THE University of The Bahamas Mingoes men’s basketball team started off slow against one of the top teams in the New Providence Basketball Association on Saturday night.
The Mingoes trailed Sand Dollar 14-4 with 2:57 to go in the first quarter but The Mingoes proved the adage that it’s how you finish that matters.
The Mingoes came back to pick up one of the team’s biggest wins of the season with the 68-58 win over the second-place overall team in the league.
Sand Dollar leads The John Archer Division with an 8-2 record after the loss. The 8-2 record is the second best in the league behind The Discount Distributor Liquor Rockets which leads the Vince Ferguson Division with a 10-0 record.
Erquantae Edgecombe led The Mingoes with 28 points and five rebounds. Justin Burrows contributed 13 points, seven steals and six rebounds and Ricardo Taylor Jr. posted 11 points.
“The shots were falling for us here tonight,” Edgecombe said.
“We had a lot of inside shots that connected. Especially in this league we need those shots to drop. The game plan was to come out defensively with a lot of communication and talking with intensity, especially coming from an international tour and using that experience here in the league.”
Erquantae Edgecombe scored 15 points, including three 3-pointers, in the second quarter to pull The Mingoes tied at 25-25 to end the half.
Into the third quarter Edgecombe and Ricardo Taylor Jr. combined for 17 points to push The Mingoes ahead 53-40.
The Mingoes were able to hold off a late surge from Sand Dollar to pick up the 68-58 win.
The Mingoes had 36 points in the paint and 24 points off fast breaks.
Delano Armbrister and Theodore Grant each contributed four assists for The Mingoes.
A big statistic for the side was turnovers and points off turnovers.
The Mingoes forced 29 turnovers and were able to covert those turnovers for 32 points.
The Mingoes now hold firm in the third spot in The Vince Ferguson Division with a 5-5 record.
Sand Dollar still leads the John Archer Division with an 8-2 record.
The Mingoes are expected to play Zulu Media Marketing 7pm March 3 at The A.F. Adderley Gym.
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