Thursday, January 10, 2013 —
After a slow start in the first half, Pfeiffer was unable to rebound in time during the second half suffering a 81-65 loss at Belmont Abbey on Tuesday night.
The host Crusaders improve to 9-4 overall, 2-3 in league play while sending the Falcons to 2-9, 1-4.
Six different players scored for Belmont Abbey during the first five-and-a-half minutes led by Tyshawn Good's six points as the Crusaders started the night with an 18-0 run. Matt Ellwood and Josh Humphrey would stop the bleeding with a three and layup, but Belmont Abbey had already secured their double-digit lead.
Humphrey and Tayron Gibson would get the Falcons to within a dozen on two different occasions but a three-pointer by the Crusaders Jay Council put the hosts up 21 before a late Kenny Tappin three helped slice the lead down to 16, 41-25 at the break.
In the second half, AJ Clark would get the Falcons within 11 five minutes into the final stanza but Belmont Abbey would continue their steady scoring over the final 20 minutes to grab the 16-point victory.
Good would lead all scorers on the night with 23 for the Crusaders followed closely by Council's 22. Humphrey paced the Falcons once again with 21 points while Gibson contributed 18. Both teams shot 42 percent from the field while Belmont Abbey held the advantage from behind the arc and free throw line to provide the difference.
Pfeiffer looks to get back on the winning track at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday visiting the King Tornado.
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Crusaders start fast, earn win over Falcons
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Stanly County Baseball / Softball Notes
The opponent for South Stanly in the fourth round of the 1A state baseball playoffs has been determined, while there has been a change made in the time of Tuesday's 2A softball game between West Stanly and Cuthbertson.
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Stanly County Baseball / Softball Update
In local playoff games on Friday, South Stanly hosted Albemarle in a third-round 1A baseball playoff matchup, while West Stanly hosted Piedmont in the 2A softball third-round and Gray Stone traveled to Chatham Central for a 1A third-round softball game.
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Stanly County Baseball / Softball Playoff Update
The four Stanly County high school varsity baseball and softball teams still remaining in their respective high school state playoffs all earned victories last night and advanced to the third round of the playoffs.
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Stanly County Baseball Playoff Notebook
Three Stanly County baseball teams opened play in the state playoffs on Friday night, two on the road and one at home.
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Stanly County Softball Playoff Notebook
In the opening round of the state playoffs, the softball teams of West Stanly and Gray Stone advanced to the second round of the playoffs, while South Stanly was upset at home by Lake Norman Charter.
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Gray Stone soccer loses playoff game in overtime to Union Academy
At Friday’s second-round playoff game at Union Academy, the Gray Stone Knights girls’ soccer team continued a trend that had helped them to win 17 straight games this season: playing stellar defense and limiting teams to few scoring chances.
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High School Soccer Playoffs
The Gray Stone girls’ soccer team faced a tough opponent Wednesday in the first round of the NCHSAA state 1A playoffs in a Central Academy team that played in a tough 1A/2A Rocky River Conference that includes two teams ranked in the top 15 in the 2A in the latest poll.
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Yadkin Valley Conference Baseball Tournament
The fifth-seeded Albemarle Bulldogs took to a soggy yet well-prepared North Moore High School baseball field on Tuesday night to take on No. 2-seed West Montgomery for the 2013 Yadkin Valley Conference tournament.
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High School Tennis Playoffs
The boys’ tennis season for the Gray Stone Knights continued this week as the Knights advanced to the 1A quarterfinals for the first time in school history.
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High School Baseball / Softball Playoffs
Six high school baseball and softball teams from Stanly County have qualified for their respective classification's state playoffs to start this week.
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