Gaffney. S.C. – Limestone's men's basketball hosted Mars Hill in a South Atlantic Conference game where the Saints came out ahead with a final score of (84-64). The Saints will head into the weekend with a record of (4-6, 1-5 SAC) as Mars Hill moves to a record of (4-4,2-4 SAC).
Key Players:

• Greg McKay (Nassau, Bahamas) led the team with 21 points and 9 rebounds.
• Railer Vargas (Venezuela) also scored 21 points and grabbed 9 rebounds.
• Sirr Hughes (Cleveland Heights, Ohio) contributed 17 points and 3 rebounds.
• Emmanuel Okogie (Atlanta, Ga.) was perfect from the field, scoring 11 points in 19 minutes.

STORY OF THE GAME:
First Half:

• Limestone started the first half strong making the first seven points of the game going up 7-0.
• Mars Hill battled back throughout the first half to bring the score 13-9.
• Hughes was able to put two on the board after hitting his layup to point the Saints back up by five as the score was now 18-13.
• Mars Hill closed the gap to four with a free throw.
• Limestone went up again by nine after a few baskets and a free throw by McKay.
• The Saints went up by 15 going into the half as McKay hit another fastbreak layup bringing the half score to 38-23.

Second Half:

• The Lions looked to cut into the lead as Dinari Boykin made a layup to bring the lead to nine.

• McKay kept the game rolling in the second half by hitting two shots in the paint.
• Hughes connected on another three for the Saints, putting them up 45-33.
• Varges connected on a hook shot growing the lead for Limestone.
• Okogie hit a layup to bring the lead up to 22 as the score was now 76-54.
• Kory Davis hit a free throw for Mars Hill working at the Saints lead.
• Saints went on to win the game with the final score coming out to 84-64 with Jamarie Brown (Florence, S.C.) hitting the last shot for the Saints.

Up Next: Limestone will come back home on Sunday the 15^th to take on Wingate starting at 7:00 p.m..