For the second straight week the Griffons held the Rockhurst University Hawks to under 15 points in the second half which helped them to victory. The Griffons held the Hawks to just 13 second half points as they cruised to a 63-35 victory on the second day of the Rockhurst University Harvesters Classic. This is the first time the Griffons have held an opponent under 40 points since 11/26/02 when they beat Benedictine 80-39. The Griffons improve to 3-2 with the victory.
The Griffons came out in the first half on fire scoring the first ten points and taking a 28-4 lead after a Freddie Manyawu three with 7:39 to play in the first half. The Hawks were able to outscore the Griffons by ten the rest of the half but MWSU still took a 14 point lead at 36-22 in the locker room.
The Griffons dominated the points in the paint outscoring RU 22-4 in the first half. MWSU also had 10 points off nine first half turnovers. The Griffons shot 44.4-percent (16-36) in the half with Adarius Fulton leading the charge with 10 points on 4-of-6 shooting which included two long range shots.
The Hawks struggled shooting just 22.2-percnet (6-27) from the field. Rockhust took 17 long range shots making just four. Brandon McCann led the way with 11 points on 2-of-5 shooting from long range. He also went 5-for-5 from the free throw line.
The Hawks were able to cut the Griffon lead to 11 at 37-26 after a Cooper Beckett layup with 17:25 to play in the game but the rest of the game would be all Griffons.
MWSU outscored the Hawks 27-9 the rest of the game picking up their third victory of the game. Rockhurst falls to 1-6 with the loss.
MWSU had three players finish in double figures with Fulton leading the way with 15 points and four rebounds. Dzenan Mrkaljevic finished with 12 points and James Harris pitched in 11 off the bench. The Griffons finished shooting 44.6-percent (25-56) from the field and had 32 points in the paint and 19 points off RU turnovers.
The Hawks were led by McCann with 11 points as they made just 10 field goals in the game.
The Griffons return to action next on Saturday, December 1st when they host Illinois-Springfield. Tip time is set for 7:30 pm from the MWSU Fieldhouse.
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