Recordnet · Nov 26, 2018
LOCAL ROUNDUP: Pacific men’s basketball team defeats Elon
Lafayette Dorsey scored 19 points and made all four of his free throws in the final 11 seconds as the Pacific’s men’s basketball team beat Elon 65-57 late Saturday night in the final game of the Tigers Thanksgiving Classic in front of a crowd of 1,630 at Spanos Center.
The Tigers won two of their three games in the tournament and improved to 5-3.
The Phoenix (2-4) scored the first six points of the game, but Pacific shook it off and led 33-26 at the half.
Elon never got closer than five points in the second half. Pacific’s biggest lead was 17 points when Kendal Small made a jumper with 6:06 left in the game.