GREENSBORO, N.C. – The UNC Greensboro (UNCG) men's basketball team fought past Triad foe High Point to earn a 72-68 victory on Tuesday night in Fleming Gym.
 
With the win, the Spartans snapped the Panthers' three-game win streak. It marked UNCG's first win over High Point under Head Coach Mike Jones and fifrst overall since Nov. 8, 2013, when the Spartans won 82-74.
 
Kenyon Giles scored a game- and career-high 25 points. Jalen Breath registered a season-high 16 points and 10 rebounds for his fourth-career double-double, while Joryam Saizonou chipped in a career-high 15 points.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
High Point made the first basket of the game with 18:41 on the clock, but UNCG's Giles responded with a jumper to tie the game at two before Breath gave the Spartans their first lead, 4-2. The Panthers made their first three-pointer at 17:22 and Giles dropped five-straight points for a 9-5 advantage. The Blue & Gold maintained the lead until 7:56 on the clock when High Point's Juslin Bodo Bodo dunked for a one-point lead, 21-20. The score toggled back and forth before the Panthers went up five with 2:06 remaining in the half, 34-29. Both teams had five points each in the final minutes as High Point went to the locker room with a 38-34 advantage.
 
UNCG came out of the break with a 10-2 run to go up four, 45-41. The Spartans stayed ahead for 11:44 until the Panthers' Terry Anderson made a second-chance tip-in layup at 3:49 for the 66-65 lead. The crowd erupted as Giles drained a buzzer-beating three-pointer with 2:33 left in the game. The Blue & Gold went on a 7-2 run before the 72-68 win was capped by Muon Reath's block that denied High Point's three-pointer at the buzzer.

BY THE NUMBERS

• UNCG outrebounded High Point, 36-27.
• Giles shot a career-best 11-for-21 from the field.
• Saizonou tallied a season-high five assists.
• Breath led the game with a season-high 10 rebounds.
• Malik Henry recorded six rebounds.
• UNCG outmatched High Point in points in the paint, 42-32, while the Panthers had the edge in bench points, 25-11, and points off turnovers, 8-6.
• The Spartans shot 50-percent from field goal range, while the Panthers shot 44.1-percent from the field.

RECORDS
UNCG: 4-4
HPU: 8-2
 
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UP NEXT
UNCG will take on Greensboro rival, NC A&T on Saturday, Dec. 7 at 2:00 p.m. at Corbett Sports Center.
 
The Spartans will then hit the road to face their second ASUN opponent, North Florida on Saturday, Dec. 14 at 5:00 p.m. in Jacksonville, Florida.