Morehead St. 88, Kentucky Christian 66
2/2/2008 8:53 PM
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MOREHEAD, Ky. (AP) -Les Simmons scored a career-high 19 points as Morehead State beat Kentucky Christian 88-66 Saturday night.
Simmons hit 8-of-10 shots from the field and grabbed five rebounds for the Eagles (11-10), who are 9-0 at home this season.
Kentucky Christian (17-9) took its only lead on the first bucket of the game.
Morehead State led 49-30 at the half and never saw its advantage dip below 16 in the second half.
Kenneth Faried finished with 12 points and 12 rebounds for Morehead State while Maze Stallworth and John Lamb each chipped in with 11.
Akeem Scott topped Kentucky Christian with 23. Demarius Gulley had 15 and Matt Hackenberg scored 12.
The Knights stayed as close as they did by hitting 13 of 36 3-point attemps.
For the game, Morehead State hit 33 of 62 (53.2 percent) while Kentucky Christian was 24 of 61 (39.3 percent) from the field.
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