goucher89
52
GOUCHER GOU 2-10, 0-1
89
Winner MORGAN STATE MSUM 6-8, 0-0
GOUCHER GOU
2-10, 0-1
52
Final
89
MORGAN STATE MSUM
6-8, 0-0
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
GOUCHER GOU 17 35 52
MORGAN STATE MSUM 49 40 89

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

Miller, Burke Lead Bears 89-52 Victory over Goucher

Malik Miller scored a game-high 26 points with 17 rebounds and five steals.

Score: Morgan State 89 | Goucher 52
Location: Hill Field House, Baltimore, Md.
Records: Morgan State 6-8 | Goucher 2-9, 0-1
The short story: Senior guard Malik Miller scored a game-high 26 points with 17 rebounds and five assists as Morgan State defeated Goucher, 89-52, in non-conference action Saturday night at Hill Field House. With the win, the Bears improve to a 6-8 overall record and remain unbeaten at home with a 4-0 mark.

OPENING TIP
  • Miller connected on 11-of-22 from the floor and scored 18 of his game-high 26 points in the first half.
  • Senior guard Isaiah Burke added 18 points on 4-of-8 shooting from beyond the arc with four assists and three steals in 31 minutes.
  • Graduate student Lewis Djonkam finished with 12 points (5-8 FG) and redshirt sophomore Will Thomas added 12 points with three assists and two blocked shots. 
  • Toto Fagbenle chipped in 4 points, 4 rebounds, 4 assists, two blocks and two steals in 21 minutes.
  • John Dixon and Onterio Miller scored 13 points apiece to lead the Gophers. Dixon was 5-of-8 from the field and went 3-for-3 from downtown, while Miller was also perfect from 3-point territory (3-3 3FG) and shot 5-of-6 from the floor. Darrell Green had 8 points (4-9 FG) with three assists.
THE DIFFERENCE
  • The Bears outscored the Hawks 9-0 thru the first 4 minutes of action.
  • Goucher closed the gap behind a 5-0 spurt and a free throw by Jacob Moore cut the Bears lead to 9-5 - it was the closest the Gophers would be all night.
  • Lewis Djonkam scored on a layup to help ignite a 13-2 run capped by a Miller layup to extend the Bears lead to 22-10 with just under 10 minutes remaining. 
  • Onterio Miller hit a 3-pointer to cut the lead to 24-17, but the Bears responded as Miller scored 13 points during a 25-0 run and went into the intermission leading 49-17. 
  • Morgan held its largest lead of the night after Isaiah Burke buried his fourth 3-pointer to give the Bears a 71-31 lead with 10:10 remaining in the game.
  • Goucher, a member of the Landmark Conference (CAA) and NCAA Division III, committed 22 turnovers that led to 27 points by the Bears. 
  • Morgan shot .818 (9-11) from the free throw line, while the Gophers finished 3-for-8 (.375) from the stripe.
  • The Bears out-rebounded the Gophers by a commanding 44-23 margin.
  • Morgan shot .529 (36-of-68) from the field, compared to Goucher's .389 (21-of-54). The Gophers shot .467 (7-15) from beyond the arc, while the Bears connected on 8-of-21 (.381) from 3-point range.
  • Morgan scored 50 points inside the paint.
NOTABLE
  • Wednesday night's game improved Morgan's home record to 4-0 this season.
  • Malik Miller collected his sixth double-double of the season and he matched his career-high with 17 rebounds ... he grabbed 17 boards against Delaware State on Feb. 6, 2021 at Hill Field House.
  • Miller currently sits at No. 7 among Morgan's all-time leading rebounders with 740 rebounds in 113 games ... Miller is just two boards shy of Phil Carr who  ranks No. 6 all-time with 734 rebounds in 86 games (2015-18).
 
UP NEXT
Morgan State will open the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference slate when they face the North Carolina Central Eagles (7-7, 0-0) on Saturday night inside Hill Field House. Tip-off is slated for 4:00 p.m. (EST) and fans can catch the action live via 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.


 
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