Four Wilmington University players score in double-digits in 80-63 victory over Jefferson

Wilmington University holds a one-point lead at the end of the first half.

The game started with WilmU running off to a 5-0 lead with 18:47 remaining in the first half.  

Twenty-three seconds later, Jefferson would respond back by outscoring the Wildcats 25-14 to grab a 25-19 advantage with 10:35 left in the first half.

Wilmington would fire back by outscoring the Rams 17-10 for the rest of the opening half to take a 36-35 edge. Caleb Matthews, Kaleb Hedgepeth, and Amiri Stewart were a hard trio to stop during this stretch, as they scored 11 of the team’s 17 points.

WilmU takes home an 80-63 victory!

The intensity of this game would go up a level in the early minutes of the second half, as the lead wouldn’t go beyond four points for either team, but the Wildcats got a six-point lead (56-50) at the 10:24 minute mark when Junior center Nalik Veasley made a lay up. 

WilmU would take control of the game when the team went on a 24-13 run to seal an 80-63 victory over the Rams. 

Skip Burton did a little of everything during this stretch, as he had seven points, three rebounds, two steals, and one assist. 

Stats:
FG%:	JEFF: 39.3%	WU:47.6%
3P%:	JEFF:22.7%	WU: 21.4%
FT%:	JEFF: 45.5%	WU: 68.0%
Rebs:	JEFF 41	WU:37
Ast:	JEFF: 16	WU: 16
Stl:	JEFF: 5	WU: 8
Blks:	JEFF:2	WU:8
TO:	JEFF: 15	WU:8