Box score
DAHLONEGA, Ga. − Michael Moynihan led five players in double figures with 19 points and also dished out 10 assists to help North Georgia College & State University to an 88-80 win over Flagler College in a non-conference men’s basketball game Thursday night at Memorial Hall.
North Georgia snapped its four-game losing streak and improved to 4-5 while Flagler fell to 3-4. Both teams are members of the Peach Belt Conference, but the game is not part of the conference schedule.
Carl Taylor tallied 17 points on 5-of-7 shooting from 3-point range while Bernard Rimmer and Andrew Bennett each contributed 12 points for North Georgia. Bennett corralled a team-high nine rebounds. Brody Langston chipped in with 11 points.
Eddie Fowler (Deltona, Fla./Pasco-Hernando CC) poured in a game-high 24 points on 10-of-16 (62.5%) shooting from the field.
John Pietkiewicz (Winter Park, Fla./New Hampton School) added 17 points while
Chad July (Fort White, Fla./Bridgton Academy) tacked on 15 points and six rebounds.
Kenny Moore (Vero Beach, Fla./Vero Beach HS) recorded his first double-double of the season with 12 points and 11 rebounds.
D.J. Ferguson (Orlando, Fla./Bishop Moore HS), the nation’s leader in assists with a 10.3 average, handed out 13 more.
North Georgia never trailed in the contest, and after a
Justin Stokes (Jacksonville, Fla./Florida Gulf Coast U.) layup made the score 17-15, NGCSU went on a 14-2 run over the next 3:17 top open up a 31-17 lead.
North Georgia led by as many as 16 (37-21), but Flagler rallied and closed the half on a 19-8 run and trailed 45-40.
Flagler tied the game at 62 as Ferguson scored on a transition layup with 11:30 remaining in the game. The last time the game was tied was at the 17:56 mark in the first half. North Georgia answered by scoring 10-of-the-next-14 points and held Flagler off for the last seven minutes.
Flagler out-scored North Georgia 42-26 in the paint and 23-4 in transition. North Georgia forced 15 turnovers which led to 17 points. NGCSU also made 10-of-17 (58.8%) from 3-point range.
Flagler will break for the Christmas holiday and return to the court on Dec. 30 against Geneva College at 7:30 p.m. at Flagler Gym.
Flagler vs North Georgia
12/17/09 7:00 PM at Dahlonega, GA
At Dahlonega, GA
NORTH GEORGIA 88, FLAGLER 80
FLAGLER (3-4)
Fowler, Eddie 10-16 4-8 24; Pietkiewicz, John 6-17 1-2 17; July, Chad 4-6
7-10 15; Moore, Kenny 6-8 0-1 12; Stokes, Justin 2-4 0-0 4; Ferguson, D.J.
2-6 0-1 4; Dixon, Adam 1-3 2-2 4; Shuffler, Cody 0-2 0-0 0. Totals 31-62
14-24 80.
NORTH GEORGIA (4-5)
Moynihan, Michael 5-12 6-6 19; Taylor, Carl 5-7 2-2 17; Rimmer, Bernard 4-8
3-5 12; Bennett, Andrew 3-7 6-8 12; Langston, Brody 5-9 1-2 11; Butler,
Kindall 3-8 0-0 6; Coleman, Keldrick 3-8 0-0 6; Moynihan, Pat 2-4 0-0 5;
Nolton, Jon 0-1 0-0 0; Norman, Tyler 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 30-65 18-23 88.
Flagler....................... 40 40 - 80
North Georgia................. 45 43 - 88
3-point goals--Flagler 4-12 (Pietkiewicz, John 4-8; Shuffler, Cody 0-1;
Fowler, Eddie 0-3), North Georgia 10-17 (Taylor, Carl 5-7; Moynihan, Michael
3-5; Rimmer, Bernard 1-2; Moynihan, Pat 1-2; Butler, Kindall 0-1). Fouled
out--Flagler-None, North Georgia-Bennett, Andrew. Rebounds--Flagler 40
(Moore, Kenny 11), North Georgia 33 (Bennett, Andrew 9). Assists--Flagler 19
(Ferguson, D.J. 13), North Georgia 20 (Moynihan, Michael 10). Total
fouls--Flagler 16, North Georgia 18. Technical fouls--Flagler-Moore, Kenny,
North Georgia-None. A-128