Box Score AUGUSTA, Ga. –
Jerrell Oxendine led five Flagler College players in double figures with 18 points, but it wasn't enough in a tough 88-77 season-ending loss at Georgia Regents University Augusta Saturday night at Christenberry Fieldhouse.
GRU Augusta snapped its two-game losing streak and improved to 22-6 overall and 15-4 in the Peach Belt. The Jaguars will be the No. 2 seed in the East at next week's PBC Tournament in Columbus, Ga. Flagler finished its season with an 11-15 overall record and a 5-14 mark in conference play.
The Saints weathered an early 13-0 run by the Jaguars to open the game. A
Dennis Diaz old-fashioned three-point play with 4:36 left in the first half cut Flagler's deficit to two points (29-27). GRU Augusta took a 39-34 lead into the half.
The Saints took the lead, 53-51, after a 3-pointer by
Richard Brown and held that lead for nearly the entire half.
A basket by KJ Sherrill with just under two minutes to play gave GRU Augusta the lead for good, 76-75. That basket started a 12-0 run by the Jaguars and they closed the game on a 14-2 run.
Sherrill scored a game-high 21 points for GRU Augusta. Harold Doby and Ryan Weems each scored 17 points and grabbed eight rebounds. Devon Wright-Nelson and Keshun Sherrill scored 11 and 10 points, respectively.
The Jaguars forced 16 Saints turnovers and converted those into 23 points.
Oxendine's 18 points came on 5 of 11 shooting from the field, a pair of 3-pointers and a perfect 6 for 6 from the free throw line.
Keith Matthews added 17 points and grabbed a game-high nine rebounds. Brown chipped in with 15 points and six assists while Diaz tallied 15 points.
Matt Conway contributed 12 points.
Flagler vs GRU Augusta
03/01/14 7:30 p.m. at Augusta, Ga. (Christenberry Fieldhouse)
At Augusta, Ga. (Christenberry Fieldhouse)
GRU AUGUSTA 88, FLAGLER 77
FLAGLER (11-15, 5-14 PBC)
Jerrell Oxendine 5-11 6-6 18;
Keith Matthews 8-11 1-1 17;
Dennis Diaz 6-14
1-1 15;
Richard Brown 6-12 2-3 15;
Matt Conway 5-11 0-0 12;
Adam Jones 0-0
0-0 0;
Kessler Bell 0-0 0-0 0;
Desmond Gibson 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 30-59 10-11
77.
GRU AUGUSTA (22-6, 15-4 PBC)
KJ Sherrill 9-17 3-4 21; Harold Doby 6-9 5-8 17; Ryan Weems 5-9 5-8 17;
Devon Wright-Nelson 4-5 3-4 11; Keshun Sherrill 4-7 2-2 10; Devonte Thomas
2-4 0-0 5; Henry McCarthy 2-4 0-0 4; D'Angelo Boyce 1-3 0-0 3; Roman Hill
0-1 0-0 0; Ronell Crockett 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 33-60 18-26 88.
Flagler....................... 34 43 - 77
GRU Augusta................... 39 49 - 88
3-point goals--Flagler 7-25 (
Matt Conway 2-6;
Dennis Diaz 2-7; Jerrell
Oxendine 2-6;
Richard Brown 1-5;
Keith Matthews 0-1), GRU Augusta 4-11 (Ryan
Weems 2-5; Devonte Thomas 1-3; D'Angelo Boyce 1-1; Keshun Sherrill 0-1; KJ
Sherrill 0-1). Fouled out--Flagler-
Jerrell Oxendine, GRU Augusta-None.
Rebounds--Flagler 28 (
Keith Matthews 9), GRU Augusta 34 (Harold Doby 8; Ryan
Weems 8). Assists--Flagler 14 (
Richard Brown 6), GRU Augusta 19 (Ryan Weems
5). Total fouls--Flagler 21, GRU Augusta 12. Technical fouls--Flagler-None,
GRU Augusta-Harold Doby. A-1022