Wesleyan men win fifth straight with 79-71 victory over Hornets

Winchester, VA - North Carolina Wesleyan completed a regular season sweep over the Shenandoah men's basketball team on Tuesday evening with a 79-71 USA South victory in Shingleton Gymnasium. The Battling Bishops (10-9, 6-1 USA South) now hold a 1.5 game lead over the second place Hornets (8-13, 5-3) in the race for the league's regular season crown.

With SU leading 46-40 following a Wayne Washington 3-pointer at the 13:29 mark of the second half, Wesleyan reeled off a 14-1 run over the next 5:17 to take total control of the contest. Having forged a 54-47 advantage with 7:47 remaining, the Bishops held at least a two-point lead the rest of the way.

The Hornets got it to that two point deficit on two different occasions, the last with 4:54 remaining, before  Wesleyan pulled away with another big run. This spurt was 13-2 in just 1:46 and gave the visitors its biggest advantage, 13 points, with 2:56 left.

Shenandoah began to foul in an attempt to get back in it, but the Bishops made 12 of their final 14 attempts from the charity stripe to ice the victory.

Jarmel Arrington led the Bishops with a game-high 21 points, while Trey Drake added 19. Domarius Thomas chipped in a double-double off the bench with 11 points and 12 rebounds.

For Shenandoah, Mitch Dudley had 15 points and 11 rebounds, while Washington finished with 14.

The Battling Bishops will attempt to avenge their only conference loss this weekend when they take on Christopher Newport on Saturday at 4:00 p.m. in Everett Gymnasium. Saturday will serve as Wesleyan's "Take a Kid to the Game" day, and all kids 12 and under will be admitted free.

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