High Point, NC (Sports Network) - Justin Black notched 20 points and four
steals to lead the Morgan State Bears to a 75-68 win over the High Point
Panthers in BracketBuster action at the Millis Center.
Blake Bozeman had his first-career double-double for Morgan State (10-14) with
13 points and 12 rebounds. Ian Chiles added 11 points and three blocked shots.
Josh Brown paced High Point (16-11) with 24 points while Allan Chaney scored
16 points to go along with a team-high nine rebounds.
High Point never trailed in the first half and led 34-29 at halftime after
shooting 45.5 percent from the floor.
The home team went cold from behind the arc, missing all four attempts in the
second half, while Morgan State made 50 percent of its 3-point tries. Trailing
57-43 with 9:43 remaining, the Bears finished the game on a 32-11 run. Bozeman
and Black combined to hit 6-of-6 from the foul line late to seal the comeback.
Morgan State won in large part thanks to 16 offensive rebounds which led to 24
second chance points.
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