KEARNEY, Neb. — Griffon Men's Basketball's losing streak has reached six games after Saturday afternoon's 85-75 loss to Nebraska Kearney inside the Health and Sports Center.
Missouri Western (8-12, 4-10 MIAA) jumped out to a 22-14 lead early on, but a 15-5 run from UNK (4-16, 2-12 MIAA) helped give the Lopers a 41-31 halftime lead. The Loper lead ballooned up to as much as 17 in the second half, and MWSU was only able to cut the deficit to just eight a handful of times. Timely buckets down the stretch iced the game, as UNK shot 60.7% from the field in the second half.
NOTABLES
- Taye Fields led MWSU with 20 points and 11 rebounds, giving him his third double-double of the season and the ninth of his career.
- Julius Dixon got back into the double-digit column with 18 points off 3-of-6 shooting from three.
- With 14 points, JaRon Thames has scored more than 10 points in the last four games. He is averaging 16 points per game in that span.
- Reed Kemp's nine points off the bench pushed him over the century mark for the season.
- MWSU will see UNK again in a rescheduled game from December on Feb. 27 at the MWSU Fieldhouse.
UP NEXT
The Griffons head back home to take on Washburn (10-9, 7-6 MIAA) on Wednesday inside the Looney Complex. The Ichabods are on an MIAA-high five-game winning streak after defeating Northeastern State, 66-56, on Saturday in Topeka, Kansas.
