ASHEVILLE, N.C. - Brevard College's men's basketball team played its final exhibition match before the 2015-16 season on Saturday afternoon, losing to Division I UNC Asheville 76-64.

Playing in a more familiar venue than last week's exhibition at Auburn, Brevard was able to play competitively with the Bulldogs, even hoisting a lead after a pair of made free throws from Will Brown put BC up 13-11 midway through the first half. Asheville countered with a 12-0 run to end the threat and create a lead Brevard would not be able to penetrate.

The Tornados got its closes to Asheville's lead late in the first half, as a 7-0 rally from the visitors made it a four point game with 2:20 left before halftime. Asheville quickly added five points onto the scoreboard but Miles Leathers made the final bucket of the frame to make it 36-29.

The Bulldogs yet again created a big gap in the score, leading by 14 at 47-33 with 16:48 left to play, but Brevard could not bring the score closer than seven before the final horn.

Demarcus Threatt led the offense with 21 points, followed by Leathers who had 20 and a pair of steals. Stevie Williams and Omar El Diraoui both grabbed seven boards while Alex Moe had a team-high two assists.

Brevard outshot the Bulldogs from the free-throw line, shooting 73.1 percent from the charity stripe versus 55.6. Threatt went 9-10 from the line, the most on either side.

Brevard is back in action next week, as the Tornados open up the regular season versus Lander on Nov. 13 in the Carson-Newman Classic.

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