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Vladimir Cherry

Men's Basketball By Nick Eatman

MSU lights up scoreboard; Cruises past ENMU

The Lone Star Conference regular-season champs looked every bit the part Wednesday night in the first round of the LSC Championship.
 
      The Mustangs had all 14 players in uniform find in the scoring column, including four in double figures as the No. 1 seed dominated Eastern New Mexico, 112-68 at the Allen Event Center.
 
      The Mustangs not only set a new season high in points scored, surpassing the 110 they racked up last month against these same Greyhounds, but the 112 points set a new school record for points in an LSC tournament game, breaking the mark of 110 Midwestern scored against Southwestern Oklahoma in 2000.
 
      Senior guard Jordan Stevens, MSU’s leading scorer all season, led the way with 21 points. Khapri Alston had 14 points and seven rebounds, DeVaughn Jones had a double-double with 12 points and 11 boards and Hershell Grant scored 10. Junior center Trevor Fuller, the LSC’s Defensive Player of the Year, collected four more blocks along with four rebounds. 
 
      Only MSU one player – guard Pat Smith – had more than 20 minutes of action, but 12 players had more than 10 minutes on the floor.
 
      The Mustangs, who currently hold the No. 1 spot in the latest South Central Regional rankings, improved to 22-5 and will play Friday night against the winner of Cameron-West Texas A&M. The Greyhounds wrap up their season with a 5-22 record.
 
      Deyton De La Cerda and Kevin Saiz had 10 each for ENMU, which also had 10 players in the scoring column.
 
      The Mustangs led 29-21 in the first half before using a 14-0 run to pull away for good. The Mustangs shot 59.0 percent in the first half and scored 63 points, before finishing with a 51.3 percent average for the game.

 

 











Midwestern State Press Conference: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fWWGYo5HZtw
Eastern New Mexico Press Conference: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3kqnBdbtI3c

Midwestern State Notes
  • MSU has won the last ten games against Eastern New Mexico and 19 of the last 20 dating back to the 2006-07 season. 
  • The win will bring Midwestern State to 26-9 in the LSC Tournament and 8-3 in the Allen Event Center.
  • Midwestern State is 12-5 in the opening round of the LSC Tournament.
  • With the win over the Greyhounds, the Mustangs lead the overall series 31-15.
  • The Mustangs shot 23-for-39 (59%) in the first half with ten players scoring.
  • Midwestern State never trailed in Wednesday’s semifinal and never trailed in both regular season contests
  • MSU's 112 points is the most scored against a LSC opponent in program history
  • Devaughn Jones’ double-double is his first of the season
  • With 21 points against the Greyhounds, Jordan Stevens has hit double-figures in 21 contests this season.
  • The Mustangs scored 30 points off of ENMU turnovers?
 
Eastern New Mexico Notes
  • The Greyhounds are now 8-19 in the Lone Star Conference Championship Tournament
  • ENMU is now 0-1 against the Mustangs in LSC Tournament play.
  • ENMU now trails in the series 31-15 which dates back to the 1948-49 season.
  • ENMU has now lost seven consecutive games.
  • The Greyhounds had two players, Deyton De La Cerda and Kevin Saiz, record double-digit points.
  • Deyton De La Cerda’s 10 points marked his season high.
  • Kevin Saiz recorded his second double-figure game of the 2015-16 season.