Taurance Townsel

ROMEOVILLE, Ill. -- The Miner basketball team overcame a Lewis run to open the game and was in the contest at halftime – but couldn’t rally from the Flyers’ outburst to begin the second half and dropped a 78-54 decision Saturday in Great Lakes Valley Conference play.

After spotting Lewis the first eight points of the game, the Miners rallied and took their first lead at 14-13 when Owain Hall knocked down a jumper at the 10:47 mark. S&T had a 19-17 advantage after Aaron Hays drained a three-pointer out of the corner a little over two minutes later, but the Flyers scored the next 10 points to match their biggest lead at 27-19.

S&T was able to claw back to within five by the intermission, trailing 35-30 at the break following two Andrew James free throws just before the break.

But when the second half began, the Flyers put together another run at the start, this time a 14-point outburst in the first 2:30 that extended their lead to 19 at 49-30 before a Lucas Walls layup halted the run at the 17:06 mark.

Lewis eventually pushed the lead beyond the 20-point mark to the final margin of 24.

Curtis Mosley, playing before a number of family members and friends from nearby Chicago, led the Miners with 17 points while Taurance Townsel had 13. S&T shot just 37.5 percent for the game while Lewis hit 61.3 percent after the intermission to finish at 50.8 percent for the game.

The Miners (3-12, 0-7 GLVC) will host Bellarmine Thursday in a 7:30 p.m. game at the Bullman Multi-Purpose Building.