From staff reports
SALISBURY — Livingstone’s men’s basketball team has spent most of the season on the road, taking lumps and learning lessons.
The Blue Bears got to play a rare home game on Wednesday, but the results weren’t good. Converse shot the lights out at New Trent Gym in front of 100 fans and beat LC 88-77 in a non-conference game.
Livingstone (4-8) won the battle on the boards and shot a respectable 46.4 percent, but Converse (5-5) had a scorching shooting night, 51 percent and an insane 15-for-27 on 3-pointers. Cameron Edmonds shot 6-for-9 from 3.
Janes Nipper scored 20 for the Blue Bears, who have lost their last four. Erick Coffey had 13 points and 10 rebounds.
Converse 41 47 — 88
Livingstone 33 44 — 77
LC scoring — Nipper 20, Coffey 13, Mobley 7, Hukins 6, Herd 6, Horton 5, Baxter 4, Tyree 4, Bodrick 4, Baldwin 2, Egbo 2, Mbye 2, Kabori 2.
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Myles Smith (Salisbury) scored eight points for Belmont Abbey in a 76-68 loss to Winston-Salem State. He got 14 minutes as the first Crusader off the bench.
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Juke Harris (Salisbury) shot a low percentage, but he still managed to score 17 points in Wake Forest’s 70-57 loss to NC State. He had six rebounds.
Harris is averaging 19.7 points and 6.7 rebounds.
