MONTGOMERY, West Virginia -- WVU Tech's balanced attack helped lead the Golden Bears past No. 18 Indiana University Southeast in the River States Conference (RSC) Game of the Week Friday evening in the Baisi Athletic Center. After winning six of their last seven games, Tech boosts their record to 10-5, 4-1 (RSC) while the Grenadiers slip to 10-4, 4-1 (RSC).
The Gold and Blue are now tied for first with Indiana University East in conference play (East Division) with this victory and at 4-1, IU Southeast is No. 1 with IU Kokomo in the West Division.
Tech had all 12 players on the roster find the basket for some points including a team-high effort of 20 points from junior
Ryan Atkins. Fellow classmate
Elisha Boone followed that with 18 points while senior
Ra'Shaud Kincaid and junior
Kievonn Banks marked 11 each. The team also saw perfect offensive efforts from freshmen
Brent Daniels (5 points) and
Denzel Marshall (3 points).
On the boards, Boone dominated the game with 11 for his double-double while Banks had the game's next best with nine. Senior
Patrick Gnagbo managed a game-high three blocks to go with three points and three rebounds. Kincaid led the way with seven assists.
IU Southeast had the scoring leader in Jamie Johnson who posted 25 points while Tyler Landry had 16 points and a team-high five rebounds.
The team finished 29-for-63 (46 percent) from the field while the Grenadiers went 22-for-53 (41.5 percent). Tech also held advantages in rebounds (42-31), forced turnovers (21-12), points off turnovers (24-12) and second chance points (12-8).
The team will return to action tomorrow, Saturday when they host Brescia University in more conference action.