GREENSBORO, N.C. – UNCG shot 61.5 percent in the second half, opening with 15 of the first 17 points, and ended the Wofford men's basketball team's four-game winning streak, 65-61, Monday night at Greensboro Coliseum.
 
Wofford led 32-24 at halftime, but the Spartans burst out of the locker rooms with a 15-2 run to go in front. The Terriers scored on only one of their first nine possessions, while UNCG scored on eight of its first 10 and outrebounded Wofford 12-1 through the period's first nine minutes.
 
Wofford was able to stay within striking distance and even regained a brief 49-48 lead with just under 6 minutes to play, but it would not hold up. UNCG (10-17, 6-8 SoCon) scored on seven consecutive possessions to open up an eight-point lead with 34 seconds left, which was too much for Wofford (14-14, 10-5 SoCon) to overcome.
 
"We took too many threes, we were soft and I thought [UNCG] played harder than we did," Terrier head coach Mike Young said. "It ultimately comes back to me. When a guy like Spencer Collins takes 10 shots and eight of them are threes, that's bad offense."
 
Wofford came into the game eighth in the nation at 41.7 percent from beyond the arc, even setting an NCAA record last Monday by shooting 81 percent (17-21) against VMI. Monday night in Greensboro, they connected on just 6-of-26 attempts (23.1 percent).
 
Spencer Collins, the Southern Conference's leading 3-point shooter heading into the contest, was one of many that had a rough go of it. The senior out of Easley, S.C., was 2-for-10 from the field did not connect on any of his eight 3-point shots.
 
The Terriers shot 37.3 percent from the floor and 23.1 percent from 3-point range. Both marked season lows in a Southern Conference game.
 
Meanwhile, UNCG bounced back from a 36-percent first half to end the game at nearly 50 percent. Junior Diante Baldwin scored a game-high 21 on 9-of-13 shooting. Teammates Francis Alonso (13), Marvin Smith (12) and Kayel Locke (11) all joined him in double figures. Baldwin and Smith each collected a game-high nine boards.
 
Wofford got a team-high 16 points from freshman Fletcher Magee. Junior Jaylen Allen scored 10 on 4-of-10 shooting and senior C.J. Neumann scored 10 on 4-of-5 from the floor. Neumann grabbed a team-high eight rebounds and junior Eric Garcia dished out five assists with zero turnovers.
 
Allen scored eight straight points to give the Terriers a 17-12 lead midway through the first period. He and Magee combined to hit four of their first six 3-point attempts.
 
An emphatic dunk from senior Justin Gordon gave Wofford a 10-point lead in the final seconds of the half. UNCG was able to race down the floor and Alonso banked in a jumper to make it a 32-24 game at the break.
 
UNCG was limited to just five points through the final 6:22 of the first half. Leading scorer Kayel Locke had yet to find the scoring column.
 
It all changed in what seemed like an instant. Combined with Alonso's first-half buzzer beater, UNCG scored 17 of 19 points through a span of 5 minutes and 40 seconds, completely turning the game on its head.
 
After playing its last six games in a span of 12 days, Wofford has five days until its next game. The Terriers will welcome Furman to Benjamin Johnson Arena for Senior Night on Saturday. Tip is set for 7 p.m.
 
Terrier Notes:
- Wofford's season-long four-game winning streak came to an end.
- Wofford's four-game series winning streak against UNCG was snapped.
- The Terriers lead the all-time series 25-12.
- Wofford's 61 points scored were its fewest in a game since Dec. 31 at Harvard.
- Fletcher Magee went 5-for-5 at the free throw line and increased his season percentage to 92.4 percent, which leads the nation.