James Baker Jr. had 14 points as Morehead State beat Southeast Missouri 64-50 on Saturday. Skyelar Potter had 11 points for Morehead State (9-6, 6-2 Ohio Valley Conference), which won its fifth straight game. De’Von Cooper added 11 points.
The Redhawks and Eagles were tied, 31-31, at haltime, but MSU dominated the second half to claim its fifth-straight victory and eighth in its last 10 games. MSU opened the second stanza with an 8-0 run and outscored SEMO, 33-19, in the final 20 minutes. The Redhawks couldn't get the Eagles lead under five points at any point following MSU's surge.
CHARLESTON, Ill. (AP) -- Johni Broome had 20 points as Morehead State easily beat Eastern Illinois 87-61 on Thursday night.
CONF | OVR | PF | PA | |
---|---|---|---|---|
1-0 | 3-4 | 476 | 491 | |
8-0 | 14-1 | 1222 | 1033 | |
6-1 | 12-2 | 1150 | 985 | |
6-2 | 9-6 | 964 | 955 | |
3-2 | 7-4 | 813 | 761 | |
4-3 | 8-5 | 957 | 863 | |
2-4 | 4-8 | 827 | 868 | |
2-4 | 5-6 | 881 | 748 | |
2-4 | 5-8 | 947 | 993 | |
2-6 | 2-13 | 963 | 1174 | |
1-5 | 3-7 | 690 | 797 | |
1-7 | 2-9 | 752 | 785 |