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UB forward Justin Burrows (grey 15) makes a move to the basket against Sand Dollar.
UB forward Timothy Grant (grey 3) in action. Photos: UB Athletics
UB forward Theodore Grant (grey 24) drives to the basket against Sand Dollar.
UB forward Timothy Grant (grey 3) drives to the basket.
#THE University of The Bahamas Mingoes men’s basketball team started off slow against one of the top teams in the New Providence Basketball Association on Saturday night.
#The Mingoes trailed Sand Dollar 14-4 with 2:57 to go in the first quarter but The Mingoes proved the adage that it’s how you finish that matters.
#The Mingoes came back to pick up one of the team’s biggest wins of the season with the 68-58 win over the second-place overall team in the league.
#Sand Dollar leads The John Archer Division with an 8-2 record after the loss. The 8-2 record is the second best in the league behind The Discount Distributor Liquor Rockets which leads the Vince Ferguson Division with a 10-0 record.
#Erquantae Edgecombe led The Mingoes with 28 points and five rebounds. Justin Burrows contributed 13 points, seven steals and six rebounds and Ricardo Taylor Jr. posted 11 points.
#“The shots were falling for us here tonight,” Edgecombe said.
#“We had a lot of inside shots that connected. Especially in this league we need those shots to drop. The game plan was to come out defensively with a lot of communication and talking with intensity, especially coming from an international tour and using that experience here in the league.”
#Erquantae Edgecombe scored 15 points, including three 3-pointers, in the second quarter to pull The Mingoes tied at 25-25 to end the half.
#Into the third quarter Edgecombe and Ricardo Taylor Jr. combined for 17 points to push The Mingoes ahead 53-40.
#The Mingoes were able to hold off a late surge from Sand Dollar to pick up the 68-58 win.
#The Mingoes had 36 points in the paint and 24 points off fast breaks.
#Delano Armbrister and Theodore Grant each contributed four assists for The Mingoes.
#A big statistic for the side was turnovers and points off turnovers.
#The Mingoes forced 29 turnovers and were able to covert those turnovers for 32 points.
#The Mingoes now hold firm in the third spot in The Vince Ferguson Division with a 5-5 record.
#Sand Dollar still leads the John Archer Division with an 8-2 record.
#The Mingoes are expected to play Zulu Media Marketing 7pm March 3 at The A.F. Adderley Gym.
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