Greensboro, NC – Azuria Barrino and Nakiyah Kelly helped lead the Greensboro women’s basketball team to victory over Salem on Friday 56-54 as the team earned their second USA South Conference win of the season.
The game was tight throughout as Salem held the lead for most of the afternoon. Greensboro took their first lead with 7:49 to go in the game, and there were three lead changes in the fourth quarter.
With 3:54 to play, Salem found themselves ahead 52-49, and held the lead until 29.0 seconds to play. Nakiyah Kelly would hit a layup to give the Pride a 53-52 advantage before two Taya Phelps free throws with 5.0 seconds left gave Greensboro a three point lead. With 1.0 second left, Salem scored to make it a one point deficit, but the Pride were able to inbound the ball on the ensuing possession and hit one more free throw to seal the 56-54 victory…