FAYETTEVILLE, NC --Kaleb Coleman and Tyler Foster combined to score 29 total points - 60.4 percent of Fayetteville State's points - but the Broncos fell to the Virginia Union Panthers 62-48 at home Thursday.
Coleman led the Broncos (8-8, 3-3) with 19 points and seven rebounds. Foster added 10 points, six rebounds and two steals off the bench and Khalil Ridges chipped in as well with five points.
The Panthers (6-11, 1-5) leading scorer, Johnathan Salazar, led the team with 16 points.
Foster pulled down four offensive rebounds to lead the Fayetteville State offense which grabbed 14 boards and turned them into five second chance points.
Fayetteville State's defense held Virginia Union to only 15.4 percent shooting from beyond the arc. The Panthers did not have much luck cleaning up their misses on the offensive glass either, as they finished with four offensive rebounds and managed four second chance points while Fayetteville State cleared 19 defensive rebounds.
How It Happened
Fayetteville State struggled out of the gate, falling behind 32-20 heading into halftime.
Virginia Union kept widening its lead after intermission, constructing a 56-38 advantage before Fayetteville State went on a 5-0 run, finished off by Foster's three, to shrink the deficit to 56-43 with 4:49 to go in the contest. Virginia Union responded and outscored the Broncos the rest of the way, ending the game with a final score of 62-48. Fayetteville State shot well from three-point range in the half, hitting four shots from deep to score 12 of its 28 points.
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Game Notes
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Kaleb Coleman and
Tyler Foster carried the load for the Broncos, accounting for 60 percent their points.
» Fayetteville State played solid perimeter defense, holding Virginia Union to 15 percent from three point land on 13 attempts.
» The Fayetteville State defense forced 15 turnovers.
» Fayetteville State cleaned up on the offensive glass, collecting 14 offensive boards in the game.
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Kaleb Coleman led the Broncos with a game-high 19 points.
» Fayetteville State got a game-high seven rebounds from
Kaleb Coleman.
The Broncos will travel to Greenville, SC on Saturday, January 13th, where they face off against Clinton College with tipoff beginning at 7:30pm.
