MSU's Kevin Thompson and Rodney Stokes combined for 33 points and 23 rebounds against the Mountaineers.
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BOONE, N.C. – Two Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference teams, and two wins for Appalachian State.
The Mountaineers hosted South Carolina State earlier in the day during the first round of the Football Championship Subdivision Playoffs and came away with a 20-13 win. ASU capped the day by posting a narrow home basketball victory against Morgan State in the first matchup between the teams.
Jeremy Booth hit an off-balanced three-pointer as ASU rallied from seven points down to send the ballgameinto overtime and Andre Williamson hit a clutch free throw at the end to help the Mountaineers pull-off a 93-92 win on Saturday at Holmes Center.
Senior guard Reggie Holmes had a game-high 23 points and sophomore Kevin Thompson added 21 points and 15 rebounds, but the Bears were unable to convert critical free throws down the stretch.
MSU (4-2) shot 15-of-25 from the free throw line, a number of the misses were in the final moments of the game. The Mountaineers were sent to the line 27 times, where they got 20 points, including Andre Williamson's free throw with 16.5 seconds remaining that proved to be the difference in the ballgame.
Both teams ran the floor aggressively. The Bears dominated play in the paint, especially with the duo of Thompson and junior forward Rodney Stokes. In fact the duo combined for 33 points and 23 rebounds, including three baskets during the close of regulation that helped give the Bears a 77-70 lead with 1:54 to go in regulation.
The Mountaineers (2-3) held a slight advantage on the boards (44-40) and shot 46.4 percent from the field mainly from transition baskets.
MSU was held to 5-of-17 shooting from 3-point territory, while ASU shot 40.9 percent (9-22) including 5 3-pointers by Donald Sims.
ASU had six players score in double-figures. Sims led the way with 19 points, Isaac Butts added 14 points and 13 rebounds off of the bench.
BEAR NOTE
The last time MSU played an overtime game was on February 25, 2008 at Hill Field House in a 66-62 conference overtime win against Hampton.
MSU shot 48 percent (36-75) from the field
The Bears entered the game having won 6 of its last 8 non- conference meetings, including wins against Arkansas, Maryland, Towson, Albany, UMBC and ETSU
For the second consecutive game, the Bears posted 90+ points and allowed 90+ points
MSU sophomore point guard Sean Thomas added a career-high 10 assists
