Balanced Broncos Beat Coastal Carolina on Opening Night time

KALAMAZOO, Mich. – The Western Michigan males’s basketball group had 10 completely different gamers rating, together with three in double-figures, in a 76-71 season-opening win over Coastal Carolina on Monday evening at University Arena.
 
Jalen Griffith scored all 15 of his factors after the break to cleared the path for the Broncos (1-0). The junior guard was joined in double-figures by Max Burton and Trey Lewis, who tallied 14 factors apiece. Burton additionally added a career-high seven assists and 6 rebounds for WMU, whereas Jayden Brewer approached a double-double with 9 factors and eight boards.
 
Coastal Carolina (0-1) acquired out on the entrance foot early and raced out to an 11-2 lead within the opening minutes. Western Michigan countered with seven in a row as a part of a 12-3 run to even the competition at 14-14 halfway by way of the opening interval. In the latter levels of the half, the Chanticleers put collectively a 9-3 stretch to take a seven-point edge, 34-27, with below a minute to play. WMU then ran off a fast 5 factors earlier than the break, with a Lewis three-pointer within the remaining seconds slicing the margin to 34-32 at halftime.
 
Western Michigan took its first lead of the evening on the 16:36 mark of the second half on a three-pointer by Hudson Ward. WMU remained in entrance till a five-point burst put Coastal Carolina again on prime, 49-48, with simply over 11 minutes to play. The two groups then proceeded to commerce the lead forwards and backwards for the following a number of minutes, with it altering arms seven instances till it was tied up at 63-63 on the three-minute mark.
 
Looking to interrupt the impasse, the Broncos fed the ball down low to Burton, who made a pleasant transfer within the submit, banked in a layup and was fouled for an old style, three-point play to place Western Michigan again in entrance, 66-63. After a pair of free throws closed the hole to 66-65, Lewis canned one other essential triple for the Brown and Gold, making the margin 69-65 with 90 seconds to play. Western Michigan acquired a cease on its subsequent defensive possession, and went 7-for-8 from the foul line within the remaining minute to place the sport on ice.
 
WMU linked on 44.0 % (22-of-50) of its area targets for the night, and hit 80.0 % (28-of-35) of its free throw makes an attempt. Coastal Carolina made 41.0 % (25-of-61) from the sector.
 
The Broncos proceed their season-opening homestand on Thursday as they welcome Northwood to University Arena for a 7 pm tip. For tickets to any WMU males’s basketball residence recreation, go to wmubroncos.com/tickets.