NEED TO KNOW:
Score: Piedmont 71, Covenant 80
Records: Piedmont, 12-10 (7-8 USA South); Covenant 14-8 (11-4 USA South)
 
LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN, Ga. – The Piedmont College men's basketball team dropped a tough road contest to division leader Covenant College Wednesday, 80-71. The Lions trailed by six points inside of 9:00 to play, but were unable to close the gap. 

Piedmont built a 14-10 lead, but then it was a back-and-forth battle with neither team leading by more than five points until the Scots claimed a 27-21 lead off a converted and-one by Will Crumley.

The Lions continued to chip away at the lead getting it down to two with just over a minute to go till the half but the Scots led 38-33 at the break.

Piedmont came out of the gate hot in the second half as they claimed the lead 42-41 after a 3-pointer by JORDAN FOOTE. The Scots answered with a quick 8-0 run to turn momentum in their favor. 

The Scots continued to ride that momentum with six-straight 3-pointers, building up a 15 point lead 70-55. Piedmont continued to fight, but the Scots remained just out of reach. 

Up next, the Lions will host Berea College Saturday, February 15 at 4 p.m.
 
TURNING POINT:
--The Scots led by just six points with 9:00 to play but used a late run to lead by as many as 15 and hold on for victory. 
 
STANDOUT PERFORMANCES:
--WILL RICHTER scored 16 points going a perfect 4-for-4 from deep. 
 
INSIDE THE BOX SCORE:
--Piedmont had eight 3-pointers with two coming inside the final 22 seconds. 
 
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