Men's Basketball

Hot First Half Leads Flashes Over Northern Kentucky

Sunday's Scoreboard
Kent State 92, Northern Kentucky 73
Marshall 81, Ohio 67 
Milwaukee 71, Western Michigan 63 
Wright State 85, Bowling Green 67
Iowa 106, Northern Illinois 53 
Stories Courtesy of Associated Press 
 
Kent State 92, Northern Kentucky 73
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KENT, Ohio-  The Kent State men's basketball team (3-1) used balanced scoring in its 92-73 win over Northern Kentucky on Sunday afternoon at the M.A.C. Center.

KSU had five players finish in double-figures as Justyn Hamilton led the way with a career-high 22 points. Michael Nuga and Danny Pippen both added 19 points, while Malique Jacobs and Gabe O'Neal rounded out the double-digit scoring with 13 and 10 points, respectively.

Marshall 81, Ohio 67 
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HUNTINGTON, W.Va. -- — Taevion Kinsey had 28 points as Marshall topped Ohio 81-67 on Sunday. Kinsey hit 10 of 13 shots. Jarrod West had 14 points for Marshall (4-0). Mikel Beyers added 13 points.

Dwight Wilson III had 24 points for the Bobcats (4-2). Jason Preston added 19 points.

Milwaukee 71, Western Michigan 63 
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KALAMAZOO, Mich. – Despite having three players in double figures the Western Michigan men's basketball team was unable to mount a late comeback in its 71-63 loss to Milwaukee on Sunday afternoon inside University Arena.

Forcing Milwaukee to commit three turnovers in a two-minute span the Broncos trailed by just two with five minutes left after a fast break lay-up from redshirt junior Jason Whitens. However, the Milwaukee defense held the Bronco offense scoreless for the next three minutes as the Panthers gained a 63-57 lead with 90 seconds remaining.

The two teams traded corner three-pointers as WMU's deficit trimmed to six with 45 seconds to play. It was as close as the Broncos got as Milwaukee made five of its final six free-throws to secure the victory.

Wright State 85, Bowling Green 67
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BOWLING GREEN, Ohio -- — Tanner Holden scored 19 points, leading five into double figures and Wright State topped Bowling Green 85-67 on Sunday.

Jaylon Hall added 17 points with five assists for the Raiders, while Loudon Love chipped in 16. Love also had 16 rebounds and four blocks.

Love, with 920 career boards, surpassed Bill Edwards (1990-93) as the all-time career rebounds leader for Wright State. Love came into the game with 904 rebounds, trailing Edwards by three, tied the mark at 13:18 of the first half and took over the top spot with a board at 11:58.

Grant Basile had 12 points and nine rebounds for Wright State (2-1).
Trey Calvin, who led the Raiders in scoring coming into the contest with 16.0 points per game, had only 5 points. He shot 17 percent from behind the arc (1 of 6).

Kaden Metheny had 15 points for the Falcons (4-2), whose four-game winning streak ended with the loss. Daeqwon Plowden added 14 points. Justin Turner had 13 points and six assists.

Iowa 106, Northern Illinois 53 
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IOWA CITY, Iowa -- — Joe Wieskamp and the rest of the starters for No. 3 Iowa got to take a second-half break Sunday.

Luka Garza scored 23 points and Wieskamp added 20 in the Hawkeyes' 106-53 romp over Northern Illinois.

Garza and Wieskamp left at the 15:22 mark of the second half and didn't return as coach Fran McCaffery used his reserves for most of the half. Eleven Hawkeyes played 10 or more minutes.

"You did your job when you're sitting on the bench for 16 minutes in the second half," Wieskamp said.

The Hawkeyes (6-0) played their third game in six days. After playing No. 16 North Carolina and Iowa State last week, and a game against top-ranked Gonzaga coming up Saturday, a little time off to be a spectator was just fine for Wieskamp.