The Missouri Western men’s basketball team gave up a 26-12 run midway through the second half to Illinois-Springfield which gave them their second straight loss this time by a score of 88-73. The Griffons turned the ball over a season high 17 times and made just 24-of-68 shots on the evening. Ryan Devers and Cortrez Colbert finished with 17 and 16 points respectively while Cedric Clinkscales had 11 rebounds. The Griffons fall to 3-3 on the season.

The Griffons took their first lead of the game at the 14:35 mark of the first half after a layup by Dareon Jones at 10-9. The Griffons last lead of the game came shortly after when Adarius Fulton hit a three giving MWSU a 15-13. The rest of the half belonged the Prairiestars as they outscored the Griffons by eight the rest of the half taking a 38-32 lead into the half.

The second half was close until midway through the half when UIS went on their big run. The Prairiestars finished the night hitting 50-percent (32-64) of their shots and 53.3-percent (8-15) of their long range shots. They had six players in double figures with Regan Bruenger finished with 18 points on 6-of-11 shooting. Jacob Williams had a double-double scoring 14 points and snaring 12 rebounds.

UIS dominated the points in the paint outscoring the Griffons 38-18 and had 18 points off turnovers to the Griffons 11. They improve to 2-2 on the season.

Dzenan Mrkaljevic finished with 13 points while Jones had 10 off the bench. The Griffons return to action on Monday, November 25 with a non-conference game against Upper Iowa University. Game time is set for 7:00 pm in the fieldhouse.

— MWSU Sport Information —