{"id":2985,"date":"2025-12-06T17:24:44","date_gmt":"2025-12-06T22:24:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsouthconference.com\/mbb\/?p=2985"},"modified":"2025-12-06T17:24:44","modified_gmt":"2025-12-06T22:24:44","slug":"lighthouse-overwhelms-westgate-98-73-with-dominant-first-half","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsouthconference.com\/mbb\/2025\/12\/06\/lighthouse-overwhelms-westgate-98-73-with-dominant-first-half\/","title":{"rendered":"Lighthouse Overwhelms Westgate 98\u201373 with Dominant First Half"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>HOUSTON <\/strong>\u2014 Lighthouse Christian College exploded for 50 first-half points and never looked back, rolling to a 98\u201373 New South conference win over Westgate Christian University on Saturday afternoon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lighthouse (8-1 overall, 1-0 NSAC) used suffocating defense and overwhelming rebounding to build a 27-point halftime lead. The Makos controlled the glass 61\u201353 and forced 19 turnovers while giving the Ravens few second-chance opportunities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Senior guard Eddie Brown led Lighthouse with 16 points, hitting seven of 17 shots and adding six assists. Brent Royal added 15 points on 5-of-7 shooting, including three 3-pointers, and Brandon Royal also scored 15 while grabbing seven rebounds. Marcus White posted a double-double with 10 points and 10 rebounds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lighthouse closed the game with 22 assists and 16 steals, turning defensive pressure into transition scoring to seal the road victory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Westgate (2-8, 0-4) found more rhythm after the break, scoring 50 second-half points, but the early deficit proved too steep. The Ravens shot just 31 of 94 (32.9 %) from the field and 5 of 33 (15.1 %) from beyond the arc.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>HOUSTON \u2014 Lighthouse Christian College exploded for 50 first-half points and never looked back, rolling to a 98\u201373 New South conference win over Westgate Christian University on Saturday afternoon. Lighthouse (8-1 overall, 1-0 NSAC) used suffocating defense and overwhelming rebounding to build a 27-point halftime lead. The Makos controlled the glass 61\u201353 and forced 19 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2987,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,11,35],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2985","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lighthouse","category-news","category-westgate"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsouthconference.com\/mbb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2985","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=2985"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsouthconference.com\/mbb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2985\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2986,"href":"https:\/\/newsouthconference.com\/mbb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2985\/revisions\/2986"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsouthconference.com\/mbb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2987"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsouthconference.com\/mbb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2985"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsouthconference.com\/mbb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2985"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsouthconference.com\/mbb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2985"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}