Stan Jumper
Carroll Smith
89
Winner Morgan State MSUM 7-10 (2-2 MEAC)
86
Howard HOWM 7-11 (1-3 MEAC)
Winner
Morgan State MSUM
7-10 (2-2 MEAC)
89
Final
86
Howard HOWM
7-11 (1-3 MEAC)
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 OT 1 F
Morgan State MSUM 34 38 17 89
Howard HOWM 31 41 14 86

Game Recap: Men's Basketball | | MSU Athletic Communications

Bears Stun Howard in Overtime, 89-86

Junior guard Stanley Davis finished with 21 points and 10 rebounds.

WASHINGTON, D.C. (January 15, 2019) -- Junior guard Stanley Davis hit the go-ahead free throw with 48 seconds left in overtime, and the Morgan State Bears outlasted the Howard Bison for an 89-86 victory Tuesday night at Burr Gymnasium in Washington, D.C. 

Davis, the reigning MEAC Defensive Player of the Week, helped the Bears end a seven-game road losing streak and a two-game skid when he scored five of his team-high 21 points in the extra session. 

The Bears exhaled as junior forward David Syfax was fouled hard by Andre Toure on a breakaway. The Detroit product stepped up and knocked in a pair of clutch free throws to give the Bears an 83-80 lead with 27 seconds remaining. The Bison would get no closer.

Syfax finished with a season-high 16 points (6-6 FT), seven rebounds and two blocked shots off the bench. Sophomore guard Kyson Rawls added 17 points with two assists and two steals. Freshman guard Sherwyn Devonish-Prince had 18 points and made four free throws in a game-deciding 9-0 run in overtime.

Howard's (7-10, 2-2) Charles Williams led all scorers with 25 points (8-22 FG) and Chad Lott finished with nine of his 24 points in overtime. 

RJ Cole blocked a shot by Devonish-Prince and raced to the other end of the floor where he converted a 3-pointer to give Howard a 70-61 lead with 2:34 left to play.
 
Senior guard Martez Cameron buried a 3-pointer and Kyson Rawls hit a pair of free throws with 44 seconds to go to trim the lead to 70-68.
 
Devonish-Prince was fouled after an over-the-back call with 7.4 left to go. The freshman hit his free throws and RJ Cole was fouled on the ensuing inbounds with 6 seconds remaining and Howard leading 72-70. Cole missed the front end of the one-and-one and the Bears raced the ball up the floor where Rawls finished at the rim with a layup to send the game into overtime as the horn sounded. 

The Bears commanded most of the first half of action behind fast-paced play. The Bears scored 21 points off of 13 Bison turnovers in the first half.

Antonio Gillespie hit a 3-pointer to give MSU a 21-15 lead midway through the first half. 
 
The Bears largest lead of the half was 32-25, but the Bison used a 6-2 run to trim MSU's lead to 34-31 at the intermission. 

The game was originally scheduled for Monday ((Jan 14) but was postponed because of snowy weather.

ABOUT MORGAN
Morgan State University, founded in 1867, is a Carnegie-classified doctoral research institution offering more than 100 academic programs leading to degrees from the baccalaureate to the doctorate. As Maryland's Preeminent Public Urban Research University, Morgan serves a multiethnic and multiracial student body and seeks to ensure that the doors of higher education are opened as wide as possible to as many as possible. For more information about Morgan State University, visit www.morgan.edu. 

The National Trust for Historic Preservation named Morgan State University a National Treasure in 2016, in the latest significant effort towards preserving the rich cultural legacy of Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs). The National Trust and Morgan State University have partnered to develop a preservation plan that stewards the many historic buildings on campus, while planning wisely for the university's future. To learn more about the Morgan State University National Treasure, visit www.savingplaces.org.





 
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