Score: Morgan State 83 | Cheyney 84
Location: Hard Rock Hotel Riviera Maya, Cancun, Mexico
Records: Morgan State 2-5 | Chicago State 2-5
The short story: Jahsean Corbett scored 18 points and added eight rebounds and four steals as Chicago State held off Morgan State, 84-83, to take third place in the Cancun Challenge Mayan Division tournament on Wednesday.
OPENING TIP
- Corbett, a junior 6-foot-7 forward, went 6-for-14 for 18 points and grabbed a game-high eight boards with four steals in 32 minutes.
- Junior guard Wesley Cardet Jr. scored 14 points with four steals. Brent Davis and Kedrick Green added 14 and 11 points, respectively for the Cougars.
- Senior guard Wynston Tabbs paced the Bears with a game-high 23 points with five rebounds, three assists and two steals in minutes.
- Junior guard Amahrie Simpkins came off the bench and scored a season-high 22 points on 10-for-13 shooting from the field to go along with five boards in 36 minutes.
- Redshirt junior guard Kamron Hobbs scored 11 points (3-6 3FG).
THE DIFFERENCE
- Morgan connected on 53.8 percent of their shots from the field and 35.3 percent (6-17) from behind the arc while the Cougars shot 50.9 percent from the field and was held to 3 of 13 (.231) on 3-pointers.
- Morgan was 7-for-13 (.538) from the stripe, compared to the Chicago State's .692 percent (27-39).
- The teams battled to almost a standstill, before a turnover by Christian Oliver led to a fast break layup by Brent Davis to cap a 6-0 run by the Cougars. Chicago State entered the halftime break with a 45-39 lead.
- Wesley Cardet scored a layup to give the Cougars an 83-80 lead, but the Bears answered when Wynston Tabbs scored a deep 3-pointer to knot the game at 83-83 with 20 seconds left. Kiran Oliver fouled Crawford with 14 seconds to go and he ended up splitting a pair of free throws to give the Cougars a 84-83 advantage.
- Kedrick Green fed Wesley Cardet for a two-handed dunk to give the Cougars its largest lead of the half at 69-61 with 9:01 remaining.
- Morgan's coach Kevin Broadus called a timeout with 3.3 seconds remaining to setup a final play. Morgan's go-to man, Wynston Tabbs, got the ball and pulled up for a contested jumper near the free throw line, the ball grazed the front rim as the horn sounded.
- The Bears finished the contest with 11 assists.
- Chicago State outrebounded Morgan 33-32.
- Morgan scored 12 points off of forcing 9 Cougar turnovers, while Chicago State scored 14 points off of 19 Bear turnovers.
- The Cougars outscored the Bears by an 14-12 margin in fastbreak points.
- The contest had six lead changes and six ties.
NOTABLE
- The matchup marked the first meeting between the teams.
- Wynston Tabbs was named to the 2023 Mayan Division All-Tournament Team ... Tabbs scored 54 points (27 avg) and shot 52 percent (21-40) from the field in the two-game tournament.
UP NEXT
The Bears will tip-off against the Towson Tigers at 4 p.m. Eastern Time on Sunday (Nov. 26). The game will be broadcast on
FloHoops.
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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.
