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MOREHEAD, Ky. - Senior guard
Xavier Moon scored a career-high 26 points as Morehead State men's basketball downed Austin Peay, 89-82, on Thursday night in Clarksville, Tenn.
The wins marks the Eagles' first road win of the season and they improve to 8-11 overall and 4-2 in the OVC. APSU falls to 6-14 and 2-4 in league play.
"We've played really well on the road at times this year, but we've been unable to close it out so it feels really good to get this win tonight," said interim head coach
Preston Spradlin. "Our guys were excited in the locker room and they deserve this because they made the adjustments we talked about at halftime to get this win."
The Eagles went into the locker room at halftime trailing, 42-38, as the Governors ended the half on a 6-0 run.
Morehead State trailed by as many as seven points in the second stanza, but rallied to regain the lead midway through the half and led the majority of the rest of the way.
Senior forward
Treshaad Williams' slam then gave the Eagles an 87-82 lead with 24 seconds to go to secure the win.
After scoring just five points in the first half, Moon led the way with 21 second half points en route to setting a career high. He shot 10-of-16 from the floor and 6-of-10 from three-point range and hit several shots late to help the Eagles maintain their lead. He also added five rebounds and four assists.
"Xavier was terrific tonight, he came out aggressive in the second half and really put us on his back," said Spradlin.
Senior forward
DeJuan Marrero recorded his ninth double-double of the season with 19 points, 15 rebounds, and a career-high five blocks. Seven of his rebounds were of the offensive variety and he shot 8-of-14 from the field and 3-of-4 from the stripe.
Morehead State shot 50 percent from the floor and 9-of-20 from three-point range in the win. After Austin Peay shot 48 percent in the first half, the Eagles limited them to just 36 percent shooting in the second half and just 4-of-14 shooting from deep.
The Eagles dominated the rebounding battle, 47-27, and finished with 16 offensive rebounds, while limiting APSU to just three.
Next up, Morehead State returns home to host Eastern Kentucky. The game will be the second game of a men's and women's doubleheader and tip-off is set for approximately 7:45 p.m. ET.
