Franklin Springs, GA - The Lions hosted King University this weekend for a Conference Carolinas matchup with the Tornado. KJ Jones took this game by storm scoring a collegiate career record of 39 points.
Results:
- Emmanuel 89, King 81
- Â Â Emmanuel 5-4, 3-2 Conference Carolinas;Â King 3-6, 2-1 Conference Carolinas
Summary:
First Half
- The Lions and the Tornado would swap leads and trade buckets as neither team could pull far ahead
- KJ Jones would sink a 3 and give the Lions their biggest lead of the first half at 8:40, up by 9 points
- Under a minute left to play,
Trell Washington would make a layup putting the Lions up by 4 points after swapping leads with the Tornado\
- With 22 seconds left in the first half, KJ Jones would drain a 3 to take the Lions into the half up 46-42
Second Half
- The Lions would strike first as
Trell Washington would make up layupÂ
- The Lions scored nine consecutive points to extend their lead to 55-42
- The Tornado would go on a fifteen point run brining them back to within a point of the Lions with less than 8 minutes to play
-Â The Lions would extend their lead to 78-73 with five minutes left, but the Tornado would quickly get back to within a bucket
-  Emmanuel lead 83-81 with under two minutes to play, the Lions would score the final six points
Players of the game
-Â KJÂ Jones played the full 40 minutes, scoring 39 points, which is tied for 6th-most in NCAA Division II this season. He also led the team with eight rebounds
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Trell Washington had seven rebounds
The Lions will travel to Hawaii to compete on December 17th. The game is set to begin at 5:45pm.
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