MOREHEAD, Kentucky -- Patrick
Miller scored a career-high 38 points including the game-winning
three-pointer with two seconds left to lead the Tennessee State men’s basketball
team to a 70-68 victory over Morehead State on Thursday night.
Miller was
12-of-19 (63.2 percent) from the field and made 4-of-5 triple attempts for his
sixth 30-point game of the season.
M.J.
Rhett was the only other Tiger in double figures, finishing with 12 points
and four rebounds.
Tennessee State
(5-24, 4-11 OVC) forced 17 turnovers, leading to 27 points. The Tigers only
committed seven of their own.
Morehead State
(19-11, 10-5 OVC) led 16-4 through the first seven minutes of the game, but TSU
went on a 16-3 run to take the lead with six minutes to play before
halftime.
The Tigers
extended their lead to five at one point in the first period, but a Rhett free
throw gave Tennessee State a 34-31 lead heading into the break.
A Kennedy
Eubanks jumper at the 10:18 mark put TSU up by 14 and TSU held the advantage
all the way up until MSU’s Angelo Warner canned three free throws with 19
seconds to go to make the score 68-67 in favor of the visitors.
That set up
Miller’s timely three-pointer to give TSU its first two-game winning streak this
season.
TSU shot 39.3
percent in the first half, but upped that to 50 percent in the second. Miller
also made all four of Big Blue’s threes during the final 20 minutes.
The Tigers will go
for their third straight win on Saturday when they travel to Eastern Kentucky.
Tip-off for that contest is scheduled for 7 p.m.
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