LARAMIE, Wyo. (AP) - Ray Willis had 20 points and nine rebounds as North Carolina Central held off Southern 59-55 Thursday at the Global Sports Hoops Showcase.
Willis made just 4 of 15 field-goal attempts but was 12 for 12 from the free-throw line for the Eagles (2-2). Stanton Kidd added 13 points and 13 rebounds.
Malcolm Miller led Southern (1-3) with 17 points. Javan Mitchell added 14 points and Derick Beltran had 10 points and nine rebounds.
NC Central missed all four of its 3-point attempts and shot just 32 percent overall, but converted 25 of 31 free throws.
The Eagles led 57-49 with 1:14 remaining before a jumper by Jameel Grace and two buckets by Beltran brought the Jaguars within 57-55 with 22 seconds left. Willis then hit two free throws for NC Central and came up with a steal to put the game out of reach.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| Southern (1-3) | 28 | 27 | 55 |
| North Carolina Central (2-2) « | 33 | 26 | 59 |
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| Southern Jaguars | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| M. Bol, F | 20 | 0-1 | 1-2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| J. Mitchell, C | 27 | 3-6 | 8-10 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 14 |
| D. Beltran, G | 33 | 4-11 | 2-2 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 10 |
| J. Grace, G | 22 | 2-5 | 0-1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| C. Monroe, G | 18 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| M. Miller | 30 | 6-13 | 2-3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 17 |
| C. Hyder | 28 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| Y. Johnson | 12 | 2-6 | 0-0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| A. Alston | 9 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| T. Marshall | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 18-46 | 14-20 | 30 | 6 | 25 | 55 | |
| 39.1% | 70% | ||||||
| North Carolina Central Eagles | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| S. Kidd, F | 33 | 5-13 | 3-6 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 13 |
| J. Copeland, Jr., F | 20 | 2-5 | 4-5 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 8 |
| R. Willis, G | 35 | 4-15 | 12-12 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 20 |
| E. Chapman, G | 28 | 1-5 | 0-0 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 |
| E. Anyaorah, G | 14 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| J. Ingram | 37 | 3-9 | 3-4 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 9 |
| K. Jawara | 18 | 0-3 | 2-2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| D. Ferguson | 12 | 0-1 | 1-2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| A. Houston | 2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D. Williams | 1 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Totals | 17-53 | 25-31 | 39 | 7 | 18 | 59 | |
| 32.1% | 80.6% | ||||||
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