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FMU player
J.T. Wilcox
70
Mount Vernon Nazarene MVNU 9-5
75
Winner Florida Memorial FMU 8-4
Mount Vernon Nazarene MVNU
9-5
70
Final
75
Florida Memorial FMU
8-4
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
Mount Vernon Nazarene MVNU 35 35 70
Florida Memorial FMU 36 39 75

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

Holcombe Stars, FMU MBB Outlasts Mount Vernon Nazarene Wednesday

MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. – Led by Brent Holcombe's game-high 21 points, Florida Memorial University was able to stave off a late rally attempt by Mount Vernon Nazarene University (Oh.) and pick up a 75-70 win Wednesday night in the FMU Wellness Center.
 
How It Happened
  • After leading by as many as 13 with just over five minutes left in the second half, FMU saw Mount Vernon cut its lead down to just three (73-70) with 34 seconds left.
  • Mount Vernon had a possession with a chance to tie the game following a missed Lions free throw.
  • FMU came up with a big defensive stop on the Cougars final offensive possession – forcing a missed layup thanks to a Jethro Tshisumpa contest at the rim.
  • MVNU intentionally took a foul, sending Carington Campbell to the line, where the freshman guard knocked down two free throws to put Florida Memorial up 75-70 with four seconds remaining.
  • The Cougars cut into FMU's late lead with an 8-0 run and outscored the Lions 16-6 over a five-minute span.
  • FMU held just a one-point lead at halftime (36-35) but extended that lead by going on an elongated 14-4 run – capped by an Eric Hester three-pointer – to open the second half.
  • The teams battled back-and-forth through much of the first half, trading the lead 10 teams in the first 20 minutes.
 
Inside The Box Score
  • Holcombe manufactured his big scoring night on 9-of-19 shooting.
  • No other FMU player finished with a double-digit point total.
  • Corey Benton and Jacobi Gordon each scored 9 points for the Lions.
  • Gordon grabbed a team-high 8 rebounds.
  • Tshisumpa finished with 8 points and 5 rebounds, but his biggest points of the night came on a put-back dunk that gave FMU a 73-68 lead.
  • Mount Vernon Nazarene out-rebounded the Lions 39-38.
  • Florida Memorial committed just 7 turnovers while the Cougars had 12.
  • Four different MVNU players finished with at least 11 points, led by Kyle Kegley's double-double of 19 points and 15 rebounds.
  • Florida Memorial shot 8-of-11 from the free throw line Wednesday.
 
Analysis & Notes
  • Florida Memorial earned its third straight regular season and home win Tuesday.
  • Lions 7-foot center Mubashar Ali was a late scratch from the lineup, missing the game with a lower extremity injury.
  • FMU guard Anfernee King returned to the lineup after missing the previous game with a non-COVID illness and scored 8 points in 22 minutes.
  • FMU evened the all-time series against Mount Vernon Nazarene at 1-1.
  • The Lions improve to 8-4 on the season.
  • MVNU falls to 9-5.
 
Up Next
Florida Memorial will have exactly two weeks off but will back on the FMU Wellness Center floor one more time in 2021, when it hosts HBCU rival Edward Waters University on December 30th.
 
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