Score: Morgan State 54 | Longwood 88
Location: Hill Field House, Baltimore, Md.
Records: Morgan State 2-8 | Longwood 8-1
The short story:  A second-half surge by Longwood on Sunday proved to be too much for the Morgan State men's basketball team as it fell 88-54. The Bears drop to 2-8 on the season, while the Lancers advance to 8-1.

OPENING TIP

• Elijah Tucker, a redshirt sophomore from Canton, Ga., led the Lancers with a double-double off the bench. He finished with a 17 points 6-of-11 shooting and added a game-high 11 rebounds.
• Senior guard Walyn Napper scored 13 points (6-11 FG) and grabbed five boards with seven assists, and four steals in 31 minutes. Senior forward Jesper Granlund, and graduate student Michael Christmas added 12 points apiece.
• Redshirt-senior guard Wynston Tabbs scored eight of his 12 points (5-16 FG) in the first half. He also added four assists and a steal in 27 minutes. 
• Redshirt-junior Kamron Hobbs knocked down 3-of-5 3-pointers and had 11 points, while redshirt-junior Will Thomas added 11 points (5-8 FG).
• Junior 7-footer Christian Oliver led the Bears on the glass with six boards and chipped in nine points.
   

THE DIFFERENCE

• Longwood connected on 51.6 percent (32-62) of their shots from the field and 30.8 percent from behind the arc while the Bears shot 43.4 percent from the field and connected on 4 of 14 (.286) 3-pointers.
• Morgan shot .333 (4-12) from the free throw line, compared to Longwoods' .690 percent (20-29).
• The Lancers outscored the Bears in the paint by a 48-28 margin, including a 24-8 edge in the second half.
• Longwood outrebounded the Bears by a commanding 45-25 margin, including a 16-5 advantage on the offensive boards.
• Longwood's bench outscored the Bears by a 37-16 margin.
• Longwood outscored Morgan 71-23 in that stretch to turn a 14-point deficit into an 88-54 win.
• The 48-point swing extended Longwood's best start at the Division I level.
• Morgan was held to 10-of-36 shooting from the floor over the final 27:30 of the game.
• Down 31-17 with eight minutes to play in the first half, Tucker jumpstarted a 9-0 run that put Longwood back in the game.
• The Lancer defense held a Morgan State side that started 13-17 from the floor to 3-11 shooting over the final eight minutes of the half. Tucker had seven points during those eight minutes as Longwood cut the Morgan lead to 38-37 at the break.
• In the second half, the defense was again sensational. Longwood gave up five points in the first 10 minutes. Granlund drained back-to-back threes to start the game deciding run. He nailed one off a Napper feed with 15:39 to go to give Longwood the lead for good at 45-43.
• Morgan was held scoreless for the next six minutes during a 22-0 Longwood run that saw the lead balloon to 64-43 with 9:07 to play. Longwood never let up and extended the lead to 34 before the final horn.

NOTABLE

• The win improves Longwood's series record against Morgan to 2-1.
• Morgan's record is currently 0-7 when being outrebounded.

UP NEXT

The Bears return to the Hill Field House hardwood on Wednesday, December 6 for a 6 p.m. tip versus UMBC.
 

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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.