MONDAY'S SCORES
@Morehead State 74, Wright State 69
@SIUE 55, Texas-Pan American 49
MOREHEAD STATE 74, WRIGHT STATE 69
MOREHEAD, Ky. - Junior Angelo Warner posted 19 points, eight assists, seven rebounds and four steals to help the Morehead State men's basketball team score a 74-69 victory over Wright State on Monday night at Johnson Arena.
The Eagles, who play in the Ohio Valley Conference, improve to 7-3 overall and 3-0 at home. The Raiders, who compete in the Horizon League, slip to 5-4 on the season. MSU also moves to 7-5 in the all-time series against WSU.
Morehead State senior Chad Posthumus posted 13 points and 12 rebounds for his fifth double-double of the season. Junior Billy Reader chipped in with 14 points for the Eagles on 7-of-9 shooting, while sophomore Brent Arrington contributed 10.
Morehead State trailed most of the first half before putting together a 29-9 run, which covered the three minutes before halftime and first six minutes of the second period. The Eagles registered their biggest lead of 11 points with 14:07 to play.
The Eagles, who have not been outrebounded in 10 games this season, tallied advantages of 39-27 overall and 13-8 on the offensive end. MSU also posted the upper hand in paint points (44-30), fast-break points (12-5) and points off turnovers (17-12).
Morehead State canned just six percent (1-of-16) from three-point range, but converted on 63 percent (24-of-38) from inside the arc to finish at 46 percent (25-of-54) overall. The Eagles also knocked down 23 free throws, while the Raiders hit just seven.
Sophomore JT Yoho, who made 7-of-12 overall and 4-of-7 from long distance, led Wright State with 18 points. Senior Miles Dixon added 16 points for the Raiders.
SIUE 55, TEXAS-PAN AMERICAN 49
EDWARDSVILLE, Ill. - Rozell Nunn gave SIUE the lead for good with 2:07 to play and followed with his fourth three-pointer of the night with 1:25 left as the Cougars edged Texas-Pan American 55-49 Tuesday in men's basketball at the Vadalabene Center.
Christian Salecich's career-high 16 points and 15 total points from Nunn helped the Cougars win a game of runs, which featured seven lead changes and three ties.
Salecich capped his career night with a dunk to extend the Cougars' lead to six (52-46). He then sank a pair of free throws with eight seconds left for the final margin. Salecich scored 14 of his 16 points after halftime. Nunn was was 5 for 5 from the field, including 4 for 4 from three-point range.
The Cougars (2-6) connected on just one of their first 11 shots Tuesday and found themselves trailing UTPA by 10 (15-5) with 7:54 to play before halftime.
SIUE finished the half on a 17-3 run to end the half, including holding the Broncs scoreless for the final 5:46 of the period. The Cougars held a 22-18 advantage at the break.
All told, the Cougars' run swelled to 34-8 covering 13:40 of game time and extended the lead to as many as 16 points early in the second half.
UTPA (4-6) wasn't finished. The Broncs used a 19-2 run to regain the lead at 42-41 with just 5:21 remaining. The two teams traded the lead five times before Nunn put the Cougars ahead for good.
The Broncs were led in scoring by Shaquille Boga, who scored a game-high 17 points. Javorn Farrell scored 15 and hauled in a game-high 12 rebounds.
Ray Lester finished with nine points for the Cougars, one shy of his career high. Keaton Jackson scored three points and grabbed a career-best nine rebounds. He added four blocked shots, marking the third time this year the junior transfer has finished with four blocks in a game.