TUESDAY'S SCORES
Eastern Kentucky 91, Idaho State 82 (OT) (Cancun, Mexico)
@Southeast Missouri 83, UT Rio Grande Valley 72
@Southern 80,
Tennessee Tech 68
@Arkansas State 75,
SIUE 57
@Jacksonville State 81, Dalton State 50
EASTERN KENTUCKY 91, IDAHO STATE 82 (OT)
CANCUN, Mexico - The Eastern Kentucky University men’s basketball team drained four three-pointers in overtime to pull away for a thrilling, 91-82 win over Idaho State on Tuesday afternoon in the 2016 Cancun Challenge at the Hard Rock Hotel Riviera Maya.
EKU (2-3) trailed Idaho State, 71-69, following a layup by Geno Luzcando with under a minute to play; however, sophomore forward Nick Mayo buried a jumper in the paint with eight seconds on the clock to tie the game and send it into overtime.
The Colonels exploded in the extra period. Mayo (1-of-1), senior guard Isaac McGlone (1-of-1) and junior guard Dillon Avare (2-of-2) combined for four three-pointers and junior forward Zach Charles went 6-of-6 from the free throw line as EKU scored 20 points in the five-minute frame to pull away for the victory.
Mayo posted a double-double in the back-and-forth affair, scoring 21 points and grabbing a season-best 10 rebounds, seven of which were offensive. He also matched a career-high with four assists.
Senior Jaylen Babb-Harrison poured in 20 points and matched career-highs in rebounds (seven) and assists (seven), while Avare finished with a career-high 12 points and McGlone chipped in nine points and career-best five steals.
Brandon Boyd scored a game-high 25 points to pace Idaho State.
EKU forced the Bengals into a season-best 30 turnovers and converted those miscues into 32 points.
The game featured eight ties and six lead changes. ISU ran out to its largest lead of the game, 27-15, following a three-pointer by Robert Jones with 7:28 remaining in the first half. EKU responded with a 13-2 run that cut the deficit to one, 29-28, on a triple by freshman guard Asante Gist with 3:29 on the clock. After ISU pushed the lead back to five, a pair of free throws by Babb-Harrison with seconds on the clock made it 38-35 at halftime.
The Bengals opened the second half on a 7-0 run to get their lead back to 10, 45-35. However, the Colonels kept clawing back. A bucket in the paint by freshman DeAndre Dishman tied it at 59-59, and a three-pointer by McGlone with 4:41 on the clock finally gave EKU its first lead, 64-61, since early in the game.
Four straight points by Mayo pushed the Colonels’ advantage to four, 69-65, with 2:40 remaining. But, ISU rattled off six straight points to make it 71-69 with under a minute to play. Mayo’s bucket with eight ticks on the clock forced overtime and the Colonels’ perimeter firepower took over from there.
SOUTHEAST MISSOURI 83, UT RIO GRANDE VALLEY 72
CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. - Antonius Cleveland had a double-double 21 points and 10 rebounds to lead Southeast Missouri (3-2) to an 83-72 win over UT Rio Grande Valley (0-5) Tuesday night at the Show Me Center.
Cleveland, limited to just nine minutes due to early foul trouble in the first half, erupted for 17 points and nine boards in the game's final period.
UTRGV, after trailing by eight points twice, continued to chip away at SEMO's lead and went ahead with the help of an 11-2 run immediately following the first media timeout of the second half.
Xavier McDaniel Jr. knocked in a 3-pointer to give the Vaqueros a 46-44 advantage (12:13). McDaniel late made a layup and Moe McDonald split a pair of free throws to grab UTRGV a four-point edge, but SEMO took control from then on.
The Redhawks delivered a big blow with an ensuing 16-1 run ignited by back-to-back 3-point plays by Cleveland and Trey Kellum. Jamaal Calvin also contributed a pair of 3-pointers as SEMO took a double-digit lead at 63-52 with 5:58 remaining.
SEMO's lead would fall below double figures only once in the final six minutes. The Redhawks then led by as many as 13 points multiple times before polishing off their second double-digit win of the season.
The Redhawks had 10 different players reach the scoring column in the first half.
Down, 11-5, with 16:08 left to play, SEMO went on a 17-3 run over the next 6:14 to build an eight-point cushion.
Denzel Mahoney made a jumper to tie the game just before Jaylen Benton buried a 3-pointer to grab the Redhawks their first lead. William Tchiengang scored back-to-back baskets to cap the run that put SEMO ahead, 22-14, with just under 10 minutes left.
Lew Stallworth made a layup to trim the Redhawks lead to four. SEMO, however, answered by scoring seven of the next 10 points to go up by eight again, this time on Daniel Simmons' layup (37-29) with 55 seconds to go.
Stallworth countered with a 3-pointer on the Vaqueros ensuing possession as UTRGV closed the gap to 37-32 at the half.
Cleveland shot 8-of-15 from the field and 5-of-7 at the free throw line en route to his team-high eighth career double-double. He also dished out four assists and had two steals in 27 minutes.
Like Cleveland, Kellum made a big impact, as well. He posted 15 points, eight rebounds, two assists, a block and one steal in 32 minutes.
Calvin added 14 points on 5-of-7 field goals, including four from downtown.
SEMO moved to 3-1 in games where it had three or more players score double figures this season.
The Redhawks shot 50 percent (15-of-30) in the second half and 47.5 percent (29-of-61) for the game. Additionally, SEMO outrebounded the Vaqueros, 40-28, for its largest advantage on the boards through five contests.
Stallworth led all scorers with a game-high 23 points.
SOUTHERN 80, TENNESSEE TECH 68
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - Shawn Prudhomme had 21 points, 10 rebounds and three assists to lead Southern to an 80-68 win over Tennessee Tech on Tuesday night.
Christopher Thomas added 13 points for the Jaguars (1-3), who shot 54 percent in the second half to break away from a 33-33 tie.
Ka'Jon Mack had 18 points for the Golden Eagles (1-4).
Prudhomme opened the second half with a 3-pointer to start a 7-0 run. Mack made two free throws as the Golden Eagles quickly got back within one but then the Jags scored nine straight, again started by a Prudhomme 3.
Tennessee Tech got as close as five. After a Mack jumper with 3:25 to play, Prudhomme made three free throws. Mason Ramsey hit a 3 with 2:35 to go but Prudhomme answered with another 3.
The Jaguars made 16 of 17 free throws in the second half.
ARKANSAS STATE 75, SIUE 57
JONESBORO, Ark. - Arkansas State used an 11-0 second-half run to take the lead for good and then went on to a 75-57 win over SIUE men's basketball Tuesday at Convocation Center at Arkansas State.
SIUE has now lost three straight and is 2-3 overall. Arkansas State has won five consecutive games and improved to 5-1 with the win.
After trailing 27-24 at halftime, The Cougars used a three-point play from Christian Ellis to tie the score just 42 seconds into the second half. The teams traded points and the game was tied at 32 apiece with 17:24 to play. SIUE then scored seven of the next eight points to build its largest lead of the game at 39-33. Burak Eslik scored five of the Cougars' points during that stretch.
It was at that point where the Red Wolves proceeded on their run to take a five-point lead (44-39) with 11:25 left.
Jalen Henry closed the gap to two points with a pair of free throws with 9:58 left that made it 45-43, but Arkansas State went on a 10-0 run to lead 55-43 with 7:33 left.
Deven Simms scored a game-high 17 points to lead the Red Wolves. Devin Carter scored 14 points and Rashad Lindsey added 11.
Ellis led four SIUE players in double figures with 13 points. Eslik scored 12 points and had two three-pointers. Tre Harris scored 11 points thanks in part to three three-pointers. Keenan Simmons scored 10 points and led SIUE with seven rebounds.
Arkansas State outrebounded SIUE 36-26. The Red Wolves held an 18-9 edge on the boards in the second half.
The Red Wolves also shot the ball well throughout the game, finishing with a 56.9 percent success rate (29-51) in field goals. They were 18-27 (66.7 percent) shooting in the second half.
JACKSONVILLE STATE 81, DALTON STATE 50
JACKSONVILLE, Ala. - A double-double from junior Norbertas Giga and three additional Gamecocks scoring in double-digits led Jacksonville State to a 81-50 win over Dalton State in its home opener Tuesday at Pete Mathews Coliseum.
Giga racked up 12 points and 11 rebounds to record the first JSU double-double of the season, while Erik Durham (14), Andre Statam (14), and Malcolm Drumwright (11) totaled the majority of the Gamecocks' points.
The Roadrunners had the home team on the ropes in the early going, however, as Dalton State scored seven unanswered points on five Jacksonville State turnovers. Dalton State held a first-half lead for just under two minutes before the Gamecocks stormed back.
Following a 15-15 tie at the 13:03 mark of the first period, JSU jumped on a 6-0 run to break the game open. The Gamecocks upped the lead to 12 and kept it until the half, leading 33-21 going to the break. Durham led the scoring in the first half with 10 points, going 3-for-5 from the floor and 2-for-4 from beyond the arc.
Coach Ray Harper opened the flood gates in the second half, out-scoring Dalton State 48-29 in the closing period. Statam led the blistering Jacksonville State offense with 11 points in the frame, going 3-for-3 from three-points range, while the defense held Dalton State to just two field goals during the final 10 minutes of play.
All 13 Gamecocks dressed out entered the game, including freshman Mohamad Abuarisha and junior Des Curry. It marked the career debuts for both. Curry, a Jacksonville native who played his prep ball at Jacksonville High School, entered a collegiate game for the first time since transferring from Snead State Community College (redshirt in 2015-16).