The Morehead State Eagles continued their hot free throw shooting as they used the charity stripe to beat Southeast Missouri 80-67 in OVC action last night in Johnson Arena.
The Eagles have made an incredible 76 free throws in their last 82 attempts, which comes to a sizzling 93%.
The Kentucky Wildcats maybe should take notes from the Eagles.
Here is a game recap from MSUEagles.com:
The Eagles, who have won four of their last five games, improve to 12-7 overall, 3-1 in league play and 6-2 at home. The Redhawks, who have dropped seven of their past nine tilts, slip to 9-9 overall, 1-4 in conference action and 2-7 on the road.
MSU has now won 10 of its last 11 affairs against SEMO and improves to 25-17 in the all-time series. The Redhawks and Murray State were picked to win the OVC’s West Division by the league’s head coaches and sports information directors.
Sophomore Brent Arrington led Morehead State with 20 points on 8-of-8 from the free-throw line, while senior Drew Kelly added 16 on 5-of-5 from the same spot. Junior Angelo Warner contributed 14 points and senior Chad Posthumus tallied nine.
Posthumus, who began the night second in the nation with 12.2 rebounds per game, yanked down a game-best 16 in just 23 minutes. It was his 15th double-figure rebounding performance this season and his 21st at the Division I level.
“Those rebounds are why Chad is here,” Woods said. “He did his job tonight. He was pretty active, especially in the first half. Nine points and 16 rebounds is a solid effort in just 23 minutes. We need him to continue to put up numbers like that.”
Morehead State posted a 38-31 advantage on the glass, including 8-5 on the offensive end. The Eagles, who continue to pace the conference in rebounds per contest, have only been outrebounded once in 19 contests this season.
Morehead State registered 19 assists and eight steals while only committing 12 turnovers. The Eagles drilled 23-of-55 from the field (42 percent), 8-of-24 from three-point range (33 percent) and 26-of-29 from the free-throw stripe.
Here is Coach Sean Woods talking about last night’s win:
