Appalachian State 81, Howard 59
La Salle 85, Morgan State 68
Coastal Carolina 91, North Carolina Central 71
Cal Baptist 87, Bethune-Cookman 68
Appalachian State 81, Howard 59
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Howard University Bison fell to the Appalachian State Mountaineers, 81-59, Saturday in Burr Gymnasium.
Charles 'CJ' Williams' (Richmond, Va.)17 points and
Nate Garvey's (Nanuet, N.Y.) 11 points paced the Bison offensive attack. While
Zion Cousins (Upper Marlboro, Md.) led Howard with eight rebounds.
With the loss, Howard falls to 1-10, while Appalachian State improves to 5-5.
The Mountaineers jumped out the gate connecting on a long ball nine-seconds into the contest taking an early lead, 3-0. Garvey answered back with a three of his own until the officials ruled that his foot was on the line making it a 3-2 contest.
App. State extended the lead to 6-2 on a three-point play the old-fashion way when Isaac Johnson connected on a short-jumper after being fouled in the process.
Howard's Cousin and Bristol Wayne, Jr. (Upper Marlboro, Md.) connected on back-to-back jumpers to tie the game at six apiece with 17:56 on the clock in the first half.
Over the next four minutes, the Mountaineers would take an eight-point advantage until
Kyle Foster knocked in a deep three-pointer to close the gap, 27-24 with 6:11 left in the first half.
Appalachian State held Howard scoreless over the next four-minutes in-route to a 10-2 run to extend the lead, 37-26.
HU's
Ian Lee (Toronto, Canada) broke the run, connecting on a long ball as the shot clock expired to cut the lead, 37-29. The Mountaineers answered back connecting a 3-point shot of their own to push the lead, 40-29.
The two squads would trade baskets into intermission with App. State taking a 42-30 lead into the locker rooms.
Cousins was the workhorse in the first half, playing the full first-half recording eight points and three rebounds a team-high.
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La Salle 85, Morgan State 68
PHILADELPHIA, Pa. – Isaiah Deas scored 17 before halftime to give the Explorers a lead, then finished with a season high 31 points and made 6 of 11 3-pointers to help La Salle beat the Bears 85-68 on Saturday afternoon at Tom Gola Arena.
The teams battled throughout most of the first half until Deas took over.
The senior from Brooklyn (N.Y.) went on a 17-0 run by himself over a 5 minute stretch. The Explorers held a 33-21 lead after Deas buried his fifth three of the half.
La Salle (6-3) outscored the Bears 25-6 to end the first half with a 41-27 advantage at the intermission.
Morgan State (4-8) used an 8-2 run to trim the Explorers lead after halftime. A putback basket by sophomore guard
Isaiah Burke cut the lead to 50-41 with 16:01 remaining, and eventually down to a six point lead following a layup by senior guard
Stanley Davis to make it 53-47.
The Bears trailed 68-61 following a 3-point play and a pair of free throws by sophomore guard
Sherwyn Devonish-Prince with just over 6 minutes remaining in the contest.
Deas helped stem the tide with a for a turnaround jumper over Devonish as part of a 7-0 spurt to give the Explorers a 75-61 lead with 2:56 remaining.
Morgan State junior forward
Troy Baxter scored the first seven points of the game for the Bears and finished the day with 15 points (6-7 FG) and five rebounds.
Davis scored 14 points and Burke had 12 points and led the Bears on the glass with six rebounds.
La Salle only had three turnovers in the first half and finished the game with seven, despite the Bears full court defense pressure. Meanwhile, the Explorers scored 28 points off of 16 turnovers by the Bears.
Morgan State held a 36-31 advantage on the glass and outscored the Explorers by a commanding 40-24 margin inside the paint.
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Coastal Carolina 91, North Carolina Central 71
CONWAY, S.C. – North Carolina Central University and Coastal Carolina went back-and-forth in the early part of the contest, but an early run from the Chanticleers gave them separation for a 91-71 win on Saturday, Dec. 14 at the HTC Center.
NCCU (3-9) and CCU (7-4) traded the lead four times in the opening stages of the contest, but the Chanticleers strung together a 7-0 run to pull in front of the Eagles, and wouldn’t surrender the lead for the rest of the half. CCU shot 65 percent from the floor in the first 20 minutes, and that led to a 43-29 lead for the hosts at the intermission.
The Eagles picked up the pace in the second half and shot 48 percent from the floor with four treys, but CCU also shot 50 percent from the field and kept the Eagles at bay for a 91-71 final score.
Jibri Blount (Pittsburgh, Pa.) posted 11 of his joint game-high 19 points in the second period as he recorded his second consecutive double-double with 19 points and 11 rebounds. Nicolas Fennell (Bowie, Md.) posted his first career double-double with 12 points and 10 rebounds for the Eagles as well.
NCCU had a total of four players in double-digits, as Ty Graves (Greensboro, N.C.) posted 13 points, and Jordan Perkins (Greensboro, N.C.) poured in 11 points with four rebounds, three assists and four steals.
CCU was led by DeVante’ Jones (New Orleans, La.) as he earned a double-double with 19 points and 10 assists, and Keishawn Brewton (Spartanburg, S.C.) followed with 18 points. Tyrell Gumbs-Frater (Toronto, Ontario) chipped in 13 points, followed by Garrick Green (Baton Rouge, La.) with 10 points. Tommy Burton (Montgomery, Ala.) nearly had a double-double of his own with eight points and 10 boards.
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Cal Baptist 87, Bethune-Cookman 68
RIVERSIDE, Calif. – Isaiah Bailey scored a game-high 21 points in Bethune-Cookman's 87-68 loss at California Baptist late Saturday night.
Bailey had 18 first-half points, but the Wildcats (5-6) would drop their fourth straight.
Cletrell Pope registered his seventh double-double of the season with 16 points and 10 rebounds.
Dejon Davis led five players in double-figures with a 16-point, 13-rebound double-double as the Lancers (6-4) shot 59.7 percent (16-27) from the field, including 8-16 from three-point range in the second half to pull away from a 41-31 halftime game.
Wali Parks' three-pointer with 8:34 remaining in the first half pulled BCU back to a 22-22 tie, but CBU would use a 10-0 run to turn a 28-26 lead into a 38-26 cushion late in the first half.
Parks finished with nine points on 3-4 shooting from three-point range.
Jordan Preaster added seven points.
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