GREENSBORO, N.C. – The UNC Greensboro (UNCG) men's basketball team fell 74-62 while hosting the Wofford Terriers in The Southern Conference (SoCon) action on Saturday evening at First Horizon Coliseum.
 
Ronald Polite III paced the Spartans with 18 points and three shots made from beyond the arc. Donovan Atwell and Jalen Breath tied for second on the team with 10 points each. Breath led the team with 17 boards, including 12 defensive and five offensive rebounds.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
Wofford got the scoring started when Corey Tripp hit a three-pointer 21 seconds into the game. Demetrius Davis then got UNCG on the board, 3-2, after stealing an errant inbound pass by Wofford before finishing with a dunk on a fastbreak. It was a back-and-forth battle in the early going until the Terriers went on a 15-8 run in the remaining 7:50 of the first half to carry a 35-27 lead into the break.

The Terriers kept it going early in the second half, mounting a 20-4 run out of the intermission, making it 55-31. The Spartans then answered with a 9-0 run to cut it to 55-40, beginning with a three-pointer hit by Polite III with 11:43 left on the clock. UNCG rallied late in the half and cut the deficit to single digits, 70-61, with 1:04 left to play. However, Wofford held on in the final minute to prevail by a final score of 74-62.
 
BY THE NUMBERS

• Breath's 17 boards marked a career-high and season-high for UNCG.
• Malik Henry was second on the team with seven rebounds.
• This was the 17th game this season where three or more Spartans had double-digit points.
• Atwell was second on the squad with a pair of threes.
• The Spartans dominated the boards with a 39-33 edge overall and 16-9 advantage on the offensive end.
• Wofford had the upper hand in field goal percentage (42.6-38.9), three-point percentage (63.2-30.4) and free throw percentage (80-56.3).
   

RECORDS
UNCG: 14-9, 7-3 SoCon
WOF: 12-11, 6-4 SoCon
 
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UP NEXT
The Spartans will split time on the road and at home next week in their next two SoCon battles. UNCG travels to Charleston, South Carolina, for a midweek contest against The Citadel on Wednesday, Feb. 5 with a tipoff at 7:00 p.m.
 
The Spartans then host Western Carolina on Saturday, Feb. 8 at 4:00 p.m. at the First Horizon Coliseum. This will be the Spartans' Faith and Family Night!