Sunday, November 27
Nashville, TN
3:00 p.m. CT
University of Toledo
3-4
77
vs
102
UNC-Wilmington
5-1
1
2
F
UNC-Wilmington
42
60
102
Toledo
39
38
77
Senior guard Jonathan Williams scored 16 points in UT's loss to UNC-Wilmington.
UNC-Wilmington Takes Control in Second Half in 102-77 Win over Rockets
11/27/2016 7:16:00 PM | Men's Basketball
NASHVILLE, TN – UNC-Wilmington broke open a tight game midway through the second half on Sunday afternoon en route to a 102-77 victory over Toledo in the Rockets' third game this weekend at the Challenge in Music City. UT had split a pair of overtime contests the previous two days in the tournament, defeating Evansville in double-overtime on Friday before falling to Middle Tennessee on Saturday.
Senior guard Jonathan Williams topped the Rockets (3-4) with 16 points, eight rebounds and four assists. Joining Williams in double figures was senior forward Steve Taylor, Jr. (13 pts.), sophomore forward Taylor Adway (career-high 13 pts.) and redshirt freshman center Luke Knapke (10 pts.).
Sophomore forward Devontae Cacock paced the Seahawks (5-1) with 18 points and seven boards. UNC-Wilmington was ranked No. 4 in this week's collegeinsider.com's Mid-Major Top 25 poll.
Both teams converted over half of their shots from the field with UT posting a 52.6 shooting mark and UNCW at 56.7 percent. The Rockets held a slight 32-31 advantage on the glass but was hampered by 18 turnovers in the contest.
Neither team could grab control of the game in a first half that featured nine lead changes and five occasions when the score was tied. The Rockets took an early 9-5 lead after a Williams' trey capped off a 7-0 spurt. UNCW answered right back with a 10-2 burst to take a four-point lead of its own less than seven minutes into the game.
Toledo managed to regain a four-point cushion, 30-26, on a Williams' layup just five minutes before halftime. The Rockets held their last lead of the contest, 37-36, following Taylor's trey 1:43 prior to intermission.
UNCW senior guard Denzel Ingram's jumper at the halftime buzzer sent UT to the locker room trailing by a 42-39 margin.
Toledo was within 53-47 with 13:10 to play when the Seahawks rattled off their game-deciding run to assume a 66-49 cushion with 10:01 remaining.
UT is now idle until Saturday, Dec. 3 when it hosts Horizon League foe Green Bay (3-3) in Savage Arena. Tip-off time is set for 7:00 p.m.
Senior guard Jonathan Williams topped the Rockets (3-4) with 16 points, eight rebounds and four assists. Joining Williams in double figures was senior forward Steve Taylor, Jr. (13 pts.), sophomore forward Taylor Adway (career-high 13 pts.) and redshirt freshman center Luke Knapke (10 pts.).
Sophomore forward Devontae Cacock paced the Seahawks (5-1) with 18 points and seven boards. UNC-Wilmington was ranked No. 4 in this week's collegeinsider.com's Mid-Major Top 25 poll.
Both teams converted over half of their shots from the field with UT posting a 52.6 shooting mark and UNCW at 56.7 percent. The Rockets held a slight 32-31 advantage on the glass but was hampered by 18 turnovers in the contest.
Neither team could grab control of the game in a first half that featured nine lead changes and five occasions when the score was tied. The Rockets took an early 9-5 lead after a Williams' trey capped off a 7-0 spurt. UNCW answered right back with a 10-2 burst to take a four-point lead of its own less than seven minutes into the game.
Toledo managed to regain a four-point cushion, 30-26, on a Williams' layup just five minutes before halftime. The Rockets held their last lead of the contest, 37-36, following Taylor's trey 1:43 prior to intermission.
UNCW senior guard Denzel Ingram's jumper at the halftime buzzer sent UT to the locker room trailing by a 42-39 margin.
Toledo was within 53-47 with 13:10 to play when the Seahawks rattled off their game-deciding run to assume a 66-49 cushion with 10:01 remaining.
UT is now idle until Saturday, Dec. 3 when it hosts Horizon League foe Green Bay (3-3) in Savage Arena. Tip-off time is set for 7:00 p.m.
Team Stats
UNCW
TOLEDO
FG%
.567
.526
3FG%
.273
.211
FT%
.714
.722
RB
31
32
TO
4
18
STL
12
3
Game Leaders
Pts
16
FGM
6
3FGM
2
FTM
2
Pts
13
FGM
5
3FGM
0
FTM
3
Pts
13
FGM
6
3FGM
1
FTM
0
Pts
10
FGM
3
3FGM
0
FTM
4
Players Mentioned
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