ATLANTA – Friday night's game in the GSU Convocation Center was tied at 64 with 1:42 left in the game. The UNC Asheville Bulldogs then went on an 8-0 run to win 72-64 over the Texas A&M University-Commerce men's basketball team, who fought back from a deficit as big as 17 points.  
 
UNC Asheville had a 17-point lead in the first half and was up by 15 in the second half, until a stretch of four minutes, where the Bulldogs were held scoreless, allowed the Lions to tie the game at 64. Demarcus Demonia (Fort Washington, Md.) scored 18 of his 21 points in the second half and recorded a double-double with 10 rebounds, one assist, and one steal as well.
 
The Lions, who fall to 1-3 on the season, received 28 bench points with C.J. Roberts (Irving – Richland) scoring 14 on 5 for 11 shooting and Jerome Brewer, Jr. (Camden, N.J.) scoring 12 points as well as seven rebounds, four blocks, and two assists.
 
Friday's game was the first of three games this weekend for both teams in Atlanta as part of the Capitol Classic.
 
Playing in his home state, Kalen Williams (Hephzibah, Ga.) scored eight points and four rebounds. Alonzo Dodd (St. Paul, Minn.) had six rebounds, three points, and three assists.
 
The Bulldogs remain perfect with a record of 3-0 and were led in scoring by Drew Pember, who had 22 points, 12 rebounds, six blocks, two assists, and a steal.
 
The Lions went on a 10-0 scoring run in the second half to tie the game at 64 and shot 44.4 percent from the field.  All 12 of Roberts' points and 18 points from Demonia came in the second half, in which the Lions outscored the Bulldogs 43-38.
 
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The Lions continue the Capitol Classic on Saturday at 3 p.m. eastern standard time against the host, Georgia State.