LAGRANGE, Ga. – For the third straight game, the Piedmont men’s basketball team has gone on the road in league play and earned a victory, defeating LaGrange College 94-88 Saturday. Noah Reardon led the way with a season-high 26 points, including making six 3-pointers.
In the first half, Piedmont got off to a slow start as LaGrange raced ahead to a 12-5 lead at the first media timeout. The Lions held tough and kept it to a single-digit deficit until the Panthers took a 34-24 lead midway through the period.
LaGrange took its largest lead of 13 in the final seconds of the first half to lead 59-46 at the break. The Panthers’ Samuel Moss was explosive in the first half with 22 points, going 8-of-10 from the field.
In the second half, though, the Lions came out with the defense on lock as Piedmont used a 13-0 run early to tie the game at 61 with 16:20 remaining. The two teams went back and forth until Piedmont built a six-point lead with just under 11 minutes to play.
The Lions were then kept off the board for over three minutes but clung to the lead and stretched it to 10 with three minutes to play, leading 90-80. LaGrange made it interesting in the final minutes, getting it down to a four-point game with 47 seconds to go.
A five-second call on an inbounds play for Piedmont seemed to spell trouble, but a block on the defensive end put it away for the Lions.
Moss was the leading scorer in the game with 28 points but was held to just six in the second half.
Up next, the Lions return to action at home against Covenant on Thursday, February 15 at 7 p.m.
TURNING POINT:
–The Lions trailed by 13 at the half and used a 13-0 run early in the second half to knot it up at 61.
STANDOUT PERFORMANCES:
–The six 3-pointers for Reardon mark the second time in his career he has made six 3-pointers in a single game.
—Ryan Jolly also added 22 points, while Fisher Darden scored 18.
INSIDE THE BOX SCORE:
–Piedmont has now won four straight, with three of those coming in CCS play.
