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FMU player
Florida Memorial University Sports Information
56
Florida Memorial FLORIDA 1-1
86
Winner Talladega TALLADEG 4-0
Florida Memorial FLORIDA
1-1
56
Final
86
Talladega TALLADEG
4-0
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
Florida Memorial FLORIDA 25 31 56
Talladega TALLADEG 38 48 86

Game Recap: Men's Basketball | | J.T. Wilcox, Sports Information Director

Lions MBB Topped By No. 9 Talladega College Wednesday

TALLADEGA, Ala. – A poor mixture of cold shooting and turnovers hurt Florida Memorial University Wednesday night as it fell 86-56 to host No. 9 Talladega College in TC's Hawkins Student Center.
 
The Lions, who will continue their Alabama road trip this coming weekend when it travels from Talladega to Montgomery to take part in the Jimmy Faulkner Classic, shot 31 percent (19-for-61) from the field – 22 percent from three-point range (4-for-18) and a plebeian 60 percent (14-for-23) from the free throw line.
 
Brent Holcombe led Florida Memorial (1-1) with 10 points and 6 rebounds but was the only Lions player to finish with double-digit points. Corey Benton and Jacobi Gordon both finished with 9 points, but no other player finished with more than 5 points.
 
Talladega flexed its muscle as a nationally-ranked team. The Tornadoes jumped out to a 13-2 lead on FMU and extended that lead to 31-13 with just over eight minutes left in the first half before settling into a 38-25 halftime advantage. The Lions' halftime deficit ballooned through the first part of the second half as Talladega had five different players finish 10 points or more.
 
Florida Memorial will return to the hardwood Friday afternoon when it takes on Middle Georgia State University in its first of two games at the Faulkner Classic at Faulkner University.
 
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