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79
Goldey-Beacom GBC 1-4
80
Winner Dist. Columbia UDC 3-2
Goldey-Beacom GBC
1-4
79
Final
80
Dist. Columbia UDC
3-2
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 OT 1 F
Goldey-Beacom GBC 35 34 10 79
Dist. Columbia UDC 36 33 11 80

Game Recap: Men's Basketball |

Men’s Basketball Nearly Comes Back in 80-79 Overtime Loss at UDC



Senior Corey Taite (Sayreville, NJ) moved into second place on the College's career scoring list, but Goldey-Beacom's improbable comeback fell painfully short in an 80-79 overtime loss at the District of Columbia in Washington, DC.
 
The first half belonged to sophomore Marcellus Livingston (Linden, NJ), who scored 17 points on 7-of-10 shooting to help the Lightning hit 50 percent (14-of-28) from the floor.  Despite all of that, the Firebirds still held a 36-35 lead at the break.
 
The Lightning owned a 56-45 cushion with 10:38 to go, but the Firebirds made a stunning comeback and took the lead at 67-65 on Juanye Colon's jumper with 2:25 remaining.  Sophomore Kyle Elliot (Rahway, NJ) made two free throws with 2:11 left, bringing GBC to a 67-67 tie.  Following a series of empty possessions, Zachary Olukanni drilled a jumper with 1:05 remaining to give UDC a 69-67 lead.
 
Taite once again took control of the Lightning's offense and his aggressiveness resulted in a Firebirds' foul with 36 seconds left.  He calmly nailed both free throws for a 69-69 tie.
 
GBC then had a solid chance for the lead with freshman Giovanni Jones (Norfolk, VA) stealing a bad pass, but he missed a breakaway layup and the ball went back to UDC.  The Firebirds looked for the win, but Quadire Truesdale could not hit a long three-pointer at the buzzer.
 
The Lightning were in an 80-74 hole with 31 seconds left in the extra session when they got a huge break.  Truesdale committed a foul 40 feet from the basket and then was whistled for a technical foul.  Taite made both of the technical shots and senior Mahir Johnson (Chester, PA) hit 1-of-2 on the common foul for an 80-77 contest.
 
UDC again kept GBC in the contest when Kirkwood missed two free throws with 28 seconds to play.  Following a timeout, the Lightning went for the quick deuce as senior Troy Stancil (Washington, DC) hit a layup with 15 seconds to go for an 80-79 contest.
 
The Firebirds then could not get the ball over the timeline as Truesdale dribbled the ball off his foot and out of bounds with 7.3 seconds to go, amazingly giving the Lightning a chance to win.
 
GBC called timeout to set up a play, but could not get off a shot.  Taite fell down as he was dribbling and by the time he got up, no one for the visitors was open and the time dripped to zero.
 
Taite, the reigning Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference Player of the Week, scored 16 points and moved into second place with 1,335 career points.  The top spot is held by Sam McDuffie, who scored 1,413 points from 2007-11.
 
Livingston scored 17 points, with Stancil and Johnson adding 11 apiece for GBC (1-4), which shot 47 percent (29-of-62) from the floor.
 
Kevin Cox had 24 points and 12 rebounds off the bench, Kirkwood netted 14 points, Colon scored 13 and Olukanni added 11 for the Firebirds (3-2).
 
Goldey-Beacom next Wednesday heads to Garden City, NY to face Adelphi for a 7:30 pm contest.
 
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