Spartan Men Can't Overcome Slow Start in Loss to Central Lakes
The M State Men's Basketball team got off to a slow start in their home opener on Tuesday and couldn't recover as they fell to the Central Lakes Raiders, 84-64. The Spartans fell behind 43-24 at the half and couldn't close the gap in the second half as they struggled with their shooting, hitting just 32.8% (22-67) of their field goal attempts and making only 5-of-26 (19.2%) from 3-point range. Central Lakes shot 45% (27-60) from the floor and had only 9 turnovers on the night.
Jaiquavious Ackey came off the bench to lead the Raiders in scoring with 21 points. He also had a team high 6 rebounds. Quamar Gresham added 20 points and Walker Johnson chipped in with 11. Central Lakes had 45 bench points and 14 of the 15 players who saw the floor scored.
Mason Muir was the high point man in the game with 23 points on 9-of-19 shooting for M State. He was joined in double figures by Eric Gore with 13 points and Mikele Kambalo added 8. Muir, Kambalo, Diamond McGill and Tyson McArthur each secured 5 boards as M State won the rebounding battle 38-33.
M State (1-1) will host Northland Community College at 3:00pm Saturday in Fergus Falls.
