Box Score HATTIESBURG, Miss. – Faulkner declined to let William Carey hang around very long Monday as it sprinted to an 82-50 SSAC road win. Daniel Garmendia stole the ball 19 seconds into the game to set up a Trace Hill dime to Jalon Perry who cashed in the layup for the 2-0 lead. After William Carey answered with a jumper on the ensuing possession, Hill turned a C.J. Hines assist into a three-pointer and Faulkner took the lead for good just one minute into the contest, which was tied for all of 41 seconds. 

Perry scored the next nine Eagle points and accounted for 17 of the first 31 on the visitors' side of the scoreboard as Faulkner ran the advantage as high as 19 in the first half. Fittingly, Perry knocked down a jumper for the final bucket of the frame, leaving the Eagles up 39-23 at half. 

The Eagles ended any hopes of a Crusader comeback effort during a four-minute stretch early in the second half. Isaiah Brooks converted a layup and the bonus free throw at the 15:31 mark to ignite a 17-2 run that effectively ended any threat. Brooks moved the run to 5-0 with a layup off a Garmendia assist 19 seconds later. Hines drained a pair of free throws before Hill dropped in a drive to move the stretch to 9-0. Maxwell Starwood interrupted the sprint with a layup of his own before Hill assisted a Garmendia three. A Hines layup and a Garmendia three off a Perry pass left the Eagles on top 62-31 with 11:51 to go in the game. Faulkner went on to get the lead to as high as 35 before the final buzzer. 

The Eagles dominated the glass, snatching 50 rebounds as compared to 32 for William Carey. Faulkner shot 49 percent from the floor including 40 percent from three in the victory while limiting Carey to 31.7 percent from the field and merely 12 percent from beyond the arc. 

Perry topped all scorers with 19 points, seven rebounds and five assists. Hines contributed 17 points, seven rebounds and three assists. Hill and Garmendia added nine points apiece while Derek Murphy scored eight. 

Faulkner (11-3, 3-1 SSAC) returns to action Thursday at 7:30 p.m. when it hosts Blue Mountain in conference play.