LAKEWOOD, NJ (Feb. 15, 2025) - In their final home game of the regular season, Georgian Court Men's Basketball let a late lead slip away to Goldey-Beacom. The Lightning came back from down as much as 13 to defeat Georgian Court 76-71.

How it Happened
• Georgian Court was the better shooting team hitting 46.3% including 55.6% in the second half. Goldey-Beacom finished the day shooting 43% overall.
• Each team hit nine three-pointers. The Lions were 9-20 and GBC 9-28.
• The Lions committed seven more fouls than the Lightning and that gave GBC twice as many free throw opportunities as the Lions. Goldey-Beacom was 23-32 at the line and GCU 12-16.
• Georgian Court came down with more rebounds, 35-30, and one more offensive board, 11-10.
• GCU turned the ball over 22 times while the Lightning gave it away just 17.
1st Half
• It was a plodding and low-scoring start to the game.
• Nearly nine minutes in, the game was tied at 12.
• Jahsan Johnson gave the Lions a 12-7 lead, but was called for a technical foul for taunting and that started a 9-0 run for the Lightning.
• Goldey-Beacom went up by four following the stretch, but layups from Justin Soranno and Cam Edmonds tied the game at 16. 
• Another Johnson three-ball gave GCU a 19-18 lead with 5:20 left in the half and the Lions led the rest of the opening frame.
• That three kicked off a 13-4 run for the Lions who took their largest lead of the half, 31-22 with 1:08 left.
• Goldey-Beacom scored five points in the final 42 seconds though and cut the GCU lead down to 31-27 at the break.
2nd Half
• Donavin Crawford made some big threes to start the second half and extend the Lions lead.
• Crawford then went 3-3 at the line and gave GCU their biggest lead of the game, 49-36 with 15:22 to play.
• GBC answered with a three before cutting the lead to single-digits.
• Trailing by nine, the Lightning scored seven straight to get to within two.
• Taheen Braswell-Brown stopped the bleeding with a layup, putting GCU back up four, 57-53, with 8:31 left.
• But the Lightning kept hitting shots and eventually re-took the lead for the first time in the second half.
• GBC went on another 7-0 run, pushing their lead to six, 65-59, with 4:59 left.
• Anthony Gooden made it a one-possession game with a three of his own, but a foul sent GBC to the line where they went 1-2.
• Georgian Court crept closer making it a two-point game with seven seconds left.
• The Lightning kept the door open as the Lions fouled and Anthony Akande made just 1-2, bringing the lead to three, 74-71.
• On the Lions final possession, Edmonds launched a three-quarter-court three thinking he was fouled and missed everything, giving the Lightning the ball back.
• They finished off the game with a pair of free throws for the 76-71 win.

Lion Stat Leaders
• Cam Edmonds scored a game-high 17 with seven rebounds, five assists and six steals.
• Justin Soranno secured a double-double with 11 points and 11 rebounds.
• Donavin Crawford scored 12 with three triples.
• Anthony Gooden was in double-figures adding 10 on 4-6 shooting.

For the Lightning
• Shane Taylor came off the bench to scored a team-high 14 points.
• Zayon Marsh scored 10 with seven rebounds and three steals.
• Zakari McQueen added 13 and Tre Powell 12.

News and Notes
• Amari Jones was honored before the game for senior day and played in his 50th career game.
• Cam Edmonds surpassed 900 career points. He also moved into second place for points in a single-season.
• Donavin Crawford played his 1500th career minute.
• Goldey-Beacom came up with 10 blocks, the most for an opponent this season and the second time in three games GCU has been blocked 10 times. 

Up Next
• Georgian Court finishes the 2024-25 regular season with three straight on the road. Their first test is Wednesday, Feb. 19 as the Lions are at Holy Family at 8 pm.