GREENVILLE, Ill. The Spalding men's basketball team dropped a fast-paced battle to Greenville, 140-119.
 
THE BASICS 
THE SCORE: Greenville 140 - Spalding 119
LOCATION: H.J. Long Gymnasium | Greenville, IL
RECORDS: Spalding 3-17, SLIAC 3-10 | Greenville 10-10, SLIAC 9-4
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
-Spalding's Troy Amanor would open the game with a jumper to put SU up two, but Greenville knocked down a three-pointer to go in front, and never looked back. The Golden Eagles kept it close for the opening minutes, but the Panthers would break away, going into half up by 28 heading into halftime fueled by 56.7% shooting from behind the arc, draining 17 of their 30 three pointers.
 
-In the second half, Greenville continued to knock down threes extending their lead to 35 at just under the 17 minute mark. Marcus Montgomery and Mitchell Prince got a pair of lay-ups off feeds from Brian Tribble, and started to shave away at the Panther's lead. However, the Golden Eagles just could not overcome the deficit falling, 140-119.
 
-Marcus Montgomery led all scorers with 36 points. Troy Amanor and Brian Tribble both recorded a double-doubles, Amanor with 26 points and 14 rebounds, Tribble with 12 points and a career-high 14 assists. Mitchell Prince also added a career-high 27 points.
 
FOR THE FOES
Sontiago Grady led the Panthers with 23 points.
 
UP NEXT
Spalding will face-off against Fontbonne Saturday, February 8th in St. Louis, Mo at 3 pm ET.