BOONE, N.C. (AP) - Nathan Healy matched his career high with 24 points and Appalachian State dominated the second half to rally past UNC Greensboro 83-70 Monday night for its fifth straight win.
The Mountaineers (7-8, 3-1 Southern Conference), who trailed by 10 in the first half and 39-32 at the break, roared out of the locker room with a 13-0 run to lead 45-39 with 15:57 remaining.
After Appalachian State expanded its cushion to 14 with 6:36 to play, Trevis Simpson, whose 22 points led the Spartans, rattled off five points to make it 69-60. The Mountaineers then pulled away for good.
Appalachian State was 28 of 34 from the free-throw line, compared to 18 of 26 for UNC Greensboro.
Derrell Armstrong added 20 points for the Spartans (3-12, 1-3), who have lost seven of their past eight games despite entering the game ranked as the SoCon's top offense (74.2 points per game).
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| NC-Greensboro (3-12) | 39 | 31 | 70 |
| Appalachian State (7-8) « | 32 | 51 | 83 |
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| NC-Greensboro Spartans | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| N. Paulos, F | 26 | 2-7 | 2-2 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| K. Locke, F | 19 | 2-5 | 2-2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| D. Williams, F | 19 | 0-0 | 3-4 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 3 |
| D. Armstrong, G | 32 | 7-16 | 3-3 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 20 |
| D. Parker, G | 22 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| T. Simpson | 27 | 9-19 | 3-3 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 22 |
| K. McNeil | 23 | 2-4 | 0-4 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| J. Potts | 20 | 0-1 | 4-6 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| T. Hoffer | 12 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| Totals | 23-54 | 18-26 | 34 | 5 | 28 | 70 | |
| 42.6% | 69.2% | ||||||
| Appalachian State Mountaineers | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| N. Healy, F | 37 | 7-11 | 8-9 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 24 |
| J. Canty, F | 32 | 4-9 | 5-6 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 14 |
| M. Obacha, F | 12 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| T. Hamilton, G | 35 | 1-9 | 0-0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| M. Neal, G | 32 | 5-10 | 9-11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 19 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| T. Baskin | 29 | 5-12 | 6-8 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 16 |
| C. Burgess | 12 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| J. Trice | 7 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| F. Eaves | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| R. Gilbert | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| B. Rutherford | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| T. Spagnolo | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 25-57 | 28-34 | 35 | 9 | 20 | 83 | |
| 43.9% | 82.4% | ||||||
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