MONTGOMERY, Ala. – Brewton-Parker men's basketball traveled to Montgomery, Alabama to take on the SSAC Men's Basketball Tournament with an opening-round contest against Life (Ga.) on Wednesday afternoon.

The 10th-seeded Barons (8-21) battled against the 7th-seeded Running Eagles (19-9) in an 86-77 loss at the Multiplex at the Cramton Bowl.

How It Happened | 1st Half

• Lance Smith broke free after the Barons won the tip to score the first bucket of the game, but the Running Eagles answered with two-straight layups of their own to claim their first lead of the contest.
• Five points from Kenny Colwell gave BPC a 7-4 lead with 16:49 left in the half with Life responding with six unanswered points, moving to a three-point advantage.
• Brewton-Parker took control of the score with a lay from Aaron Udell and a jumper from Colwell to lead 11-10.
• After a score from Emmanuel Green at the 11-minute mark, the Running Eagles erased a chunk of time off the board with an 8-3 run to move to a 20-16 lead with seven minutes to play.
• Life followed up with a 14-4 run over the next five minutes of action, pulling away to a 14-point lead.
• Brewton-Parker wrapped up the half with seven points, highlighted by two three-pointers from Udell to cut the deficit down to 34-27 at the break.
• Colwell led the scoring for BPC in the half with 12 points followed by Udell's eight.

How It Happened | 2nd Half

• A trey from Colwell at the 18:49 mark cut the BPC deficit back to five points but the offensive production from the Barons remained rather stagnant for the first few minutes of the half.
• Life put together a 17-2 run to eventually claim a 20-point lead, leaving 14:11 on the clock.
• After falling to a 21-point advantage twice, the Barons began to chip away at the Running Eagles' lead with a 14-2 run moving the score to 59-50 with 9:25 to play which would be the closest the Barons would get to Life until the final seconds of the half.
• The Running Eagles managed to keep a double-figured cushion on Brewton-Parker leading as much as 16 points with 5:19 to play.
• BPC was able to cut the lead back to under double figures with 11 seconds to play with a layup from Chance Hatcher, but it proved to be too late for the Barons to make a comeback effort.
• Life managed to hold off the Barons in the second half, outscoring Brewton-Parker 52-50.
• Smith surged to a double-figure half with 12 points followed by Green's 10 while Colwell and Hatcher both notched eight.

Inside The Statistics

• Brewton-Parker shot for 36.9% (24-of-65) from the floor, 26.5% (9-of-34) from three, and 87% (20-of-23) from the charity stripe.
• Colwell led the way with 20 points followed by Smith's 14 points, Udell's 13 points, and Green's 12 points.
• Damarcus Johnson Jr. led the rebounding efforts, snagging nine boards to help the Barons edge out the Running Eagles 37-33 off the glass.

Other Notables

• Brewton-Parker gave up 13 turnovers while Life gave up 18.
• The BPC defense led 11-7 in steals, scoring 18 points off turnovers.

Next Up

• The Barons close out the season with an overall record of 8-21 and finished the regular season conference slate with a 6-14 record.