MOUNT VERNON, Ga. – With a rowdy crowd and a loud Gillis Gymnasium, the Brewton-Parker men's basketball program provided some electricity to the Mount Vernon area with a big-time win over No. 22-ranked Loyola (La.) on Thursday Night.

The Barons (5-14, 3-8 SSAC) picked up a statement victory over the Wolf Pack (15-3, 10-1 SSAC) at home in a 67-63 win, giving the visitors their first conference loss of the season.  

How It Happened | 1st Half

• Jeffery Huff Jr. kicked things off with an and-one opportunity, converting the chance into the Barons' first three points of the game.
• Brewton-Parker took the next few minutes to go on an 11-4 run to lead by 10 points with 12:07 on the clock.
• The Barons continued to create a gap between them and the Wolf Pack, pulling away to a 25-7 lead with five minutes remaining in the half.
• Loyola fought their way back from a double-digit deficit to a 30-21 ballgame at the break by outscoring Brewton-Parker 14-5 in the final minutes of the half.
• Huff Jr. highlighted the Barons' first-half efforts with 14 points while shooting 6-of-10 from the floor followed by 12 points from Damarcus Johnson Jr.
• Johnson Jr. was a perfect 3-for-3 from the floor and shot 5-of-6 from the charity stripe.
• Defensively, Johnson Jr. and Grant Sanders notched two blocks each in the half.

• The Barons came out flying in the second half, opening things with an alley-oop from Sanders with the help of Huff Jr.
• Sanders' slam was the first of an 11-2 start in the opening three minutes of play, giving BPC a 41-23 lead.
• Loyola would not go without punching back, going on a 9-2 run over the following three minutes to chip away at their deficit.
• However, the Barons answered with a 7-3 run within the next few minutes to pull out to a 50-35 lead with nine minutes left to play.
• After the 5:57 mark, Loyola began to chip at the Barons' lead, moving into a single-digit deficit for the first time in the half with five minutes to play.
• Brewton-Parker managed to hold on, pulling back out to a 14-point lead at the 2:40 mark before the Wolf Pack clawed their way back into the game down the stretch.
• With two and a half minutes to play, Loyola scored 10 unanswered points to knock the lead to 63-59 with just over 45 seconds remaining.
• The Barons relied on Smith to go 4-of-6 from the charity stripe to seal the victory in the final moments as Loyola could only find four points in the final 30 seconds of action.
• Smith surged in the second half with 15, producing 11 points from the foul line.
• Aaron Udell shot 4-of-8 from the stripe and 3-of-6 from the floor for 12 points.
• Despite being outscored 42-37 in the half, BPC had enough gas left in the tank to drive the 67-63 victory home.

• As a team, BPC leveled for their best shooting performance of the season with 50% from the field (20-of-40) while being held for the lowest number of attempts in a game during this 2022-23 campaign.
• The Barons shot for 44.4% (4-of-9) from three and 67.6% (23-of-34) from the foul line.
• Huff Jr. led the way with 18pts, four assists, and three steals followed by Smith with 17.
• Both Johnson Jr. and Udell notched double figures, scoring 14 points and 12 points, respectively.
• Sanders led off the glass 11 of BPC's 41 boards in which the Barons led 41-28 on the night.

• Thursday night's win marks the first win over Loyola since Nov. 21, 2014.
• This is the fifth time this season that the Barons have held their opponent under 65 points.

Next Up

• Brewton-Parker returns to action on Saturday with a home contest against Mobile (Ala.) at 2 p.m. ET in Gillis Gym.