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Trevor Moore paced the Bears with a game-high 19 points (7-14 FG).
88
Winner MORGAN STATE MSUM 6-7, 1-0
81
South Carolina State SCSU-M 7-10, 0-2
Winner
MORGAN STATE MSUM
6-7, 1-0
88
Final
81
South Carolina State SCSU-M
7-10, 0-2
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 OT 1 F
MORGAN STATE MSUM 40 39 9 88
South Carolina State SCSU-M 30 49 2 81

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

Moore, Venning lead Bears past S.C. State 88-81 in OT

ORANGEBURG, S.C. (January 10, 2022) — Senior guard Trevor Moore had a season-high 19 points as Morgan State defeated South Carolina State 88-81 in overtime on Monday night at the Smith-Hamilton-Middleton Memorial Center. 

It was the Bears' first overtime victory since defeating Beltway rival Howard (89-86) on January 15, 2019 in Washington, D.C. 

Junior guard De'Torrion Ware made a game-tying 3-pointer in the final seconds of regulation to force overtime. The Bears, who posted their first road win of the season, made a season-high 15 3-pointers.
 
Sophomore forward Chad Venning added a career-high 17 points on 7 of 9 shooting and Ware finished with 15 for Morgan (6-7, 1-0 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference). Ware posted a seaon-high 11 rebounds, Venning had nine rebounds, and junior guard Keith McGee scored 14 points.
 
Omer Croskey had 19 points for the Bulldogs (7-10, 0-2), who lost 74-65 versus Coppin State on Saturday. Jemel Davis added 18 points, and Antonio TJ Madlock had 13 points, eight rebounds and six assists.

Morgan led 40-30 at halftime and have improved to 6-0 when leading at intermission. 

Morgan finished the game shooting 49.2 percent from the field and converted 13 of 17 free throws (76.5%) on the night. The Bulldogs shot 37 percent (30-81) from the field and was just 6 of 24 from beyond the arc.

SCSU won the rebounding battle 47-39, with 21 offensive boards and outscored the Bears in the paint by a 44-26 margin. 

UP NEXT
The Bears don't play again until Jan. 15 when they welcome cross-town rival Coppin State to Hill Field House. Tip-off is set for 4 p.m.


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Morgan State University, founded in 1867, is a Carnegie-classified high research (R2) institution offering nearly 140 academic programs leading to degrees from the baccalaureate to the doctorate. As Maryland's Preeminent Public Urban Research University, and the only university to have its entire campus designated as a National Treasure by the National Trust for Historic Preservation, 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.
 
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