Score: Morgan State 80 | LMU 81 OT
Location: Los Angeles, Calif. (Gersten Pavilion)
Records: Morgan State 2-5 | LMU 5-2

The short story: Morgan State senior guard Isaiah Burke scored a career-high 30 points but Loyola Marymount rallied to drop the Bears 81-80 in overtime Wednesday afternoon at the Gersten Pavilion in Los Angeles.

OPENING TIP

• Senior forward Keli Leaupepe led the Lions with a career-high 29 points and shot 6-for-11 from the field and converted 15-for-18 from the free throw line … he also had a game-high 11 rebounds. 
• Senior guard Cam Shelton finished with a career-high 26 points (10-17 FG) with five boards, four assists and three steals. Junior guard Jalin Anderson also scored double figures with 11 points.
• Senior guard Isaiah Burke led the Bears with 18 of his career-high 30 points (12-17 FG) in 45 minutes of action in the first half. 
• Senior Malik Miller recorded a double-double with 14 points and 10 rebounds in 40 minutes. Junior Khalil Turner finished with 14 points and three rebounds and three steals.

THE DIFFERENCE

• LMU turned over Morgan 21 times and scored 23 points off those miscues.
• Morgan outplayed and out hustled the Lions in the opening 20 minutes and held a 46-38 halftime lead behind Burke's 18-point (4-6 3FG) explosion. 
• The Bears used a 12-2 run behind four consecutive 3-pointers with the last one buried by Burke to give Morgan an 11-point edge at the 2:50 mark for their largest lead of the half (44-33). 
• Cam Shelton scored on a goaltending call on Khalil Turner to cut the lead to 71-70 with 2:12 remaining in regulation. On the ensuing play, Rob Lawson was whistled for an offensive foul (1:50) and the Lions took the lead at 71-70 on a bankshot in the lane by Shelton … it was LMU's first lead since the 11:20 mark on the first half when they held a 17-15 advantage.
• Burke split a pair of free throws to tie the game (71-71) with 1:13 to go, stopping a 7-0 run by the Lions.
• Shelton scored in the paint to put the Lions in from 74-72 with 57 seconds remaining.
• LMU called their final timeout with 29 second left to go, but had the ensuing inbounds pass stolen by Khalil Turner who raced down the floor for a dunk to tie the game at 74-74. In the final seconds, Malik Miller stole the ball from Shelton at mid court and launched a deep 3-pointer at the buzzer that banged off the glass no good. The teams headed into overtime.
• Burke opened the overtime with a 3-point play to go up 77-74…Miller split a pair from the stripe to go up 78-74.
• Leaupepe scored two baskets to ties the game at 78-78. Cam Shelton scored inside to give LMU a 81-79 lead with 59 seconds left.
• Khalil Turner missed a contested corner three-pointer as time expired.
• The Lions opened the second half by outscoring the Bears 6-0 … Lewis Djonkam picked up his 4th foul with 17:37 and the Bears leading 46-43.
• Both teams struggled from the free throw line - LMU shot .677 (21-31), while the Bears were 14-for-21 (.667).
• The Lions were in the bonus at the 12:33 mark with MSU leading 58-51.
• Burke hit a difficult shot in the paint to give the Bears a 61-50 lead with 11:56 left in the game.
• MSU shot .483 (29-of-60) from the field, compared to LMU's .456 (26-of-57). That advantage carried over to beyond the arc, where the Bears outshot the Lions .500 (8-of-16) to .364 (8-of-22) from 3-point range.
• MSU led for 33:09 out of the 45 minutes, while LMU only led for 6:11.

NOTABLE

• Wednesday night's game marked the sixth meeting between the teams … the series is tied 3-3.
• Isaiah Burke's 30-point performance was the most points scored by a Bear player since De'Torrion Ware had a 36-point outing against Delaware State on Jan. 24, 2021.
• The Bears are 1-1 in overtime contests so far this 2022-23 season … Morgan defeated Utah Valley 73-72 in overtime in the first round of the Jersey Mike's Jamaica Classic.
• After taking a 37-25 lead into the break, the Royals would continue to extend their lead as the Bears never came within eight points of the lead for the remainder of the game.

UP NEXT

The Bears will return to action in Baltimore when they matchup against the visiting Dragons of Virginia University of Lynchburg.  Tip-off at Hill Field House is set for November 29th at 6:00 p.m (EST).  The game will be streamed live on morganstatebears.com. 

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ABOUT MORGAN
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.