Men's Basketball | 11/16/2012 8:43:00 PM
Box Score
Baldwin City, Kan. – The Bulldogs have now taken down Haskell Indian Nations twice this year, this time it took two overtime periods for McPherson to do it.
Samson Shivers (Houston, Texas) shook off his cold streak to hit the game-winning three pointer from the corner as time expired, giving MC the 93-92 victory.
This was a very close contest from the start; McPherson was down by a handful of points throughout the first half but never down more than five and headed into the locker room trailing 33-34. HINU went 11-of-24 in the first period and hit nine of their 11 free throws to keep the Bulldogs playing catch-up. MC shot the ball 10 more times than the Indians but made the same amount of shots, 11-of-34. A 35.3% shooting half from behind the arc allowed Mac to stay in the game.
The second period was just as close and intense as the first with both teams trading the lead back and forth; six ties and multiple lead changes occurred throughout the half. McPherson held the largest lead of five points but Shivers was unable to hit the game-winning shot to end the contest in regulation, taking the game into its first overtime.
Haskell had a solid shooting performance, draining 14 of their 25 buckets from the field; the Indians continued to hit their shots from the charity stripe, going 7-of-11 for the period. The Bulldogs stayed consistent in the second period, making 13-of-36 field goals.
In the first overtime, McPherson held the lead for the entire period as HINU was only able to tie the game, doing so three times with the last one coming with under five seconds remaining. The second OT was the exact opposite as the Indians were the controllers and amassed a six point advantage with just over two minutes remaining. Haskell would not score again as MC went on a 7-0 run with the last three points coming on a Shivers three-point bucket with 00:00 showing on the scoreboard along with 93-92 in favor of the Bulldogs.
16 ties and 21 lead changes occurred throughout this 50 minute thriller. McPherson finished the game shooting 38.1% from the floor and was 15-of-40 from behind the arc and 14-of 22 from the stripe. The Bulldogs committed a season-low 10 turnovers and had a season-high 17 assists. HINU went 33-of-62 from the field for an amazing 53.2 field goal percentage; they also shot 40% from behind the three-point line on 8-of-20 and hit 18-of-24 from the charity stripe. The Indians turned the ball over 17 times, eight of which were stolen by MC.
25 total shots were taken by Shivers in route to his game-leading 26 points; he was 7-of-15 from deep, 3-of-5 from the free throw line and 1-of-5 on two point field goals.
Kasey Miller (Derby, Kan.) made it into double figures for the first time this season with his 12 points on 3-of-10 from beyond the arc and 3-of-3 from the stripe. Also hitting double-digits were
Dante Lee (Shawnee Mission, Kan.) and
Devirous Johnson (Brooklyn, N.Y.) who each had 11; Lee was one assist away from a double-double.
Four Indians made it over 10 points on Friday for Haskell; Stand Lovato led his squad with 21 on 7-of-12 from distance. Trey Osborne and Raymond Whiteshield each bucketed 16 while Ron Rousseu scored 15.
MC will now take on NAIA D-I RV Baker University on Saturday the 17
th at 3:00 p.m. (CT) in day two of the Baker Classic.
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