Mustangs Roll Past WWC 89-66

ELIZABETH CITY, N.C. – Mid-Atlantic Christian University used a dominant first half to pull away from Warren Wilson College and cruised to an 89–66 non-conference victory Wednesday night.

The Mustangs outscored the Owls 49–43 after halftime and shot 55.3% from the field in the second half to turn a manageable halftime lead into a comfortable win. MACU (5-9 overall, 1-0 NSAC) finished the game shooting 48.1% overall and held Warren Wilson to 41.7%.

“This was great victory for the team,” said Mustangs head coach Charles Sims. “We played a tough first half of the season against NCAA DI, DII and DIII opponents that prepared us for games like today.”

Janus Shepherd led the Mustangs with 20 points, hitting three 3-pointers and adding five rebounds. Stewart Clough added 13 points and five rebounds, while Tyus Williams chipped in 10 points and six boards.

“The team’s mindset from the start was to defend our home court, and they did exactly that,” Sims added. “Janus Shepherd’s contribution for the team was tremendous along with Stew Clough and Tyus Williams. This was an all-out team effort, and now we must continue to take a one-game-at-a-time approach to reach the vision that the team has for completing this season.”

Warren Wilson was led by Kharye Bland, who scored 15 points, and Tyah Williams, who added 13, but the Owls struggled from long range, making just 4 of 24 attempts from beyond the arc.

MACU forced 22 turnovers and turned them into 25 points, helping the Mustangs build a lead that grew to as many as 29 points in the second half.

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Barber-Scotia Slips Past SC Central 100-94

COLUMBIA, S.C. – Junior Nick Gravely scored 20 points to lead Barber-Scotia to a 100-94 win over SC Central Christian Tuesday night.

It was the first conference win for Barber-Scotia (5-4 overall, 1-1 NSAC).

Freshman Londen Roseman added 16, while Treveon Davis added 13 and Jalen Mattocks added 12 in their debut for the Sabers.

SC Central (1-9, 0-3) was led by Nazir Sample with 18 points.

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Apprentice Takes Down Cheyney 78-63

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. – The Apprentice School men’s basketball team won its sixth straight game Sunday afternoon with a 78-63 win over Cheyney. It also marked just the second game of the season for Builders All-American Donovan Means, who missed the first half of the season with an injury.

The two teams traded buckets early on, but the Builders took early momentum with a 10-0 run at the 12:14 mark in the first half to take a 16-7 lead. The Wolves immediately responded with an 11-2 run of their own to tie the game at 18-18, but again Apprentice (10-5) pushed the lead out with a 10-3 run and held the lead around seven points up to halftime.

In the second half, the Builders really enforced their style of play, using tempo to extend their lead to 17 points at the 13:25 mark. The lead ballooned up to as many as 22 down the stretch before the Wolves got some late points to trim the lead down to the final 15-point margin.

Shamon Rosser led all scorers with 22 points, while three other Builders had double figures as well. Devon Brown had 14 points, while Means matched that number, adding seven rebounds, five assists and six steals to the ledger. Wayne Hedgepeth contributed 10 points to the cause.

The Builders will take part in next weekend’s MLK Classic in Newport News, opening up with a NSAC contest against South Carolina Central Christian on Saturday at 6 p.m.

Story courtesy Walker McCrary/Apprentice Athletics; image courtesy Kaitlyn Olson @picsbyk8lyn

URBE Holds Off Upset-Minded SECC 74-68

HIALEAH GARDENS, Fl. – Freshman guard Luis Carias scored 19 points to lead URBE University to a 74-68 NSAC men’s basketball win over Southeast Christian on Sunday.

URBE (12-1 overall, 5-0 NSAC) continued its stellar inaugural season, remaining unbeaten in conference play.

Southeast Christian (12-6, 1-6) led by three late in the game but missed free throws down the stretch to open the door for UU to retake the lead.

Sophomore Karlton Walton led the Eagles with 14 points.

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Sizemore’s Record Day Pushes Eagles Past UIC in OT

MIAMI – Coy Sizemore’s six three-pointers set a new school record and lead Southeast Christian to a 70-67 overtime win against United International College Wednesday afternoon.

Sizemore, who tied the record with five treys back against Lighthouse Christian on December 13, led the Eagles with 25 points, five rebounds, five assists and a pair of steals. Karlton Walton, who previously held the three-point record, finished with 23 points, six boards, and seven assists.

SECC improved to 12-5 on the season and faces URBE in an NSAC tilt Sunday in Miami.

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Johnson’s Double-Double Leads S4C to First Win

DUE WEST, S.C. – SC Central Christian got a double-double performance from Davarius Johnson and held off Erskine 75-71 for its first men’s basketball win Wednesday evening.

The Fleet led 39-33 at halftime before the Gladiators outscored Erskine 42-32 in the second half to pull away late. S4C shot 43.9% from the field and went 15 of 24 at the free-throw line.

Johnson led Central with 17 points, knocking down three 3-pointers, and hauled in 12 rebounds while Jaden Smith added 14 points. Thomas Miles chipped in 13. The Gladiators scored 20 points off the bench.

Erskine was led by Ruben Salazar, who scored 19 points on 8-of-11 shooting.

Gravely Scores 31 as B-SC tops Hosanna Bible 115–106

CONCORD, N.C. – Nick Gravely poured in a game-high 31 points and Barber-Scotia held off Hosanna Bible College for a 115–106 victory in a high-scoring college basketball game on Saturday.

B-SC (4-2) shot 54.1 percent from the field and used balanced scoring and strong interior play to keep Hosanna at bay. Gravely was efficient from all areas of the floor, going 11 of 20 shooting, including three 3-pointers, and adding five assists and four steals.

Landon Griffin added 20 points and five assists for the Sabers, while Aaron Hill chipped in 17 points on 7-of-11 shooting and pulled down seven rebounds. Ian Green contributed 14 points and seven rebounds, and Londen Roseman finished with 12 points and six boards as B-SC totaled 45 rebounds and 21 assists.

Hosanna stayed within striking distance behind hot shooting, finishing at 53.3 percent from the floor and 38.7 percent from beyond the arc. Hosanna knocked down 12 3-pointers and shot 82.4 percent from the free-throw line but struggled to slow BSC’s interior scoring and transition offense.

Barber-Scotia converted 40 field goals and forced timely stops down the stretch to secure the nine-point win.

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URBE, Beacon Win Two, Lighthouse Drops Two in Miami

MIAMI – URBE University strengthened it hold atop the NSAC men’s basketball standings over the weekend while injury-riddled Lighthouse Christian stumbled twice in the NSAC Citrus Classic at Jose Marti Center Gym.

Play opened on Friday afternoon with URBE dispatching of Millennia Atlantic 79-58 behind balanced scoring and swarming defense. In the second game, Southeast Christian survived a furious rally to hold off South Florida Tech 72-68 in a non-conference affair.

The real drama began with the nightcap as two teams undefeated in NSAC play battled. Host Atlantis used its size advantage to dominate the glass and shoot 53% in handing Lighthouse its first conference loss 89-81. The Makos, already shorthanded due to a hand injury a week earlier to Marcus White, lost standout guard Eddie Brown to an ankle sprain early in the second half. Brown still led all scorers with 24 points. Still, Lighthouse closed the gap in the second half after trailing by 10, 43-33, at the break. Atlantis outrebounded LCC 51-30, allowing multiple second-chance opportunities.

On a short turnaround, Atlantis opened day two by taking on URBE in another battle for the top of the standings. Joseph Behrend scored 18 points, Luis Carias added 16, and Hector Saavedra chipped in 15 to lead the Tigers to a 67-59 victory. Undersized URBE controlled the boards with a 35-23 rebounding advantage on hustle and grit and shot 48.9% from the field while holding AU to 31.1%. Atlantis senior forward Santiago Insaurralde led AU with 17 points.

Beacon College made its first appearance of the weekend on Saturday afternoon and rolled to a 77-60 non-conference win over United International. The Blazers held a comfortable 46-20 lead at halftime thanks to hot shooting while keeping the Eagle Rays off balance defensively, holding UIC to 9-of-32 (28.1 %) from the floor in the first half. The Blazers outrebounded UIC 59-33 for the game. Noah Wilhelm led Beacon with 18 points while Ernesto Hichez added 17 and 17 rebounds. UIC’s Isaiah Derkevics led all scorers with 20.

In the nightcap, Lighthouse shot 54 percent in holding off a determined Southeast Christian squad 86-77. Brent Royal led a quartet of Makos in double figures with 21 points while JB Wiltz had 15 and Tobias Daniels and Brandon Royal each added 13. Freshman guard Coy Sizemore scored 20 for the Eagles including tying a school-record five three-pointers.

In Sunday’s lone game, an inspired Beacon Blazer team jumped out to a 12-2 lead over Lighthouse, only to have the Makos go on a 13-2 run of their own to take the lead 15-14 with 14:06 left in the first half. From there, Beacon scored the next 18 points to take command of the game and hand LCC its second loss of the weekend, 84-71.

Tre’von Redd led the Blazers with 26 points with Hichez adding 18 and Wilhelm contributing 16 in support. Brandon Royal was the leading scorer for the Makos with 15.

The results of the weekend leave URBE in first place in the NSAC standings at 4-0, in a statistical tie with Mid-Atlantic Christian (1-0 in conference play). Atlantis is close behind at 4-1 followed by Beacon at 4-2 and Lighthouse at 2-2. You can find the complete standings here.

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Builders Sweep Great Ships Classic

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. – The Apprentice School men’s basketball team swept through the 2025 Great Ships Classic with a pair of wins this weekend, knocking off Berkeley Saturday before blowing past Tidewater CC Sunday.

In Saturday’s matchup with Berkeley, the Builders and Knights were in a defensive struggle in the first half as neither team gave up much. Berkeley led by as many as nine in the frame, but the Builders started to break through, snatching the momentum prior to halftime by taking a 29-27 lead into the break.

In the second half, Apprentice notched up the intensity on both ends, shooting 22-of-34 in the second 20 minutes while holding the Knights to just 14 out of 31 shots made in the half.

Four Builders were in double figures, led by Jahlil Hope’s 25. Devon Brown added 20, while Jabari Brackett and Wayne Hedgepeth had 13 and 11, respectively.

On Sunday, the Builder offense clicked from the get go as Apprentice led wire-to-wire. The Storm kept the game within 15 points until the flood gates opened in the middle of the second half when the Builders started raining in three pointers, hitting 50 percent from beyond the arc in the second stanza.

Again, four Builders finished in double figures, led by Shamon Rosser’s 15 points. Brown was a rebound shy of a double-double with 10 points and nine boards. Hope had 12, and Brackett had 10.

Apprentice will open up NSAC play Saturday on the road at South Carolina Central Christian.

Story courtesy Walker McCrary/Apprentice Athletics; Image courtesy Kaitlyn Olson @shotsbyk8lyn

Beacon Topples ABAC 74–65

LEESBURG, Fla. — Beacon College used a strong first half and efficient production from its front line to overcome Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College 74–65 on Monday night.

Beacon (6-7), which built a 43–28 lead by halftime, held onto its advantage throughout the second half, with the Stallions unable to muster a comeback.

Center Ernesto Hichez led Beacon with a game-high 30 points and 13 rebounds. Forward Javeon Wells‑Reddick added 18 points, while guard Tony Wade contributed 13.

For ABAC, guard Tommie Hall scored 19 points and forward Matthew Mairena posted 16.

Beacon travels to Miami to face United International College in the Citrus Classic on Saturday.

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