Pearl River’s Cam Brown sets new career-high at Northwest

Dylan Dunaway - PRCC Sports Information Director

SENATOBIA, Miss. — Third-year sophomore Cam Brown (Hattiesburg) set a new career-high with 35 points Monday night, but the Pearl River men's basketball team fell on the road against Northwest, 73-71.

"Cam played really, really well. He kept us in striking distance," Pearl River coach Chris Oney said. "We ended up taking the lead midway through the game because of his play, but we made some crucial mistakes on defense down the stretch that lost us the game."

Oney talked about cleaning up the mistakes as his team pushes on in conference play.

"We have to play smart. We have to do the things that we talk about consistently. The guys are playing hard and trying, but we aren't carrying out and executing in crucial stretches of the game. We made a lot of mistakes to put us in that position, and we need to clean that up."

GAME RECAP

Northwest (5-10 overall; 3-3 MACCC) jumped out to a 7-2 lead to begin the game, but Pearl River (11-5; 3-3) cut it to 10-7 soon after as Carlous Williams (Hattiesburg; Harrison Central) knocked down a pull-up jumper.

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