BRADENTON - NCF Men's Basketball suffered its fourth straight loss Wednesday, falling at home to Sun Conference foe Coastal Georgia 96-66.
NCF trailed by just four at 38-34 going into halftime, but it was all Mariners in the second half as Coastal Georgia outscored the Mighty Banyans 58-32 in the game's final 20 minutes.
Giovanni Toscanini scored a team-high 20 points for NCF and was joined in double figures by
Diego Eslava with 13 points.
Point guard
Shawn Lefresne dished a team-high six assists,
Carlin Gelin grabbed a team-high six rebounds, Toscanini picked up a team-high three steals, while guard
Alex Excellent blocked a team-leading three shots.
The Mighty Banyans are now 5-9 overall on the season and 0-4 in Sun Conference play. It will be back in action Saturday when it visits RV Southeastern in a 4 p.m. EST matchup.
