FRIDAY'S SCORES
@UAB 85,
Morehead State 71
@Southern Illinois 73,
Austin Peay 55
@Chicago State 67,
SIUE 56
@Saint Louis 86,
Eastern Illinois 44
UAB 85, MOREHEAD STATE 71
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - Forward Johni Broome produced his 14th career double-double Friday night for the Morehead State men's basketball team, and junior guard Skyelar Potter had his fifth double-double, but unfortunately turnovers and blistering first-half shooting by host UAB spelled an 85-71 defeat for the Eagles.
Broome finished with 20 points and 12 rebounds as the Eagles slipped to 0-2 on the young season. Broome notched his 10th career 20+ point game as well. UAB shot 63 percent in the first half and nearly equaled MSU's 23 total first period points just on points off Eagle turnovers with 22. That proved to be a little too much for MSU to ultimately overcome.
Morehead State did see two others reach double-figures in the point column as Potter chipped in 15 points and corralled 10 rebounds. He also handed out a team and career-high five assists. Broome's and Potter's 10+ rebound effort in the same game was the first time since they both did so in the OVC Championship game versus Belmont in March.
Graduate transfer Tray Holloway recorded his first double-digit effort as an Eagle with 13 points, including a trio of three pointers made. Lipscomb transfer Jake Wolfe nearly missed double-digits as well with nine points after being held scoreless at Auburn.
Despite losing the turnover column 22-9, MSU won the rebound battle by a hefty margin, 38-21. The Eagles have now out-rebounded 26 opponents in the last two seasons.
MSU trailed just 6-5 early on following a jumper by Holloway, but a 13-1 run that spanned until the 12:41 mark of the opening half distanced the hosts. UAB led by as much as 25 (46-21) before settling for a 46-23 halftime cushion.
In the second period, another three-pointer by Hollowell at 10:21 trimmed the Eagles' margin to 64-49, and later MSU got to within 84-70 with 1:58 to go but could not cut the Blazer lead under double-digits.
MSU shot 50 percent (13-of-26) in the second half and 48 percent for the game but cold not overcome 54 percent overall shooting by UAB and 10 three-pointers on 25 attempts.
SOUTHERN ILLINOIS 73, AUSTIN PEAY 55
CARBONDALE, Ill. - Despite the freshman duo of Elijah Hutchins-Everett and Caleb Stone-Carrawell combining for 37 points, the Austin Peay men’s basketball team dropped its first game of the season on the road at Southern Illinois, 73-55 on Friday night.
It was a stellar night offensively for Hutchins-Everett and Stone-Carrawell, each registering career-highs against the Salukis. Hutchins-Everett led the Govs with a career-high 19 points on 7-of-11 shooting from the field with two three-pointers. The freshman center scored 14 of his 19 points in the first half.
Stone-Carrawell notched a career-high 18 points on 8-of-14 shooting from the field. The Concord, N.C., native was 2-of-4 from behind the three-point line to go along with four rebounds, one assist, one steal and one block. Stone-Carrawell notched his second career double-digit performance and first as a Gov.
Junior Cameron Copeland ranked third on the team with seven points on 3-of-8 shooting from the field with three assists in 19 minutes. Redshirt senior Tariq Silver in 27 minutes scored five points followed by fellow redshirt senior Corbin Merritt with four and redshirt junior DJ Peavy with two.
As a team the Govs shot 39.7 percent from the field and was 5-of-21 from behind the three-point line. Southern Illinois outrebounded Austin Peay, 37-25, holding a 10-8 advantage on the offensive glass. Each team had 11 turnovers on the night with the Govs scoring 13 points off of SIU mistakes.
It was a quick start for the Govs to quiet the raucous Southern Illinois, making four of their first six field goals to take a 9-4 lead. The hot start was highlighted by jumpers from Stone-Carrawell, Copeland and a three-pointer from Hutchins-Everett.
Hutchins-Everett was dominant in the early stages, scoring eight of the Govs first 14 points as APSU held a 14-7 lead at the 14:37 mark of the first half. The lead didn’t last long as SIU embarked on a 7-0 run over the next three minutes to tie the game with 11:20 remaining.
Both teams traded baskets midway through the first half prior to Hutchins-Everett rattling off four straight points to give APSU a 24-21 lead. The Orange, N.J., native scored an easy lay-up to give the Govs a one-point lead before knocking down a jumper on the next possession to extend the Govs lead to three. Leading 24-21, Austin Peay went scoreless from the field for over three minutes as the Salukis battled back to earn a one-point advantage.
With the clock winding down to end the first half, Stone-Carrawell connected on his first triple of the night to give the Govs a 27-25 lead heading into the locker room. The Govs shot 37.9 percent in the first half and was just 2-of-9 from long distance. Austin Peay was dominant on the boards in the first half, outrebounding SIU, 19-13, with an 8-2 advantage on the offensive glass.
The second half did not start like the first for Austin Peay as the Salukis made three of its first four field goals to regain the lead. SIU ultimately went on a 20-4 run in a seven-minute stretch to earn a double-digit lead at 47-36 with 13:20 to play.
Austin Peay cut its deficit down to 14 at the halfway point of the second half after a 15-foot jumper from Corbin Merritt. However, the Govs were unable to take advantage of the momentum as the Salukis forced back-to-back turnovers and extended its lead to 62-44 with seven minutes left.
The Govs looked to rally late in the second half, cutting the Southern Illinois lead down to 11 after a three from Silver followed by an and-one from Copeland. The Govs were unable to close the gap late in the second half as Southern Illinois ended the game on a 9-2 run to earn the 73-55 victory on Friday night.
CHICAGO STATE 67, SIUE 56
CHICAGO - SIUE struggled to find its shooting touch Friday, falling to Chicago State 67-56 at the Jones Convocation Center.
After shooting near-50 percent in its opener, SIUE connected on just 15-48 (31 percent) shots. SIUE was 5-28 from three-point range, including knocking down just one of 15 three-point attempts in the second half.
Chicago State was 23-49 overall and 7-20 from three-point range, but successful on five of nine long-range shots in the second half. Chicago State outrebounded SIUE 33-22 and scored 13 second-chance points.
After trailing 27-23 at halftime, SIUE opened the second period strong, scoring the first seven points to lead 30-27 just three minutes into the half. SIUE lead 33-31 when Chicago State made a push. A 10-0 run gave the home Cougars all the momentum they would need. SIUE got as close as three (55-52) with 4:00 left, but another runs, this time 10-1 by Chicago State pushed the game out of reach with a 12-point lead and under a minute to play.
Ray'Sean Taylor set a new career high, scoring a game-high 24 points on 6-of-13 shooting. He was 9-11 at the free throw line.
Sean Doss, Jr. scored 10 points and led SIUE with seven rebounds. Shamar Wright added eight points and Lamar Wright scored seven.
Bryce Johnson (17) and Brandon Betson (16) led Chicago State, which improved to 2-0 for the year.
SAINT LOUIS 86, EASTERN ILLINOIS 44
ST. LOUIS - Saint Louis closed the first half on a 24-2 run as the Billikens led 50-16 at the half during an 86-44 win over Eastern Illinois on Friday evening at Chaifetz Arena.
Kejuan Clements scored the first basket of the game to give Eastern Illinois a brief 2-0 lead. SLU would respond with a 12-0 run, one of several runs the Billikens would put together in the opening half.
Clements scored four points in the first half and Sammy Friday IV had five points in the first half to lead the Panthers first half scoring. CJ Lane would be the lone EIU player in double figures finishing with ten.
SLU shot 51 percent in the opening half with Gibson Jimerson scoring 17 of his 18points in the opening half. SLU finished the game shooting 49 percent from the field. Marten Linssen scored all 15 of his points in the second half pacing the Billikens second half offense.
In addition to a good shooting night, SLU was dominant on the glass finishing with 49-to-25 rebound margin. Francis Okoro had 12 rebounds to lead Saint Louis posting a double-double with 11 points. Jermaine Hamlin and Barlow Alleruzzo IV led EIU with five rebounds.
SLU improved to 3-0 on the season. EIU fell to 0-2.
EIU shot 26 percent from the field during the game including 5-of-18 from 3-point range. Henry Abraham knocked down three of the Panthers 3-pointers to finish with nine points.