Cincinnati 102, Chicago State 62
CINCINNATI –(CSU Media Relations) Senior Quinton Pippen (Hamburg, Ark./Hamburg) scored 20 points in Chicago State men's basketball's 102-62 loss at Cincinnati on Monday (Dec. 23) evening at Fifth Third Arena.
Pippen finished with five 3-pointers. His effort moved him into ninth all-time in career 3-pointers at Chicago State with 95. He passed Christian Wall's (2007-11) 91 and Craig Franklin's (2002-05) 92 to earn the ninth spot.
Chicago State trailed Cincinnati 35-27 with 6:25 left in the first half but recorded just one basket the rest of the frame to watch the Bearcats pull away. Cincinnati went on a 13-2 run during this time to take a 48-29 lead to the break. Cincinnati drained eight of their 12 3-pointers in the first half to help take the double-digit lead despite the Cougars limiting the Bearcats to 36.6 percent shooting in the first half.
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New Mexico 80, Grand Canyon 68
Albuquerque, N.M.- (GCU Media Relations) Grand Canyon opened the first half slowly and that proved too much to recover from as the New Mexico Lobos defeated the Antelopes 80-68 in front of a crowd of 15,322 at The Pit in Albuquerque, N.M.
Assistant coach Mark Nelson's postgame interview with Michael Potter.
The loss dropped Canyon to its third-straight loss and a 5-6 record. The Lobos improved to 9-3.
The Lobos opened the first half on a 15-3 run over the first 4:20 and closed the half on an 8-0 run over the final 2:28 to take a 46-26 lead into the half. What those numbers don't show is that in the 12:48 between those two runs was a 23-23 stretch that showed the Antelopes could compete with New Mexico, a squad that returned four starters that a year ago went 29-6 and advanced to the NCAA Tournament as the No. 3 seed.
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North Dakota State 74, Utah Valley 70
OREM, Utah –(UVU Media Relations) Despite a big night from its backcourt, Utah Valley University fell just short against North Dakota State, 74-70, on Monday night at the UCCU Center.
The Wolverines (5-7) were led by Holton Hunsaker’s game-high 22 points while Keawe Enos scored 14 and Hayes Garrity chipped in 13. Taylor Braun led the Bison (10-4) with 20 points, scoring 14 of his points on 16 free-throw attempts. Lawrence Alexander scored 19 for NDSU, the team picked to win the Summit League, on 7-for-8 shooting including 4-for-4 from the 3-point line.
Utah Valley trailed by two, 74-72, with under a minute to go when a big tip-in by Chris Kading on a Braun miss turned out to be the decisive bucket.
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