (4pm) against the Francis Marion Patriots away at the Smith University Center in Florence, South Carolina.
