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The M State Men’s Basketball team opened their season with a road game against Mayville State JV team on Saturday. The Spartans came out on top, 71-56, making a winner of Head Coach Dave Cresap in his collegiate coaching debut.
“Spartans were ready to play and came out and had a great opening ten minutes,” said Coach Cresap. “A little lull for about 5 minutes in first half but found a way to get through it. Second half we came out and did everything we needed to do to come away with a nice 71-56 win. Need to rebound much better and be more secure with the ball as we enter our next games. Great team win!”
The Spartans made 47% (8-17) of their 3-point shots and shot 44% (25-57) on the day. They also made 13-of-18 (73%) free throws. Three players finished in double digits, led by Mason Muir with 16 points, Belind Alemadi with 13 and Mikele Kambalo with 12. Alemadi had a team high 5 assists and grabbed 8 rebounds. Muire and Javin Tindal had 7 rebounds each. Marqual Turner led the team with 9 boards.
Defensively, M State held Mayville to 26.7% (16-6) shooting. The Spartans won the rebounding battle 46-39.
The Spartans had a 34-23 halftime lead and outscored Mayville 37-33 over the final 20 minutes.
M State will host Central Lakes Community College in a 7:30 tip-off on Tuesday night in Fergus Falls.