St. Louis, MO – The Hannibal-LaGrange University Men's Basketball Team matched up against Missouri Baptist University on Tuesday night. The Trojans, playing without key starters due to illness, were not able to keep up with the Spartans, dropping the game 83-62. Next up for HLGU is a home contest on Thursday, January 18, at 7:30 pm.
GAME VITALS
- Score: Missouri Baptist University def. Hannibal-LaGrange University 83-62
- Records: Hannibal-LaGrange University (4-10, 1-4) | Missouri Baptist University (12-6, 3-1)
- Location: Carl & Deloris Petty SRC | Missouri Baptist University | St. Louis, Missouri
STAT TRACKER
- Russell Nyoo came from the bench to record 16 points, five rebounds, and one assist in 33 minutes of play
- Harrison Askey finished with 15 points and two rebounds
INSIDE THE BOXSCORE
- In the first half, the Trojans shot 10-24 (41.67%) while MBU went 18-34 (52.94%)
- Russell Nyoo scored 12 of HLGU's 29 first half points
- In the second half, Hannibal-LaGrange went 13-31 (41.94%) from the field and the Spartans shot 15-33 (45.45%)
- Overall, the Trojans went 7-24 (29.2%) from deep while MBU went 5-19 (26.3%)
- From the free-throw line, HLGU shot 9-11 (81.8%) and Missouri Baptist went 12-14 (85.7%)
- HLGU was out-rebounded 44-24
- MBU scored 50 of their points from within the paint, whereas the Trojans scored 28 of theirs from the paint
- Three Trojans, Russell Nyoo, Harrison Askey, and Bryce Stark, finished with double digits in scoring
