The Belmont Abbey men's basketball team erased a 41-39 halftime deficit by outscoring Limestone 64-50 in the final 20 minutes, shooting 70 percent from the floor, as the Crusaders snapped a four-game losing skid with a 103-91 win over the visiting Limestone Saints this evening at the Wheeler Center. The win moves the Abbey's record to 15-11 overall and 9-7 in Conference Carolinas, while Limestone drops to 12-16 overall and 5-11 in Conference Carolinas.

Belmont Abbey trailed for most of the first half but carried momentum into the second half as senior Matthew Graves hit a buzzer-beating three-pointer-the first of his career-cut the Abbey deficit to just two at 41-39. In the second half, the Crusaders dominated from the start, bolting out to a 62-50 lead with just under seven minutes gone by. The Crusaders moved their lead to 18 and after a three-pointer closed the lead back to 15, Tyshawn Good, who scored 20 of his 23 points in the second half, buried a three-pointer to extend the lead back to 18. Limestone cut the lead to as few as 12 points, but a three-pointer by Jakub Exner with 42 seconds left, one of four seniors honored prior to the game, extended the lead back to 15 and provided the biggest roar of the night in the Wheeler Center. A traditional three-point play for Limestone closed the scoring.

The Abbey shot a season-best 61.8 percent (42-68) from the floor, including 70.3 percent (26-37) in the second half. Senior Kyle Phillips led the Abbey with 25 points and six boards. He also had two assists. Good totaled 23, 20 in the second half, on eight of 16 shooting from the floor, including 7-10 from three-point range. He added five assists. Darryl Durham added 16 points, all in the first half, tying for the halftime lead, on eight of nine shooting with five rebounds. Kuhlman totaled 14 points and seven assists. The Abbey won the rebounding battle 34-28 and 26 of the 42 field goals were assisted.

Limestone shot 52.5 percent (32-61) as Josh Corry led all scorers with 26 points on 10-20 shooting. He recorded 16 first half points. Joe Raga added 17 and ten boards, while Nick Debnam finished with 13 points and ten assists. Phillip Moultrie added 10 points.