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Presbyterian College Men’s Basketball Grabs
Home Opening Win Over Toccoa Falls, 86-76
The Presbyterian College men’s basketball team grabbed its first win of the season on Monday night by knocking off the Toccoa Falls Eagles in PC’s home opener at Templeton Center, 86-76.
PC improves to 1-3 on the year and will next play at Old Dominion on Thursday at 7 p.m. in Norfolk, Va. Toccoa Falls moves to 0-5.
Reggie Dillard (Greensboro, N.C.) set a new Division I-era record with 12 assists on the night and posted his first career double-double with 14 points. William Truss (Vestavia Hills, Ala.) also tallied 19 points and a career-high 16 rebounds for another Blue Hose double-double. Truss’s six blocks against the Eagles mark a career-best for the junior as well, part of 10 team blocks that set another Division I-era record.
Jordan Downing (Huntersville, N.C.) led PC scorers with 21 points.
The Blue Hose overcame a hot-shooting Eagles team, who went 46.3 percent (31-for-67) from the floor. Toccoa Falls slashed an eight-point PC lead late in the game to only one point with 2:16 to go, but the Blue Hose responded with nine unanswered points to close out the win.
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