{"id":2920,"date":"2025-11-23T09:15:35","date_gmt":"2025-11-23T14:15:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsouthconference.com\/mbb\/?p=2920"},"modified":"2025-11-23T09:58:22","modified_gmt":"2025-11-23T14:58:22","slug":"lighthouse-avenges-earlier-loss-to-mdcc-89-79","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsouthconference.com\/mbb\/2025\/11\/23\/lighthouse-avenges-earlier-loss-to-mdcc-89-79\/","title":{"rendered":"Lighthouse Avenges Earlier Loss to MDCC 89-79"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>MILTON, Fl<\/strong>. &#8211; Lighthouse Christian used a dominant second half to pull away from Mississippi Delta for an 89\u201379 win Saturday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mako guard Eddie Brown, recovering from a cold, led all scorers with 29 points on 9-of-16 shooting and added six rebounds and eight assists in a standout all-around effort. JB Wiltz added 15 points and five rebounds, while Brent Royal chipped in 11 points as Lighthouse hit nine 3-pointers and shot 32 of 71 from the field.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After trailing 41\u201335 at the break, the Makos erupted in the second half, outscoring MDCC 54\u201338 behind improved perimeter shooting and a 15-for-22 performance at the free-throw line. Lighthouse also forced 17 turnovers, turning several into transition buckets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mississippi Delta, which shot 33-of-82 and finished with a 46\u201337 rebounding edge, couldn\u2019t match Lighthouse\u2019s late efficiency from the arc and at the foul line.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lighthouse (7-1) suffered its only loss of the season 81-76 to MDCC at Moorhead, Mississippi on November 10. LCC has never lost on its home floor in the program&#8217;s four-year history (37-0).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Makos are now off until they open NSAC play at Westgate Christian in Houston, Texas on December 6.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Image courtesy Lighthouse Athletics<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MILTON, Fl. &#8211; Lighthouse Christian used a dominant second half to pull away from Mississippi Delta for an 89\u201379 win Saturday. Mako guard Eddie Brown, recovering from a cold, led all scorers with 29 points on 9-of-16 shooting and added six rebounds and eight assists in a standout all-around effort. JB Wiltz added 15 points [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2922,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2920","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lighthouse","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsouthconference.com\/mbb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2920","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsouthconference.com\/mbb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsouthconference.com\/mbb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsouthconference.com\/mbb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsouthconference.com\/mbb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2920"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/newsouthconference.com\/mbb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2920\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2935,"href":"https:\/\/newsouthconference.com\/mbb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2920\/revisions\/2935"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsouthconference.com\/mbb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2922"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsouthconference.com\/mbb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2920"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsouthconference.com\/mbb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2920"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsouthconference.com\/mbb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2920"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}