Box Score March 28, 2016 Stats
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MOREHEAD, Ky. (AP) Lyonell Gaines scored 27 points and grabbed 14 rebounds to lead Morehead State to an 86-83 victory over Nevada in the opening game of the College Basketball Invitational finals on Monday night.
Game 2 of the best-of-three series will be played Wednesday at Reno, Nevada. If necessary, a third game would be played Friday at Reno.
Morehead (23-12) has won 11 of its past 12 games, the lone loss coming to Tennessee Martin in the semifinals of the Ohio Valley Conference tournament. Included in that span is a pair of CBI road victories.
Nevada (22-14), out of the Mountain West, had a three-game winning streak halted.
DeJuan Marrero added 15 points for the winners and Brent Arrington added 13.
Nevada's Tyron Criswell led all scorers with 31 points. Eric Cooper, Jr. came off the bench to add 15 points. Cameron Oliver added 12 for his 11th straight game in double figures. Marqueze Coleman had 10 points.
Both teams led by as many as six points in the first half, with Morehead taking a 38-36 lead at halftime.
Gaines had a first-half double-double of 11 points and 11 rebounds. He came in averaging 13.4 points and 8.3 rebounds over his previous eight games, with three double-doubles.
Morehead again opened a six-point lead several times early in the second half, the last at 53-47 with 14:18 left.
But Nevada rallied to tie it at 59 midway through the period.
The game stayed close the rest of the way, with Nevada taking its last lead at 72-71 with 5:50 left.
Morehead's Xavier Moon, who came into the game 22 of 22 from the free-throw line in CBI play, missed his only two chances of the game with 31 seconds left and Morehead leading 86-83.
Nevada had two chances to tie, but Coleman's 3-pointer with 19 seconds left was off the mark.
Oliver missed a 3-pointer just ahead of the buzzer, with Morehead's Ronnye Beamon grabbing the rebound.
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Nevada Men's Basketball Game Notes
? Nevada is now 22-14 after falling 86-83 at Morehead State (23-12) 86-72 in the first game of the College Basketball Invitational finals series on Monday night at Johnson Arena.
? Nevada hosts Morehead State in the second game of the series on Wednesday at 6 p.m. PT. at Lawlor Events Center.
? Nevada's 36 games played this season is the most in school history.
? The Wolf Pack's three-game winning streak was snapped. It equals the longest of the season which has occurred three times this season.
? Eric Cooper, Jr. has now scored in double figures in eight of the last nine road games after his 15 tonight.
? Tyron Criswell scored a game-high 31 points. It is his second 30-point game with the other being 32 points in the CBI second round game against Eastern Washington.
? Criswell's 11 made and 15 attempted free throws are season highs.
? Freshman Cameron Oliver's 90 blocks ties UNLV's Goodluck Okonoboh for the MW record for a freshman.
? Oliver had three blocks and now has two or more in 27 games.
? Oliver has scored in double figures in the last 11 games.
? Senior Marqueze Coleman was the fourth player in double figures with 10 points.
? Coleman has scored in double figures a team-high 24 times this season.
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