Box Score CENTRAL, S.C. -- Sean Halloran tallied a career-high 29 points and Quest Aldridge added a season-best 15, leading Belmont Abbey to an 80-69 victory over Southern Wesleyan in Conference Carolinas men's basketball action Tuesday night at Tysinger Gymnasium. The Crusaders scored the first 15 points of the contest and never trailed.

The contest was a rematch of the league's championship game, won by the Warriors. Both teams entered the game ranked in the weekly D2SIDA Southeast Regional rankings -- Belmont Abbey third and Southern Wesleyan tied for sixth. The Crusaders received votes in both the D2SIDA (26th) and NABC (30th) national polls.

Belmont Abbey improves to 5-1 overall and 3-0 in league play, while the contest was the Warriors' season opener. 

HOW IT HAPPENED

• The Crusaders hit six of their first seven shots en route to their longest of six double-digit scoring runs this season. The previous best was 12 against Barton on Saturday.
• The Abbey connected on 54.3 percent (25-46) from the field, topping 50 percent for the fifth straight half.
• Mario Lacy, Jr., grabbed a team-high seven rebounds, while Halloran added four assists.
• The biggest lead of the game was 17, when BAC was up 24-7 at the 9:49 mark of the first half.
• Belmont Abbey held a 35-26 advantage on the boards.
• The Crusaders' 14 turnovers were a season-low.

UP NEXT

• Belmont Abbey returns home on Thursday when it faces Conference Carolinas favorite Emmanuel in league action.
• The teams split a pair of non-conference games -- each team winning at home -- earlier this month.