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Catamounts Drop 69-58 Decision to Georgia Southern

Jan. 28, 2008

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CULLOWHEE, N.C. (AP) -- Eagles' Louis Graham scored 25 points and Georgia Southern scored the game's final 12 points to beat Western Carolina 69-58 on Monday.

Matthew Fields added 11 points and 10 rebounds for the Eagles (14-7, 7-4 Southern Conference), who trailed by 15 points in the first half and 58-57 with 6:43 left.

Dwayne Foreman's jumper put Georgia Southern ahead to stay and Johntavius Rucker's 3-pointer with just over a minute left put the game away.

Western Carolina (6-14, 2-8) missed four shots from the field, a free throw and committed five turnovers in the game-ending run.

Brandon Giles scored 17 points, Jake Robinson scored 12 and Negus McKenna had 10 for the Catamounts, who committed 18 turnovers in their second straight loss.

Porrini was averaging 11.3 points per game.