COLLEGE BASKETBALL: Bears stay unbeaten with win over Ohio Valley

The University of Pikeville men’s basketball Bears pulled away in the second half to beat Ohio Valley University, 87-58, at the Appalachian Wireless Arena on Saturday.

UPIKE, now 7-0, was led by Darius Love’s game-high 30 points. Korbin Spencer and Jacob Brown tossed in 12 apiece.

UPIKE will journey to Marietta, Ga., to face Life University (3-2) on Dec. 2. Tipoff is 8 pm.

At Pikeville

SCORE BY HALVES:

OV (0-6)….31  27 – 58

UP (7-0)…..40  47 – 87

Scoring:

Ohio Valley (58) – Andre Leavell 7(3) 4-5 27; Ken Martin 1(2) 0-0 8; Nick Hargrove 1(1) 2-4 7; Atminas Griska 3 1-2 7; Parker Black 2 0-0 4; Bobby Foggin 0(1) 0-0 3; and Jamison Hunt 0 2-2 2. Totals: 14(7) 9-13 58.

UPIKE (87) – Darius Love 7(4) 4-6 30; Korbin Spencer 5 2-2 12; Jacob Brown 5 2-3 12; Christian Sweazie 0(2) 0-0 6; Taevon Horton 3 0-0 6; Malik Malone 2 1-3 5; Taeron Hogg 2 1-1 5; Kenyon Duling 2 0-0 4; Maurice Dickson 2 0-0 4; and Kevin Bishop II 1 1-2 3. Totals: 29(6) 11-17 87.

Next up: UPIKE (7-0) at Life University (3-2), 8 pm, Dec. 2.