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Brennan Reynard vs Miles
Dennis Switzer
Brennan Reynard
56
Benedict BCM 15-9 (10-5 SIAC)
78
Winner Morehouse College MHC 13-5 (9-4 SIAC)
Benedict BCM
15-9 (10-5 SIAC)
56
Final
78
Morehouse College MHC
13-5 (9-4 SIAC)
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
Benedict BCM 25 31 56
Morehouse College MHC 42 36 78

Game Recap: Basketball, Men |

Morehouse Runs Past Benedict, 78-56

ATLANTA – The Benedict College Tigers shot just 37.3 percent and Morehouse used a big run in the first half and went on to take a 78-56 victory in a battle for first place in the SIAC East Division on Tuesday night.

Benedict fell to 15-9 overall and 10-5 in the SIAC. Morehouse won its seventh straight game and improved to 13-5 overall and 9-4 in the SIAC.

Brennan Reynard was Benedict's top scorer with 10 points. Lafonzo Smith added nine points and had a team-high eight rebounds.

Robert Askew led the Maroon Tigers with 21 points. Michael Scott added 18 points, hitting five 3-pointers.

Morehouse used a 17-3 run early in the first half to build a 28-11 lead. The Maroon Tigers pushed the lead to 38-18 and led 42-25 at the half.

The Tigers never got the lead below 16 points in the second half.

Benedict is back in action on Saturday, hosting rival Claflin University at 3 p.m.
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