WEST POINT, Ga. (Jan. 15, 2020) – Wednesday night's Appalachian Athletic Conference game got away from the Truett McConnell University men's basketball team as they stumbled down the stretch against Point University on the road (86-70). The Bears were unable to crawl out of their 11-game losing streak (6-13, 2-12 AAC), while the Skyhawks improved to 12-7, 8-6 AAC on the season.

PLAY-BY-PLAY

The game was tied five times throughout the first half, while the Skyhawks led by as much as five points and TMU led by one. Xavier Latore found Marlon Allen inside the paint to tie it up one last time for the Bears with 4:22 before halftime (27-27), but that would be the closest TMU got to taking the lead again the rest of the way.

After trailing by five at the half (31-36), Darius Thrower drained a 3-pointer with 14:02 to go in regulation to put TMU within one (46-47). Although Point went on to lead by as much as nine (49-58), Enocka Franky's bucket in the paint allowed cut TMU's deficit to two (60-62) with 7:17 to go in the game. But the Skyhawks took off from there to lead by no less than double-digits in the final five minutes of regulation.

LEADERS

 Four Bears scored double-digits and were led by Franky with 18 points. Thrower scored 16 points, including going 4-for-7 from behind the 3-point line. Antonio Bonilla had 14 points, including 4-for-6 from behind the 3-point line, and Allen added 10 points and nine rebounds. Brent Kelly led with six assists.

UP NEXT

The Bears will host Bluefield College on Saturday, Jan. 18, inside the Benjamin F. Brady Arena at 4:00 p.m.