Missouri Southern senior guard Taevaunn Prince scored 29 points and tied a career-high with 17 rebounds as the Lions picked up an 80-73 win today at William Jewell.
The Lions (3-1) were led by Prince's 8-16 performance from the field, while going 13-16 from the free-throw line. Charlie Brown scored 12 points and added six rebounds and three assists, while Austin Wright had 11 points on 3-9 shooting from long-range. Blaine Miller had seven points off the bench, while DJ Feitl added eight points and six boards.
William Jewell (1-2) had four score in double-figures, led by 18 points from Darius Tomlin.
A layup from Prince just three minutes into the game gave Missouri Southern an early 10-4 lead. The Lions led 16-8 after a three from Wright with 14:52 left to go in the half, and a three-point play from Prince with 12:26 to go pushed Southern's lead to 11 (21-10).
A three from Taylor Luster with 10:37 left made the score 26-13, which would be the largest lead of the half for the Lions. Southern took a 37-29 lead into the locker room at the break.
WJC, however, would answer right back at the start of the second. The Cardinals went on a 10-0 run to tie the game at 37 to start the second.
Both teams traded baskets before a layup from Prince with 15:12 left in the half pushed Southern's lead to four (43-39) and a free throw the next trip down for Prince made it 44-39 with just under 15 to play.
The Cardinals re-took the lead at 51-50 after a free throw from Javier De La Blanca with 9:39 to go, but a pair of free throws from Feitl with 9:07 left gave the Lions a 52-51 lead they wouldn't relinquish. WJC got as close as three with five minutes to go, but the Lions used solid free throw shooting down the stretch to close the game.
Southern shot 37 percent from the field and 38 percent from long range, while making 80 percent of its free throws. The Lions held WJC to just 18 percent from behind the arc after the Cardinals had come into the game averaging 48 percent from downtown. The Lions had a season-high 51 rebounds, while holding the lead for 91 percent of the game.
Southern will be back in action on Monday night when the Lions head back to Kansas City to take on Rockhurst. Tip off is slated for 6 pm.
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