Graves' perfect night lifts Central State over Urbana, 79-72
 

WILBERFORCE, Ohio – Keandre Graves had a perfect shooting night to lead the Central State Marauders past Urbana, 79-72.
 
 
With the win, CSU improves to 2-2 overall while UU falls to 1-3 on the season.
 
 
CSU used the power of the three-pointer throughout the first half, converting seven of nine attempts from beyond the arc. Graves, who had totaled just six points in the first three games of the season, gave a spark off the bench with 11 points in the first half as CSU took a 39-29 lead at intermission.
 
 
Behind the hot hand of Tehree Horn, Urbana opened the second half on a 17-8 run to cut the deficit down the one. A three-pointer by Horn tied the game, 56-56, with 9:50 to play.
 

CSU responded as forward Michael Reeves hit his next four shots from the field to help give the Marauders a 71-65 lead with 4:04 to play. Another three-point make by Horn and a fast break dunk by Kyle Kegley brought UU back within one, 71-70.
 

With under two minutes remaining, Graves stepped up with his sixth fifth make from three-point range to put CSU back up by four as the Marauders ended the game on a 9-2 run to seal the victory on their home court.
 
 
CSU shooters combined to make 29 of 52 field goals (55.8%) compared to UU's 26 for 56 performance (46.4%). Led by Graves and Reeves, the CSU reserves scored 35 points while UU had 20 points from its bench.
 
 
Graves converted all six of his shot attempts to finish with a team-high 17 points. CSU freshman Darweshi Hunter recorded 16 points and six rebounds while Reeves led all rebounders with eight to go along with 12 points and three blocks.
 
 
UU was led by Horn's 23 points, which all came in the second half.
 
 
CSU will have a quick turnaround as they prepare to play on exhibition against NCAA Div. I opponent Miami University (Ohio) at 12 pm on Wednesday.
 
 
 
 


 
 
THE BASICS



Score: Urbana - 72; Central State - 79
Records: Urbana (1-3); Central State (2-2)
Location: Wilberforce, Ohio
 

 
QUOTES FROM HEAD COACH JOSEPH PRICE



"Keandre was absolutely on fire tonight. We haven't seen a shooting performance like that in Beacom/Lewis Gymnasium in quite a while."
 
 
"I give a lot of credit to Mike Reeves tonight. We challenged him this week and he responded with a great game tonight with some big plays down the stretch."
 
 
"We are always challenging our players to be better. Quite simply, we were better tonight than we were in our previous game."
 

"I thought Tom Johnson came in and settled us down when Urbana was making their run in the second half while Darweshi Hunter continues his consistent play to give us some much needed scoring and rebounding."
 
 
 
INSIDE THE BOX SCORE



Darweshi Hunter was named SIAC Newcomer of the Week earlier on Tuesday. A freshman from Cincinnati, Ohio, Hunter leads CSU in points (18 ppg), rebounds (6.0 rpg), and shooting (50%).
 
 
Forward Michael Reeves set a new career-high with three blocked shots.
 
 
CSU's 58.8% shooting performance is the program's best since the 2017-2018 season (Miles on Feb. 19, 2018)
 
 
 
 


UP NEXT



The Marauders will play at Miami (OH) on Wednesday at 12 pm.





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