MOUNT VERNON, Ga. – Brewton-Parker Men's Basketball traveled to Thomas (Ga.) on Saturday afternoon for a Southern States Athletic Conference matchup in Thomasville, Ga.

The Barons (9-18, 5-14 SSAC) were defeated by the Night Hawks (10-16, 8-11 SSAC) in an 83-72 road loss.

How It Happened | First Half

Brewton-Parker started on a heater with an 11-0 run led by seven points from Grant Sanders and buckets from Zailan Blue as well as Domanic Betancourt in the first three minutes of play. Thomas responded with a 10-0 run of their own over the next two minutes to pull within one point of the Barons.

Over the next couple of minutes, Thomas broke through the leading side of some back-and-forth play with a 12-7 stretch of scoring that surpassed the Barons into a 22-18 advantage over BPC. Brewton-Parker leveled the score with two treys from Dre Burroughs, tying the game at 24-24 with 9:33 to play in the half.

The Barons would level the game two more times before eventually recapturing control of the scoreline with a 32-29 advantage at the 5:49 mark. BPC was led by three points from Jordan Johnson and Blue in an 8-5 stretch of play.

Unfortunately for Brewton-Parker, the momentum shift was short-lived as the Night Hawks would go on a 16-4 run over the last four minutes of the half to secure a 45-36 lead at the break.

How It Happened | Second Half

The Night Hawks opened the second half with a 7-0 run in the first 90 seconds to move to a 52-36 lead. A tip-in from Betancourt at the 18:05 mark would spark a 9-2 run for the Barons over the next four and a half minutes to pull BPC under a double-digit deficit.

Thomas outscored BPC 16-9 in the following six minutes of play to hold a 70-54 lead. The Barons followed up with a 10-1 run over the next four minutes to cut the deficit down to six.

BPC was led by six points from Betancourt and two from Kendall Norrington Jr. as well as Lance Smith. Thomas would eventually put together a 13-8 stretch of scoring in the final few minutes of actions, holding onto an 83-72 edge for a win over the Barons.
 
Inside The Statistics

• Brewton-Parker shot for 39.7% (25-of-63) from the floor, 25% (7-of-28) from three, and 83.3% (15-of-18) from the foul line.
• Sanders led the BPC scoring efforts with 17 points, scoring 12 in the first half and five in the second.
• Betancourt followed with 16 points and nine rebounds while Blue scored 14.
• Thomas led the rebounding efforts with a 46-35 edge over BPC.
• The BPC defense gathered nine steals on 19 Night Hawk turnovers as Sanders and Smith led with three each.

Next Up

• Brewton-Parker will close out the regular season next Saturday at Middle Georgia for a 2 p.m. ET contest in Cochran, Ga.