Men's Basketball | 12/29/2018 3:47:00 PM

TALLAHASSEE, Florida – The Pensacola St. (Florida) Pirates pulled away in the second half and defeated Jones College 65-52 here Saturday in the Tallahassee DemocratHoliday Classic.
Jones fell behind 14-6 early, but came back to take a 26-24 lead on a 3-pointer by Kenneth Rogers (Starkville) with 59 seconds left in the first half. Yelkson Montero scored at the buzzer to tie the game at 26-26 at the break.
Jones would take its final lead of the game at 29-28 with 17:07 to play on a free throw by Casey Smith Jr. (Columbus.)
But the Pirates would then take control with a 14-0 run and take a 42-29 lead with 12:48 remaining. The closest the Bobcats would get would be 45-37 with 8:48 to play on a 3-pointer by Brandon Jones (West Jones).
Pensacola's longest lead would be 57-40 with 3:29 left.
Winceton Edwards (Oak Grove) and Smith led the Bobcats with 14 points each. Shardarrion Allen (Raymond) had seven points and 12 rebounds. Allen had 16 rebounds in Friday's 78-66 loss to No. 4 Tallahassee.
Montero had 23 points for the Pirates and Mike McDougal added 20.
Jones was only 19-of-64 from the field (10-of-32 from 3-point range) for 30 percent. The Bobcats were 4-of-7 from the free throw line.
Pensacola was 26-of-58 from the field (6-of-22 from 3-point range) for 45 percent. The Pirates were 5-of-13 from the foul line.
The Bobcats, 7-3, will resume MACJC South Division play at home with a 7:30 p.m. game on Jan. 10 vs. Hinds.
Pensacola State, 12-5, visits Northwest Florida State College on Jan. 5.
 
 
Saturday's game
Tallahassee, Florida
Tallahassee Community College
Bill Hebrock Eagledome
 
Pensacola St. 65, Jones College 52
Pensacola St. (12-5)    26 39 – 65
Jones College (7-3)     26 26 – 52
PENSACOLA (65)– Yelkson Montero 23, Mike McDougal 20, Isaiah Williams 6, McLeon Charles 5, Elmo Cowart 4, Bryce Hunt 4, Rafael Diaz 1.
JONES COLLEGE (52)– Winceton Edwards 14, Casey Smith Jr. 14, Kenneth Rogers 7, Brandon Jones 6, Shardarrion Allen 5, David McCoy 5, David Gaines Jr. 1, Michael Williams Jr. 0, Zachariah Malone 0.