CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. -- The University of Missouri-Rolla men's basketball opened its season Saturday night by falling 80-43 to Southeast Missouri State in an exhibition contest at the Show Me Center.
The Miners played on relatively even terms with the Redhawks over the first 10 minutes of the game, trailing 17-14 at the 9:02 mark after a lay-in by freshman guard Aaron Hays. However, the Miners struggled with their shooting against Southeast for much of the night and the Redhawks were able to start building a lead that reached 17 points by the intermission.
UMR shot 29.3 percent for the game while Southeast made 52.6 percent of its shots on the evening.
Hays led the Miners with 12 points, while DeJon Slaughter had nine and Taurance Townsel finished with seven. Townsel also had seven rebounds to lead UMR. Jaycen Herring led the Redhawks with 19 points.
UMR will open the 2007-08 season Nov. 17 when it hosts Blackburn in a 3 p.m. game at the Bullman Multi-Purpose Building.
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