It was a tough night on the road in Mid-South Conference basketball action for the UPIKE Bears as they dropped a 101-90 outcome to host Shawnee State on Thursday.
Malcolm Green, Korbin Spencer and Jamir Simpson scored 20 points each as the bears dropped men moved to 9-10 overall.
Darius Love added 11 points. UPIKE will host Thomas More (13-5) at the Appalachian Wireless Arena on Saturday. Game time is 4 pm.
At Portsmouth, Ohio
SCORE BY HALVES:
UP (9-10)…..48 42 – 90
SSU (20-2)…57 44 – 101
Scoring:
UPIKE (90) – Malcomb Green 6 8-12 20; Jamir Simpson 8(1) 1-3 20; Korbin Spencer 4(4) 0-0 20; Jacob Brown 3(1) 0-0 9; Taevon Horton 0(1) 0-0 3; Darius Love 1(3) 0-0 11; and Christian Sweazie 2(1) 0-0 7. Totals: 24(11) 9-15 90.
Shawnee State (101) – E.J. Onu 6(3) 2-3 23; James Jones 3(2) 6-7 18; Amier Gilmore 8 1-1 17; Issac Abergut 0(1) 0-0 3; Jakiel Wells 1 0-0 2; Miles Thomas 4(4) 1-1 21; Kobie Johnson 0(2) 0-0 6; Latavious Mitchell 1 3-6 5; Donovan Carlisle 2 0-0 4; and Shawn Paris, Jr. 1 0-0 2. Totals: 26(12) 13-18 101.
Next up: UPIKE (9-10) vs. Thomas More (13-5), 4 pm, Feb. 6.