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Less than a week after losing to the University of Central Missouri by 26 points and allowing 95 total, No. 7 seed Missouri Southern State University held the second-seeded Mules to just 67 Thursday night in the quarterfinals of the MIAA men's tournament at Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City.
Defending against that offense is what MSSU head coach Sam McMahon mentioned being his concern after his team’s win Wednesday night. But his defense led the team to a 70-67 upset over UCM.
MSSU plays again at 8:15 p.m. Saturday against the winner of the game between No. 3 Rogers State University and No. 6 Fort Hays State University.
The Lions didn’t trail all night long and led for all but 50 seconds of the game. Those were 50 seconds that the game was tied during the first half.
Tyrone Wright Jr. collected his second straight double-double with 17 points and 11 rebounds. He tallied 22 and 14 in the first-round win over Northwest Missouri State University.
Jaden Taylor led the Lions with 23 points and grabbed eight caroms.
Southern (18-12) has made a killing in the painted area and not just with rebounds. It scored 44 paint points Thursday to score 18 more than Central in that area. It had 42 points in the paint Wednesday.
The Lions took a 34-23 lead into halftime. They grew that lead to 19 points early in the second half when the score was 44-25.
UCM (23-9) made its run back into the ballgame. A Kyran Tilley 3-pointer made it 49-40 four minutes later, with 11:46 to play.
A Tilley layup at the 10:31 mark made it 49-44.
Four minutes later, Southern took the lead back out to 10 at 61-51 with a layup from Taylor.
UCM's Houston Lazarek made a jump shot with 4:16 to play that got his team within one possession at 61-58. Less than two minutes after Lazarek’s basket, Noah Martin laid one in that made it 64-62.
Lazarek buried a trey with less than a minute left on the clock that got the Mules within a point at 68-67.
But the Lions had an answer as Colin Ruffin scored on a layup with 25 seconds left.
UCM got three looks in the final 25 seconds thanks to a missed free throw and a turnover by the Lions. But the Mules couldn’t convert.
Isaiah Atwater tallied 13 points for the Lions. The teams shot 43% overall.
UCM was 39% from the field and 25% (9 for 36) from outside. It was led by Lazarek’s 29 points.
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Defending against that offense is what MSSU head coach Sam McMahon mentioned being his concern after his team’s win Wednesday night. But his defense led the team to a 70-67 upset over UCM.
MSSU plays again at 8:15 p.m. Saturday against the winner of the game between No. 3 Rogers State University and No. 6 Fort Hays State University.
The Lions didn’t trail all night long and led for all but 50 seconds of the game. Those were 50 seconds that the game was tied during the first half.
Tyrone Wright Jr. collected his second straight double-double with 17 points and 11 rebounds. He tallied 22 and 14 in the first-round win over Northwest Missouri State University.
Jaden Taylor led the Lions with 23 points and grabbed eight caroms.
Southern (18-12) has made a killing in the painted area and not just with rebounds. It scored 44 paint points Thursday to score 18 more than Central in that area. It had 42 points in the paint Wednesday.
The Lions took a 34-23 lead into halftime. They grew that lead to 19 points early in the second half when the score was 44-25.
UCM (23-9) made its run back into the ballgame. A Kyran Tilley 3-pointer made it 49-40 four minutes later, with 11:46 to play.
A Tilley layup at the 10:31 mark made it 49-44.
Four minutes later, Southern took the lead back out to 10 at 61-51 with a layup from Taylor.
UCM's Houston Lazarek made a jump shot with 4:16 to play that got his team within one possession at 61-58. Less than two minutes after Lazarek’s basket, Noah Martin laid one in that made it 64-62.
Lazarek buried a trey with less than a minute left on the clock that got the Mules within a point at 68-67.
But the Lions had an answer as Colin Ruffin scored on a layup with 25 seconds left.
UCM got three looks in the final 25 seconds thanks to a missed free throw and a turnover by the Lions. But the Mules couldn’t convert.
Isaiah Atwater tallied 13 points for the Lions. The teams shot 43% overall.
UCM was 39% from the field and 25% (9 for 36) from outside. It was led by Lazarek’s 29 points.
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