The Missouri Southern men's basketball team tied a single-game three-point record tonight in a 100-93 win tonight at home over Northeastern State inside the Leggett & Platt Athletic Center.
Southern (12-8, 6-5 MIAA) tied the single-game three-point record with 15 made three's on the night, tying the mark set in 2003 against St. Gregory's.
The Lions were led offensively by 22 points from JJ Cratit as he went 8-10 from the field, 3-3 from long-range and 3-3 from the free throw line. Parker Jennings had a career-high 21 points on 5-10 shooting from long-range. CJ Carr had 16 points and five assists, while Elyjah Clark had 14 points on 4-12 shooting from downtown. Lawrence Brown had eight points, 13 rebounds and five assists, while Vince Fritz scored eight points off the bench. Kinzer Lambert had five points and ten rebounds off the bench.
NSU (3-15, 2-8 MIAA) was led in scoring with 20 points from both Montre' Williams and Cameron Martin.
NSU got out to an 8-3 lead just 2:27 into the game, but a pair of freebies from Brown cut the lead to one (8-7) with 17:13 left in the half. NSU led 16-9, but a three from Jennings tied the game at 23 and capped a 14-7 run with 7:58 left in the half.
Another three from Jennings tied the game at 27 with six to go and a layup from Clark the next trip down gave the Lions a 29-27 lead. A dunk from Lambert with 2:28 to go made the score 37-33, Lions and a three-point play from Cratit with 40 seconds left made the halftime score 42-37, Lions.
Cratit started the second half with a three to put the Lions up 45-37 and a three from Clark two minutes later made the score 50-39. Another three from Cratit with 16:07 left in the half gave the Lions a 57-43 lead.
Another three from Jennings made the score 65-50 with 12:46 to go and a three from Jennings two minutes later pushed the Lions' lead to 21 (73-52).
NSU, however, went on separate 5-0 and 7-0 runs to cut the lead to just ten at 83-73, before a three from Clark off an assist from Jennings pushed the lead back up to 13 at 86-73.
Back-to-back three's from Clark, the second tying the single-game record, gave the Lions a 92-80 lead with 2:15 to go.
NSU got to within seven late, but Southern held on for the win.
The Lions forced 12 turnovers and scored 19 points off the miscues, while rebounds were even at 36 each.
Southern will be back in action on Saturday afternoon when the Lions play host to Central Oklahoma. Tip off from Robert Corn Court inside the Leggett & Platt Athletic Center is slated for 3 pm.
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