NEWBERRY, S.C. - Eleazer Arena continues to be a tough place to play for Lenoir-Rhyne as the Bears dropped a 71-66 decision to Newberry on Wednesday night. LR is just 11-19 in the NCAA era at Newberry and just 1-15 in the last 16 games at Eleazer. 

GAME INFORMATION:
Final: Newberry 71, Lenoir-Rhyne 66
Records: Lenoir-Rhyne (9-6, 4-3 SAC), Newberry (3-9, 2-5 SAC)
Location: Newberry, S.C. | Eleazer Arena

STATS OF THE FIRST HALF:

• The Bears played an excellent first half and jumped out to a 32-22 advantage after the first 20 minutes. 
• LR held Newberry to 10-of-31 shooting (32.2 percent) from the field and 2-of-12 (16.7 percent) from long range. 
• A three-pointer by Devario Sheppard gave Newberry an 18-15 lead with 8:12 left in the half. However, Newberry would manage just four more points in the last 8+ minutes of the half. 
• A jumper from Cris Paez made it 18-17 and ignited a 15-4 run for LR to close out the first half. Jaheim Taylor's layup with 16 seconds left in the half ended the first half scoring for LR. Newberry would answer with a bucket with four seconds left which ended a 4:13 scoreless drought. 

STATS OF THE SECOND HALF:

• A three-point play by Tim Steele just 82 seconds into the second half pushed the Bears lead to 37-24, their largest of the game. 
• Newberry would answer with a 9-0 spurt culminating in a jumper from James Lovorn. 
• LR would punch back and Nas Tyson's jump shot at the 9:43 mark put the Bears up 50-41 and forced a Newberry timeout. 
• Coming out of the TO, Newberry scored eight straight to draw within one. They would draw even on three different occassions but LR had the response each time. 
• At the 3:14 mark, Newberry's Jalen Johnson gave the Wolves a 64-62 lead. It was Newberry's first lead since 18-17 with 7:46 left in the first half. 
• Tay Smith hit a pair of free throws to draw even but Lovorn's triple started a 7-0 run for Newberry to make it 71-64 with just over a minute to play. 
• Newberry shot a scorching 70 percent in the second half, connecting on 21-of-30 shots. Lovorn had 13 in the second half and went 5-of-6. 
• Taylor led LR with 11 second half points and hit 4-of-5 from the field. 
• LR shot 50 percent in the second half but turned the ball over eight times. 

BEYOND THE BOX SCORE: 

• Of the past 15 road loss at Newberry, eight have been by five points or fewer.
• This was the 2,601st all-time game for Lenoir-Rhyne Men's Basketball.
• Taylor came off the bench to lead the team with 21 points, a season high for him.
• Taylor has averaged just over 17 points per game over his last three contests. 
• Newberry played just seven players and Johnson and Caleb Byrd each played 40 minutes. 

UP NEXT: The Bears will return home to host Carson-Newman on Saturday at 4 p.m.