JACKSON, TENN. -- The Delta State University men's basketball team shot 56 percent from three-point territory and had all five starters score in double figures as the Statesmen pushed past Union (Tenn.) University 90-72 on Friday night at Fred Delay Gymnasium.

Michael Motley paced the Statesmen with 27 points and 11 rebounds to collect his first double-double of the campaign. 

THE BASICS

Score: Delta State 90 | Union (Tenn.) 72
Records: Statesmen 4-6 (5-9 GSC) | Bulldogs 8-5 (8-5 GSC)
Series: DSU leads 42-17
Location | Time: Fred Delay Gym | 3:00 PM
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HOW IT HAPPENED

• Union jumped on Delta State quickly with a pair of buckets to open the game and take a 5-0 lead less than a minute into the contest.
• The Statesmen responded, however, with a 25-5 run sparked by 11 points and a pair of three-pointers from Motley. 
• The Bulldogs cut the DSU lead down to 10 on three different occasions, but the Green and White got a Jaylen Lemons three-pointer to take a 42-27 lead with 2:33 to go in the first half. 
• Maalik Cartwright's dunk with three seconds to go in half put the Statesmen up 46-32 at the break. 
• A pair of Motley layups out of the locker room pushed the score to 50-32 with 19:27 left in the game, but Union had an answer. 
• The Bulldogs used a quick 9-0 run to cut the lead to nine, 50-41, with 16:03 left.
• Kelen Dietrich drained a three-pointer and Motley added another layup as part of a 5-0 spurt to push the lead back to 14 points. 
• Union's Hunter Vick responded with a personal 9-0 run, on three three-point shots, to get within three points at 55-52. 
• DSU's 20-8 run to the 6:05 mark of the second half pushed the Statesmen ahead 75-60, and DSU didn't allow Union to get any closer than 13 points.

TURNING POINT

• After the Bulldogs cut a double-digit Delta State lead down to three, a 20-8 run put the Green and White up 15 points and the Statesmen did not look back.

STAT OF THE GAME

• Delta State out-rebounded Union 42-25, including 19-12 on the offensive glass, and outscored the Bulldogs 24-7 on second chance points.

NOTABLES

• Motley registered his first double-double this year, and the first of his career (27 points and 11 rebounds).
• Lemons tallied 18 points on 7-for-10 shooting and went 4-for-6 from three-point territory.
• A game after knocking down 11 three-pointers, Dietrich went 5-for-10 from three and had 17 points.
• Cartwright added 16 points, eight rebounds and five assists, while Brooks scored 12 points and pulled down nine rebounds.

UP NEXT

• Delta State caps off the weekend series against Union (Tenn.) on Saturday, Feb. 13 at 3 p.m.