GAFFNEY, S.C. | Carl Cleveland scored 19 points to lead three Young Harris College men's basketball players in double figures as Young Harris College defeated Georgia College & State University 60-52 in the season opener Friday (Nov. 8) afternoon at the Timken Center on the Limestone University campus.

The Mountain Lions improved to 1-0, while the Bobcats fell to 0-1. GCSU will face North Greenville University in a 11 a.m. contest Saturday (Nov. 9).

GCSU struggled to score in the first half as they shot 13.3 percent (4-of-30) from the field and was 1-of-17 from long distance; however, they only trailed by nine points (21-12) at the half.

The Mountain Lions extended their lead to 16 points (46-30) with 7:30 remaining, but an 8-0 run by the Bobcats over the next 63 seconds cut the deficit in half to 46-38 after Ian Davis converted an old-fashioned three-point play with 6:27 to play. Davis scored six of his team-high 15 points during the run.

Young Harris pushed its lead to 12 points (52-40), before GCSU, which shot 48.0 percent (12-of-25) in the second half, scored the next seven points to trim the YHC lead to 52-47 after a Zyair Greene dunk with 2:20 remaining. However, that would be as close as the Bobcat would get.

Like Krawczyk was other Bobcat in double figures with 13 points. Davis also added three assists and three steals. James Nichols III and Mason Etter tallied seven points apiece.  Nichols also recorded three steals, while Nichols and Tony Carpio each led the Bobcats with five rebounds. Four other GCSU players tallied four rebounds apiece.

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