{"id":3118,"date":"2026-01-21T15:10:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-21T20:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsouthconference.com\/mbb\/?p=3118"},"modified":"2026-01-21T20:26:39","modified_gmt":"2026-01-22T01:26:39","slug":"macu-sees-lead-slip-away-at-sc-state-56-50","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsouthconference.com\/mbb\/2026\/01\/21\/macu-sees-lead-slip-away-at-sc-state-56-50\/","title":{"rendered":"MACU Sees Lead Slip Away at SC State 56-50"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>ORANGEBURG, S.C.<\/strong> \u2014 Mid-Atlantic Christian let a second-half lead slip away Wednesday night, falling 56-50 to NCAA Division 1 foe South Carolina State.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Mustangs (6-10 overall, 2-0 NSAC) led the majority of the game and carried a 34-27 advantage into halftime but managed just 16 points after the break as the Bulldogs tightened defensively and controlled the tempo down the stretch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Janus Shepherd led MACU with 21 points, hitting 8 of 18 shots from the floor and knocking down four 3-pointers. Terrance Williams added nine points, while Elijah Dias chipped in six for the Mustangs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>South Carolina State (4-16) was paced by Obie Bronston Jr. with 18 points, while Chris Parker and Florian Tenebay combined for 25 points and 13 rebounds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mid-Atlantic Christian struggled at the foul line and committed key turnovers late as South Carolina State closed the game with timely free throws. The Bulldogs outscored the Mustangs 29-16 in the second half to seal the comeback.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Graphic courtesy MACU Athletics<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ORANGEBURG, S.C. \u2014 Mid-Atlantic Christian let a second-half lead slip away Wednesday night, falling 56-50 to NCAA Division 1 foe South Carolina State. The Mustangs (6-10 overall, 2-0 NSAC) led the majority of the game and carried a 34-27 advantage into halftime but managed just 16 points after the break as the Bulldogs tightened defensively [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3119,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3118","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-macu","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsouthconference.com\/mbb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3118","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=3118"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/newsouthconference.com\/mbb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3118\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3123,"href":"https:\/\/newsouthconference.com\/mbb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3118\/revisions\/3123"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsouthconference.com\/mbb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3119"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsouthconference.com\/mbb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3118"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsouthconference.com\/mbb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3118"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsouthconference.com\/mbb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3118"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}