The Briar Cliff Holiday Classic presented by the Holiday Inn-Downtown continues with game two as Morningside Mustangs face Mayville State Comets in a men's contest.
Both teams enter the game after setbacks on day one of the Briar Cliff Holiday Classic.
Morningside jumps out to an early lead thanks to its three seniors Mitch Carstens, Eddie Marrs and Adam Palmer who have combined to score all 11 points thus far.
Mayville State head coach Justin Johnson takes a timeout with his squad trailing 11-4.
Morningside extends its lead to 21-8 by going inside to Mitchell Schultze.
A block on the defensive end by Morningside leads to an easy layup from Marrs and a timeout from Mayville State, trailing now 23-8 at 11:51 of the opening half.
Carstens is the first player to reach double figures with 10 as the Mustangs continue to hold a double digit lead at 29-14.
Mayville State gets a layup from Micah Berge and then falls back into a 2-3 zone defense, prompting a timeout from Morningside coach Jim Sykes.
Joel Haveman off the bench with 8 quick points, including two three-pointers, has pushed the Morningside lead to 37-21 with 3 minutes left.
A rare five-point play as Jake Hamburger knocks down a three-pointer and Adam Palmer converts two free throws after being fouled off the ball as Morningside continues to score, now leading 43-23.
Berge hits a layup and two free throws and has six points in the first half despite struggling from the field.
Morningside leads 43-27 at halftime. Mayville State is 0-11 from three-point range at halftime.
Mayville State comes out of the lockeroom and has cut the lead to 11 at the 15 minute mark.
Mitch Carstens hits from three and Mayville State's Micah Berge answers to cut the deficit to single digits.
The teams are trading three-pointers as Morningside's Joel Haveman hits and Mayville State's Dalonte Gibson answers. Morningside still holds a 57-50 lead nearing the midway point of the second half.
The Comets are heating up from behind the arc as Berge connects for the third time and Gibson for the second time in the game, pulling the visitors from Mayville, N.D. to within five at 61-56.
Mayville State has hit 7 of 11 from three-point range in the second half.
Morningside has weathered the Mayville State comeback and has knocked down its free throws to the tune of 88 percent (14 of 16) in the game.
Morningside holds a 73-60 lead with two minutes left.
The Mustangs rebound from a poor free throwing showing against Bellevue on Tuesday to knock down 20 of 22 from the foul line in today's 79-62 win over Mayville State.
Mitch Carstens equals a career-high with 23 points while Marrs had 20 and Joel Haveman 11 and Adam Palmer 10 for the Mustangs, improving to 8-7.
Micah Berge was the lone Mayville State player in double figures with 15 but connected on only five of 18 shots in the contest. The Comets dropped to 7-7.
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