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62
Point Park (Pa.) PPU 0-3
105
Winner UPIKE UPIKE 8-0
Point Park (Pa.) PPU
0-3
62
Final
105
UPIKE UPIKE
8-0
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
Point Park (Pa.) PPU 27 35 62
UPIKE UPIKE 40 65 105

Game Recap: Men's Basketball |

No. 19 Men’s Basketball Blisters Nets in 105-62 Rout of Point Park

PIKEVILLE, Ky. -- The 19th-ranked University of Pikeville men's basketball team shot 56.7 percent from the field and hit 17 threes - the most since December of 2011 - in a 105-62 rout of Point Park (Pa.) in the final game of the Walters Auto Classic on Saturday.

Trey Rakes, who received player of the game honors, hit six of the threes to finish with a game-high 18 points. Rakes also grabbed a season-high five rebounds, dished out an assist and swiped a steal in the win.

Point Park (0-3) shot 44 percent from the field and got 14 points from Jaylen Mann. Both teams shot well from the free-throw line with UPIKE (8-0) making 12-of-14 attempts and Point Park connecting on 14 of 16.

Knowing the Pioneers came to town with strong guard play, the Bears made it an emphasis to slow them down by trapping, trapping and trapping some more. The intense pressure led to 20 turnovers in which UPIKE turned into 25 points.

HOW IT WENT DOWN

It was a close game for six minutes as Point Park trailed by just one after a pair of free throws from Sa'iid Allen at 9-8. But a 12-0 run followed for the Bears and their lead never went below double digits again.

UPIKE took a 40-27 lead into halftime and pushed the lead to 20 at 60-40 on an Antwine Baker three with 15 minutes to play. A 12-2 run got the lead to 30 four minutes later and things really got broken open late in the game when Rze Culbreath hit a three and Daniel Afeaki added a layup back-to-back to push the lead to a game-high 45 points.

The Bears outscored Point Park 65-35 in the second half while shooting nearly 64 percent from the field and 64.7 percent from deep, making 11 threes in the last 20 minutes alone.   

BEAR FACTS

  • Five Bears scored in double figures, led by Rakes with 18, Darrion Leslie with 14, Culbreath 13, Desmond Medder 12 and Richard Freeman finishing with 10.
  • UPIKE controlled the glass 35-21 as Medder collected six boards and Rakes and Leslie grabbed five each.
  • UPIKE posted a 25-8 lead in points off turnovers, led 36-18 in the paint and had a 24-2 advantage in second-chance points.
  • Baker finished with five points, four rebounds, three assists, three steals and a block.

UP NEXT

UPIKE goes on the road to play three games in three days next week on Thursday, Friday and Saturday in Pulaski, Tenn. First up is Martin Methodist (Tenn.) at 7 p.m. ET on Thursday.

 

-UPIKE-

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