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Taite18-4net
111
Adelphi ADE 4-8
113
Winner Goldey-Beacom GBCM 5-6
Adelphi ADE
4-8
111
Final
113
Goldey-Beacom GBCM
5-6
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
Adelphi ADE 62 49 111
Goldey-Beacom GBCM 54 59 113

Game Recap: Men's Basketball |

Taite’s 40 Points and Livingston’s 30 Lift Men’s Hoops in Wild Shootout Over Adelphi



Junior Corey Taite (Sayreville, NJ) went on a tear with 40 points and freshman Marcellus Livingston (Linden, NJ) netted 30 for Goldey-Beacom, which rallied from down 18 points for a wild 113-111 victory over Adelphi at the Jones Center in Wilmington, DE.
 
Taite was getting it done with his inside and outside game, showing relentless play in besting his career best of 29 points set November 12 against Southern New Hampshire.  He also went 14-for-18 from the line and canned four 3-pointers over 35 minutes.
 
Taite moved into 14th in school history with 853 career points, his four assists bump him to eighth with 204 and he now is fifth with 223 career free throws.
 
The school's individual record for most points in a game is 54, set by Phil Melillo against Bainbridge Prep on January 4, 1972.  The Lightning's point total is two shy of the team best in the modern era, accomplished in 2007 against Columbia Union and equaled last season at Nyack.
 
Livingston had a game of his own, going 11-for-13 from the line with 11 rebounds for his first career double-double.  On top of his personal bests for points and rebounds, he also canned a season-high four 3-pointers.
 
GBC trailed as much as 48-30 with 4:44 left in the first half and clawed its way back.  A 14-0 run early in the second half, courtesy of Livingston's eight points turned an 11-point deficit into a 68-65 lead with 16:31 left.
 
The game was tied at 105 when senior Dante Thompson (Coram, NY) converted an old-fashioned three-point play for a 108-105 margin with 1:14 left.
 
After a Panthers turnover, junior Troy Stancil (Washington, DC) hit a free throw with 23 seconds to play for a 109-105 cushion.  Tavon Ginyard kept Adelphi in it by canning a 3-pointer with 13 seconds left for a one-point game.
 
Taite hit twice from the stripe with 12 seconds to play for a 111-108 margin, but Conor McGuinnes' layup for Adelphi with seven seconds to play again cut the deficit to one.
 
Taite again was called upon to deliver from the line and he did, hitting a pair with 6.3 seconds to go for a 113-110 game.
 
McGuinnes was fouled with four tenths of a second left to deny any chance of a 3-pointer to tie.  He made the first and deliberately missed the second to look for an offensive tip.  Terrell Martin-Garcia had a hand on it for the Panthers, but his tip would not go as time expired.
 
Thompson scored 11 points on 4-of-7 shooting with eight rebounds and senior Isiah Graves (Atlantic City, NJ) added 10 for the Lightning, who shot 57 percent (39-of-68) from the field with nine 3-pointers.
 
GBC (5-6) overcame the unbelievable play of Jack Laffey, who poured in 45 points on 15-of-21 shooting and was 11-for-17 from 3-point range over 34 minutes before fouling out.  Michael Coffey scored 19 points, Ginyard had 10 and 13 rebounds with Austin Beech netting 13 points for the Panthers.
 
Adelphi (4-8) was forced into 20 turnovers, giving Goldey-Beacom's opponents at least 19 turnovers in all 11 games this season.
 
Goldey-Beacom on Tuesday visits Georgian Court for an 8:00 pm contest in Lakewood, NJ.  The women's contest between the same schools precedes that at 6:00 pm.
 
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