News and Sentinel Article about the Morgan State Game in the Coaches VS
Cancer Classic!
Ohio Valley University men give Morgan State fits
STORRS, Conn. --For the second time in two days, the Ohio Valley
University men's basketball team gave a respectable effort against an
NCAA Division-I program.
In Thursday night's consolation round of the 2K Sports College Hoops
Classic at Harry A. Gampel Pavilion on the campus of the University of
Connecticut, Reggie Holmes scored a game-high 21 points to lead the
Bears from Morgan State past OVU 77-66. Holmes, who hit six 3-pointers
during Wednesday's 69-65 first-round loss to UConn, was 3-of-5 from
3-point range. Teammates Marquise Kately and Jerrel Green added 15 and
12 points, respectively.
For OVU (0-2), Chris Leborious scored in double figures for the second
game in a row after pouring in a team-high 19 points. Omar Campbell
pitched in 12 points for the Fighting Scots."It was a tough loss," OVU
coach Bill McGee said. "Our guys are competitors and they are upset
about losing, but at the same time in the locker rooom they were
talking about keeping their heads up. We competed against a Division-I
program and did a decent job against them."
The Fighting Scots led 8-6 before Morgan State established a comfort
zone with a 17-4 run. Kately scored 11 points in the first half as the
Bears extended the lead to 44-32 by intermission. "The game kind of
got away from us," McGee said. "That was the first time we faced a
zone, and (during one juncture) we turned the ball over three straight
times."OVU responded with an 11-2 run over the first four minutes of
the second half to pull within 46-43.
Morgan State maintained the three-point advantage at 52-49 with 12:16
remaining in regulation then outscored the Fighting Scots 6-1. The
Fighting Scots would get no closer than four points the rest of the
way.
Unlike Wednesday night in their loss to Buffalo, the Fighting Scots
did a much better job at the free-throw line -- hitting 19-of-23 (83
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