LeGree’s Double-Double Leads Balanced Effort as Males’s Hoops Races Previous Alice Lloyd

MOREHEAD, Ky. — Point guard Josiah LeGree posted his first profession double-double with season-highs of 20 factors and 10 assists, and the Morehead State males’s basketball crew raced previous Alice Lloyd (Ky.) 115-65 Saturday within the Eagles’ closing non-conference recreation of 2025-26.

LeGree nailed a career-high six three-pointers and was 6-of-8 from distance to go together with his 10 helpers. He additionally solely had one turnover. MSU completed non-conference 4-7 however received its first two OVC video games to take a seat at 6-7 heading into the majority of the convention season.

“I thought it was a good team win, and we picked up our energy as the game went along,” stated head coach Jonathan Mattox. “I thought we shared the ball extremely well. Not only did Josiah shoot the ball well, he shared it well. When you take a break (for the holiday), sometimes you get off to a slow start and we did, but I thought we played well for the most part. Tyonne (Farrell) dove for a steal and that ignited us. We had a really good practice leading into the game. Defensively at times, we were good, and we still have a few things to clean up.”

LeGree’s six treys tied him for third most in an Eagle recreation because the 2011-12 season.

Davion Cunningham added 18 factors, whereas Farrell scored a season-high 17 factors. Jon Carroll rounded out 4 in double figures with 14 factors. He grabbed seven rebounds. Morehead State out-rebounded the NAIA Eagles 48-25 as Tamaury Releford led the crew with 9 boards.

The host Eagles ended the sport capturing 60 p.c (44-of-74) and hit double-figure three-pointers (14) for the primary time this season. Seven totally different Eagles hit no less than one three-pointer.

Alice Lloyd’s heart, Evin Eversole, led his squad with a double-double of 11 factors and 13 rebounds. Three ALC gamers completed with 11 factors apiece.

MSU’s bench manufacturing was unbelievable within the contest, scoring 65 factors – only one wanting a season-high for non-starters. ALC led 13-8 with 15:43 left within the first interval, however LeGree’s three-pointer with 13:07 left within the first half gave MSU a 21-18 lead it by no means relinquished.

Morehead State returns to OVC play on Thursday at Lindenwood at 4:30 p.m. ET.