{"id":504,"date":"2022-12-04T20:41:09","date_gmt":"2022-12-05T01:41:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsouthconference.com\/mbb\/?p=504"},"modified":"2022-12-04T20:42:41","modified_gmt":"2022-12-05T01:42:41","slug":"tottens-31-not-enough-as-macu-falls-to-gc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsouthconference.com\/mbb\/2022\/12\/04\/tottens-31-not-enough-as-macu-falls-to-gc\/","title":{"rendered":"Totten&#8217;s 31 Not Enough as MACU Falls to GC"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>ROCKY MOUNT, N.C<\/strong>. \u2013 Nationally 8th-ranked Mid-Atlantic Christian hoped to get two out of three for the weekend after its win on Saturday, but came up short to Greensboro College 97-80 in the Roger Taylor Invitational in Rocky Mount, N.C.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>MACU (4-3 overall, 0-0 NSAC) controlled the first 10 minutes of the first half and kept the lead, until Greensboro junior Amillia Huggins would put the Pride ahead for the first time, 23-22, after hitting two free throws. However, the Mustangs did not back down and recaptured the lead on a jumper by sophomore Micah Colburn, then going up by four on free throws by Jeremiah Dickerson and Jajour Lambert. With 4:09 remaining in the half, the Pride&#8217;s Grant Thompson got out on the fast break and finished it with a dunk, tying the game again, 30-30. Isaiah Pruett gave Greensboro the lead again when he drained a three-pointer and they would not relinquish it, allowing the Pride to head into the locker room with a seven-point advantage, 42-35.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>GC senior Kevon Wright got things started in the second half, with a layup in the paint and on the next possession he followed that up with a three-point basket and then a layup, giving Greensboro its first double digit lead, 49-35. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>MACU senior Talik Totten led all scorers with 31 points off of 12-17 shooting from the floor and 6-9 from the 3-point line. Totten was named to the Roger Taylor All-Classic Team for his play in the three-day tournament.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Mustangs dropped a 79-52 decision to host NC Wesleyan on Friday before notching a home win over Christendom 64-49 on Saturday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Story courtesy <a href=\"https:\/\/greensborocollegesports.com\/news\/2022\/12\/4\/mens-basketball-strong-second-half-propels-pride-to-97-79-win-over-mid-atlantic-christian-to-finish-the-roger-taylor-invite-2-0.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">greensborocollegesports.com<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ROCKY MOUNT, N.C. \u2013 Nationally 8th-ranked Mid-Atlantic Christian hoped to get two out of three for the weekend after its win on Saturday, but came up short to Greensboro College 97-80 in the Roger Taylor Invitational in Rocky Mount, N.C. MACU (4-3 overall, 0-0 NSAC) controlled the first 10 minutes of the first half and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-504","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-macu"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsouthconference.com\/mbb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/504","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=504"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/newsouthconference.com\/mbb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/504\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":507,"href":"https:\/\/newsouthconference.com\/mbb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/504\/revisions\/507"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsouthconference.com\/mbb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=504"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsouthconference.com\/mbb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=504"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsouthconference.com\/mbb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=504"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}