OPENING TIP

• Turner, a Bowling Green transfer, went 5-for-7 for 13 points in the first half, matching his season high which he previously set against Marshall. He'd go on to surpass it in the second half, just missing a second double-double this year.
• Junior forward Justin Archer scored 12 points with 10 rebounds. Bryan Antoine and Truth Harris added 11 points apiece for the Highlanders.
• Senior guard Wynston Tabbs paced the Bears with a game- and career-high 31 points and shot 11-for-19 from the floor and 3-pointers and added five boards 31 minutes.
• Redshirt senior forward Will Thomas scored 13 of his 15 points in the first half and finished with a team-high seven rebounds. Amahrie Simpkins came off the bench and added nine points with six boards in 23 minutes.

THE DIFFERENCE

• Morgan connected on 55.7 percent of their shots from the field and 40.9 percent (9-22) from behind the arc while the Wolves shot 31.3 percent from the field and connected on 6 of 20 (.300) 3-pointers.
• Morgan shot .722 (13-18) from the free throw line, compared to the Cheyney's .286 percent (4-14).
• Both teams got off to a slow start on the offensive end, combining for 16 fouls and 12 turnovers in the first half alone. The Highlanders took a 37-29 lead into the halftime break
• The score read 29-23 with exactly three minutes to go in the period before back-to-back three-pointers from Kenyon Giles and Chandler Turner gave Radford the clear momentum. A big stop on the defensive end then led to a Giles turnaround jumper, making it 37-23 in favor of the Highlanders, forcing a MSU timeout.
• Wynston Tabbs and Will Thomas kept the Bears in it until the very end, when an Antoine steal followed by two clutch free throws sealed the victory.
• The Bears finished the contest with 7 assists.
• Morgan outrebounded Radford 37-36.
• Morgan scored 11 points off of forcing 11 Radford turnovers.
• Morgan outscored the Highlanders by an 12-3 margin in fastbreak points.
• Morgan State's first and final lead of the game came at the 18:39 mark of the first half when the score was 3-2.

UP NEXT 
With the loss, the Bears will now face the loser of Northern Colorado and Chicago State who face off at 3 p.m. Eastern Time on Tuesday. The third and final game of the Cancun Challenge for Morgan is set to tip off at 12:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 22 with a live stream available for purchase on FloHoops.

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