St. Louis, MO – The Hannibal-LaGrange University Men's Basketball Team visited Harris-Stowe State University on Saturday afternoon. It was a tight and close game all throughout, in the end the Trojans came out on top 62-54. The next game for the Trojans will be at home next Saturday at 3 pm against William Woods.

GAME VITALS

• Score: Hannibal-LaGrange def. Harris-Stowe State 62-54
• Records: Hannibal-LaGrange (7-10, 2-7) | Harris-Stowe State (5-10, 4-5)
• Location: Emerson Performance Center | Harris-Stowe State University | St. Louis, Missouri

STAT TRACKER

• Nehemiah Baker led all scorers with 24 total points. Baker also grabbed six rebounds, dished out four assists, and had one steal.
• Janssen Flotow finished with 12 points, eight rebounds, and three steals.

INSIDE THE BOXSCORE

• The Trojans went a perfect 5-5 on free-throws and 4-8 (50%) from three-point range in the first half which paved the way for them to take a three point lead into halftime (31-28).
• HLGU continued their strong free-throw and three-point shooting performance in the second half. They shot 8-10 (80%) on free-throws and 3-4 (75%) from behind the arc.
• Overall, Hannibal-LaGrange shot 7-12 (58.3%) on three-point shots compared to HSSU shooting 4-19 (21.1%).
• The Trojans went 13-15 (86.7%) from the line and Harris-Stowe State went 6-11 (54.5%).
• The Hornets out-rebounded HLGU 35-25.

THOUGHTS FROM COACH DURST

• "We put together two good halves of defense, and did a great job controlling the tempo of the game by executing our offense."