JACKSON, Tenn. -- A late comeback bid fell short after a cold shooting start as the Delta State University men's basketball team fell to the Union University Bulldogs 74-67.
THE BASICS:
Score: Delta State 67 | Union University 74
Records: Statesmen 8-15 (4-11) GSC | Bulldogs 16-7 (10-5) GSC
Series: DSU leads 41-16
Location | Time: Fred Delay Gym | 4 PM
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HOW IT HAPPENED
- After Delta State scored the first basket of the game, the Bulldogs responded with a 16-0 run to grab the 16-3 advantage with 15:15 to play in the first half.
- The Statesmen offense struggled early, as Union held DSU scoreless for a 6:30 stretch as they built a 23-9 lead with 10:18 to go before the break.
- Maalik Cartwright scored eight of Delta State's first 13 points, but Union remained in front 27-13 at the 7:10 mark.
- Cartwright's early play, however, sparked a 9-2 run that cut the Union lead down to eight, 30-22, with 3:50 to go in the half.
- DSU continued to trim the lead and got it down to a five point game, but Cooper Meadows responded with a 3-pointer with 20 seconds remaining in the half and Union took a 35-27 lead into the halftime intermission.
- The Green-and-White scored five quick points out of the locker room but Union answered and built the lead to 46-39 with 13:10 remaining.
- The Statesmen cut the deficit to four with another run, this one a 9-2 spurt, to make it 51-47 with 10:41 left, but a 9-2 run by Union pushed the lead right back to seven points for the Bulldogs.
- Those seven points were where the lead remained for the much of the remaining game as Union knocked off Delta State 74-67.
TURNING POINT
- After Delta State cut the lead to just one point at 46-45, Union answered with a 9-2 run to go back up by eight points. After that the Statesmen could not get any closer than seven points in the contest.
STAT OF THE GAME
- Delta State scored the first bucket of the game, but a 6:45 scoring drought that followed allowed Union to build a lead that they did not give up.
BEYOND THE BOX SCORE
- Keyshaun Street ended the game with 20 points, the seventh time this season that he has scored 20 or more for Delta State.
- Maalik Cartwright notched his fourth consecutive double-double for the Statesmen. Cartwright had 18 points and pulled down 13 rebounds.
UP NEXT
- Delta State returns home to take on West Florida on Thursday, Feb. 13 at 7:30 at Walter-Sillers Coliseum.
