SUNDAY'S SCORES
Morehead State 71, Central Florida 65 (Cancun, Mexico)
MOREHEAD STATE 71, CENTRAL FLORIDA 65
CANCUN, Mexico - Maze Stallworth led a balanced Morehead State scoring attack as the Eagles defeated UCF (Central Florida) Sunday (Nov. 30) afternoon in the Cancun Challenge in Mexico.
MSU, now 1-6 on the season, also got 16 points each from Leon Buchanan and Demonte Harper and 12 points, a team-high eight rebounds and a game-high five blocked shots from Kenneth Faried. UCF, now 3-3, was led by Jermaine Taylor who scored a game-high 22 points and grabbed 10 rebounds. Tony Davis had 12 points and grabbed a game-high 11 rebounds.
"I am so proud of my team," said MSU Coach Donnie Tyndall. "They are a great bunch of kids who have battled through this extremely tough schedule, all away from home, and today beat a very good Conference USA team in UCF.
"We may not have put together a complete 40 minutes, but we’re getting closer. We were outstanding defensively, holding them to 31 percent shooting. We hung close with a very big, physical team on the boards, and kept our turnovers down until the final few minutes."
MSU shot 45.3 percent from the field (24of-53) to 30.8 percent (20-of-65) for the Knights. The Eagles hit eight-of-19 three-pointers to six-of-28 for UCF.
The Knights won the rebound battle, 40-to-35, and had 14 turnovers to 16 for MSU.
The Eagles led by eight points at halftime, 34-26, and by as many as 14 points in the second half before UCF rallied to cut the lead to two points, 65-63, with 41 seconds left. But Cecil Brown and Stallworth each hit two free throws down the stretch, and Buchanan got an "exclamation point" dunk with six seconds left to close out the scoring