Final Box Score

VALDOSTA, Ga. — The University of West Alabama men's basketball team drops 71-61 contest to North Georgia at Park Avenue Bank Classic.

Jenario Bunton led UWA with 14 points on the night. Patrick Winters and Raymond Shaw also chimed in double figures, with Winters supplying 11 and Shaw adding 10. Winters led the charge on the glass for the Tigers with nine rebounds.

Dustin David led all scores with 19 points for North Georgia. Xavier Trice added 16 points UNG, as Buzz Wehit chimed in 15 points.

UWA, which led almost all of the first half, held off North Georgia much of the second half, as the two teams exchanged baskets for the first 10 minutes.

North Georgia's Wehut would tie the game at 53 all, converting on one of two free throws. Trice would then convert on one of two free throws to lift UNG to its final lead of the game with 9:39 remaining.

UWA would keep the margin close, two points, on two different occasions, the last on a pair of free throws by Winters.

UNG would close the final four and a half minutes of the game on a 12-4 run, reaching their largest lead of the game, 11 points with 49 seconds remaining in the game.

The Tigers shot 40-percent from the floor on the night, while North Georgia converted on just under 44-percent of its shots.

West Alabama returns to action on Tuesday, Dec. 5, as the Tigers host Dillard. Tip-off is set for 7:30 p.m.