ST. AUGUSTINE – After a cold shooting first half and trailing by as many as 24 points in the second half, Flagler College's rally came up short in a 90-79 loss to Young Harris College in a Peach Belt Conference men's basketball game Saturday afternoon at Flagler Gymnasium.

Young Harris extended its winning streak to five game and improved to 10-3 overall and 4-0 in the Peach Belt. Flagler lost its third game in a row and dropped to 6-4 overall and 1-3 in conference play.

Flagler shot just 24.2% (8-33) in the first half and trailed 43-23 at the break. The Saints also connected on just one of 14 3-point attempts. A 10-0 spurt early in the second half cut the deficit to 12 and then a 12-2 run in the last two minutes forced the Young Harris reserves back to the bench in place of the starting five as Flagler cut the deficit to nine (88-79) with 34 seconds left, but it would not get any closer.

C.J. Wilson recorded a double-double with 21 points and 11 assists while Marcellus Roberts added 21 points on 10 of 12 shooting from the field and he grabbed eight rebounds. Corey Nelson scored 11 of his 16 points in the second half.

The Mountain Lions came in leading the conference in 3-point field goal percentage (.415), but were only able to make one of 13 from long range. Young Harris, instead, used its inside game to outscore Flagler 70-42 in the paint.

Cortlin Davis scored a game-high 23 points, 15 of which came in the second half, for Flagler. He led the team with seven rebounds. Vaughn McCall tallied all 19 of his points in the second half. Chris Williams and Jeffercy Jean each scored 11 points and grabbed six rebounds. Arnas Dautartas, playing in his first game for the Saints, scored seven points, grabbed two rebounds and tallied two assists in 10 minutes of work.

Flagler shot a sizzling 57.9% (22-38) in the second half, after its ice cold showing in the first 20 minutes.

Flagler will head to Georgia Southwestern State University for a game on Monday (Jan. 9) at 7:30 p.m. in Americus.