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ST. JOSEPH, Mo. – The Griffons men's team lost its second game of the year on the final day of the Hillyard Classic. The Griffons lost to No. 13-ranked Midwestern State 82-64. Missouri Western is now 3-2 while the Mustangs are 4-0.
The Mustangs jumped out to a quick 4-0 lead after one minute of play. The Griffons responded just as quickly.
Cortrez Colbert nailed a 3 followed by a three-point play to tie the game at six.
Adarius Fulton added a 3-pointer to make it 9-6, and a back-and-forth game began.
Midwestern State began to increase its lead after the 10-minute mark of the opening half.
After a 25-24 ball game, the Mustangs went on a 15-7 run to lead by 10, 41-31, with with less than one minute to play.
Ryan Devers hit two free throws to cut the lead to eight, but DeJuan Plummers' trey marked it 44-33 at halftime.
At the break, Colbert led the Griffons with 10 points. Plummer led the Mustangs with 14.
The Mustangs continued to increase their lead and made it 72-51 with 6:32 left in the game. Derek Kastner received an alley oop from Cam Adderley late in the game as Midwestern State took an 80-61 lead with one minute remaining.
Colbert led the game with 18 points. Behind him was
Cedric Clinkscales who had 17. Two Mustangs players had 16 – Plummer and Monzaigo Williams. Eddie D'Haiti and Kastner had eight rebounds for Midwestern State. Devers led Missouri Western with six.
The Griffons return to the court next week against Illinois-Springfield on Nov. 23. The game is on the road with time set for 5 p.m.
