Barons Top Blue Mountain 70-66; Men’s Basketball Picks Up First SSAC Win of the Season

MOUNT VERNON, Ga. – Brewton-Parker Men’s Basketball gathered its first SSAC season win of the season on Thursday night against Blue Mountain.

The Barons (2-18, 1-7 SSAC) topped the Toppers (9-6, 2-5 SSAC) 70-66 in Gillis Gym.

After a tough start to the 2021-22 season that has been filled with adversity, Brewton-Parker found winning ways again after 73 days since the last victory back in November. Interim Head Coach Karim Mawuenyega was given the reins of the program with the assistance of Rodney Jackson to lead the program for the remainder of the season. Thursday night’s win marks Mawuenyega’s first collegiate win as a head coach.

“I would like to thank everyone for the support that has been shown to our program this year,” Mawuenyega said. “The energy was great tonight, and we look forward to building upon it for the rest of the season.”

How It Happened

Blue Mountain opened the game with a jumper to lead by two, but Chance Hatcher answered to level the score for the Barons just moments later. Brewton-Parker followed with three-consecutive scores to lead by seven with 14:33 left in the first half. After a BMC score, TJ Taylor notched back-to-back buckets to move the Barons to a 13-4 lead.

Blue Mountain pulled the deficit down to just three after an 8-2 run. However, BPC responded with nine points to boost the lead to 24-12 with just over eight minutes left to play. Blue Mountain was able to regain some moment towards the back end of the half, outscoring Brewton-Parker 15-7 in the final minutes. The Barons were able to remain in control of the scoreline at the break, leading 31-27

Cameron Cherry opened the second half with seven points in the first three minutes to give BPC an 11-point lead. Brewton-Parker was able to pull away to 12 points twice in the second half while nearing the halfway point.

Blue Mountain did not give up in the fight, chipping away at the Barons lead. Brewton-Parker’s double-digit lead began to diminish as the Toppers found a way to pull the deficit to five points with just over nine minutes remaining.

Despite the tough efforts from Blue Mountain, Brewton-Parker was able to hold on late down the stretch. The Toppers had their eyes set on a comeback, but they were only able to knock the deficit down to two points with the Barons closing out with the 70-66 lead.

Inside The Statistics

A trio of Barons gathered double-digit points on the night with Griffin Cherry leading the charge with 15 points. Taylor gathered 13 with Cameron Cherry picking up 12.
Chance Hatcher led the way off the glass with eight boards followed by Bryce Wilson with six.
As a team, BPC shot for 38.3% from the field (23-of-60), 32% (8-of-25) from three, and 84.2% (16-of-19) from the charity stripe.

Other Notables

The Toppers outrebounded the Barons 31-30 on the night and gave up 15 turnovers while BPC lost just nine. BPC led 10-7 in steals as well.
Brewton-Parker’s bench produced big tonight, outscoring Blue Mountain 28-7 coming from the sideline.
BPC led 12-4 in assists with Taylor leading the way with four.
The Toppers notched six blocks as a team with a trio of players gathering two apiece.
Three BMC players notched double-digit points with Ty Jones leading with 25.

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