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State Journal Staff Report
February 6, 2010

Kentucky State swept a doubleheader with Miles College Saturday at the Exum Center.


K-State’s women defeated the Lady Bears 70-64 in overtime, while the men rolled to an 89-73 win.


Both teams play at home again Tuesday against Lane College.


KSU 70, Miles 64 OT (W)
The Thorobrettes maintained their stranglehold on second place in the SIAC by holding the Lady Bears to three points in the five-minute overtime period after regulation ended in a 61-61 tie.


Stephanie Harper scored four points in the overtime period and 22 in the game after playing a scoreless three minutes in the first half due to foul trouble.


Miles (12-9, 9-7) shot over 50 percent from the field in both halves but connected on just 1-of-7 shots in the extra period.


Jessica Vaughn, who scored 14 of her 18 points in the first half, knotted the game at the end of regulation with two free throws to send it into overtime.


The two teams were tied at halftime with 31 points apiece, but Miles opened up a 61-54 lead on a jumper by Brandy Gillespie with four minutes to play.


Back-to-back layups from Harper and a free throw from Kiera Nelson set up Vaughn’s game-tying opportunity as Kentucky State forced three turnovers and held the Lady Bears scoreless in the final 4:15.


Shana McCombs joined Harper and Vaughn in double figures with 13 and also contributed a game-high five assists.


Cytonia Jones led the Lady Bears with 13 points, while Sammeika Thomas added 11 points and seven rebounds.


K-State (13-6, 13-3) opened the game with a 20-9 advantage through the first nine minutes of play, but Miles went on a 17-6 run to tie the game 26-26 with 2:39 left in the first half.


KSU 89, Miles 73 (M)
Against Miles, the Kentucky State Thorobreds shot the lights out, connecting from beyond the arc 10 times and hitting 51 percent from the field.


Jarrod Gay led K-State’s offensive barrage with five first-half 3-pointers as the Thorobreds jumped out to a 20-6 advantage and went into halftime up 44-26.


 The Golden Bears pulled within 12 points at 60-48 midway through the second half on a free throw by Roy Maduabunchi, but the Thorobreds cut off Miles’ momentum with an 11-5 run that included baskets by William Marsh, Alex Somerville and Patrick Dawson.


Parysh Munroe contributed 17 points and eight rebounds in 16 minutes of play for KSU. Other players in double figures were Tony Johnson with 10, Dawson with 14 and Marsh with 15.


Richard Harper led Miles with a game-high 23 points on 8-of-16 shooting from the field and 5-of-11 shooting from the line.


The win moved the Thorobreds (5-13, 5-12) two games ahead of the Golden Bears in the conference standings. At 3-15, Miles has the worst conference record in the SIAC.




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