Wingate, N.C.----Josh Massey and Kendall Taylor combined for 47 points and 14 rebounds Sunday afternoon, as the Wingate University Bulldogs took down #23 Lincoln Memorial University 76-73 in South Atlantic Conference men's basketball action in Cuddy Arena. Wingate improves to 5-3 overall and 2-0 in the SAC, while the Railsplitters fall to 6-3 overall and 1-1 in league play.

KEY STATS

- Wingate shot 40 percent from the field, going six-for-21 from three-point range (29 percent)
- LMU shot 46 percent from the field, connecting on 10-of-27 from deep (37 percent)
- Wingate held a 38-37 rebounding advantage and 12-7 edge in second-chance points
- The Bulldogs scored 21 points off 16 LMU turnovers
- The 'Dogs went 16-for-18 at the free throw line; Lincoln Memorial was 11-for-14

KEY BULLDOGS

- Massey had 25 points and five rebounds to lead the WU offense
- Taylor had 22 points, nine rebounds and four assists, going eight-for-11 from the field and five-for-five at the line
- Donell Nixon added 14 points, five steals and three assists, hitting all five free throws
- Vontrez Roberts had five points and nine boards
- Jordan Miller contributed two points, five rebounds, three assists and two steals

FIRST HALF

- Taylor Bell's layup gave Wingate an early 8-4 lead
- Chase Rankin gave LMU a 13-12 advantage with a triple at the 16:19 mark
- Taylor's three-point play put the 'Dogs back on top by two a minute later
- A pair of Matthew Sells free throws put LMU back on top by four with 13 minutes left
- Wingate used a 16-5 run to take a 39-31 advantage at the 4:27 mark
- Taylor had eight points in the flurry, with Massey adding four points
- Rankin's layup with 57 seconds left cut the lead to four
- Massey answered with a bucket to put WU back on top by six
- A Martez Brown layup with 11 seconds left cut the halftime lead to four at 42-38

SECOND HALF

- Rankin's layup five minutes in gave LMU a 47-46 lead
- Corbin Pack buried a triple at the 12:19 mark to put the 'Dogs on top 51-47
- A Tyrese Barbour three and Massey layup made it 58-51 with 7:41 to go
- Rankin knocked down back-to-back threes to cut the lead to one
- A Luke Bartemes triple at the 5:24 mark gave LMU a 62-60 advantage
- Taylor answered with a three to put WU back on top, but another Rankin three made it 65-63
- Nixon answered with a steal and three-point play to give the Bulldogs a 66-65 lead with 3:44 left
- Massey knocked down huge back-to-back triples to make it 72-67 with just under a minute left
- Two Nixon free throws made it 74-66 with 37 seconds to go
- LMU got no closer than three the rest of the way

UP NEXT

- Wingate is back in action Wednesday, traveling to Coker for a 7:30 p.m. start