Marcellus Morgan scored a team-high 22 points to lead Greensboro College to 76-72 home win over Chowan College on Monday night.
The Pride win came despite a game-high 31 points from Brave's freshman standout Trayvon Lathan. Lathan was 13-23 from the field and made 5-6 free throws.
Lathan's jumper tied the game 70 with 1:26 remaining. GC outscored the Monarchs 6-2 down the stretch for the final tally.
Morgan led four Pride players in double figures. He was 8-21 from the field, made four three-pointers and passed for a game high 8 assists. Ed Montrell netted 13 points and pulled down a game-high 9 rebounds for GC. Dshamal Schoetz tallied 12 and freshman Gerry Wood added 11 for the home club.
GC record 11-11, 9-3 USA South; Streak W1; Up next vs. CNU, 2-21, 4 p.m.
Chowan College vs Greensboro College 02/16/04 7:45 p.m at Greensboro College; Hanes Gymnasium At Greensboro College; Hanes Gymnasium GREENSBORO COLLEGE 76, CHOWAN COLLEGE 72 CHOWAN COLLEGE (9-13; 4-8) LATHAN, Trayvon 13-23 5-6 31; COWAN, Joseph 5-15 0-0 14; ARTIS, Marcus 3-9 2-3 9; BROWN, Adrian 2-4 1-1 5; JOHNSON, Olajuwon 2-5 0-0 4; HAMBRICK, Wayne 2-4 0-2 4; McCALL, ISAAC 1-5 1-2 3; STEPNEY, Titus 1-1 0-0 2. Totals 29-66 9-14 72. GREENSBORO COLLEGE (11-11; 9-3) MORGAN, Marcellus 8-21 2-4 22; MONTRELL, Edward 6-11 1-2 13; SCHOETZ, Dshamal 4-6 4-6 12; WOOD, Gerry 5-11 1-2 11; WILLIAMS, Trey 1-4 3-4 6; NEWMAN, Truman 2-3 0-0 5; BATTLE, Justin 1-2 1-2 3; WILLIAMS, Garrett 1-1 0-0 2; PUREFOY, Devarra 1-2 0-0 2; PARRISH, Justin 0-1 0-0 0; WILLIAMS, Jason 0-2 0-0 0. Totals 29-64 12-20 76. Chowan College................ 36 36 - 72 Greensboro College............ 35 41 - 76 3-point goals-Chowan College 5-17 (COWAN, Joseph 4-11; ARTIS, Marcus 1-3; JOHNSON, Olajuwon 0-1; LATHAN, Trayvon 0-2), Greensboro College 6-18 (MORGAN, Marcellus 4-10; WILLIAMS, Trey 1-3; NEWMAN, Truman 1-1; WOOD, Gerry 0-2; WILLIAMS, Jason 0-2). Fouled out--Chowan College-None, Greensboro College-None. Rebounds-Chowan College 41 (ARTIS, Marcus 6; HAMBRICK, Wayne 6; LATHAN, Trayvon 6), Greensboro College 35 (MONTRELL, Edward 9). Assists-Chowan College 11 (JOHNSON, Olajuwon 4; LATHAN, Trayvon 4), Greensboro College 24 (MORGAN, Marcellus 8). Total fouls-Chowan College 17, Greensboro College 14. A-136