The efforts to bolster the Missouri S&T men's basketball roster continue with the addition of Adam Knollmeyer, a 6-9, 235-pound forward from Linn, Mo.

Knollmeyer is transferring to Missouri S&T from Saint Louis University where he has spent the last two seasons. He played in 22 games last seaason for the Billikens and shot 46 percent from the floor and 75 percent at the free throw line after appearing in 21 games as a freshman.

He is the second player to sign with the Miners for next season, joining Aaron Redeker, a transfer from Three Rivers Community College.

"I really believe that Adam is going to be a fine Division II player," said Miner head coach Dale Martin. "He will be asked to do a great deal more at our level in terms of scoring and rebounding, but I really believe he'll be able to make a difference for us.

"Adam, along with Aaron, will really help upgrade our front line next season in terms of production," Martin added. "He is a very good student as well and will be a good match for us both academically and athletically."

At Linn, Knollmeyer was a Street and Smith's honorable mention All-America player and averaged 18 points, 11 rebounds, four blocks and four assists per game to lead his team to a 26-4 record. He was a first-team Missouri Class 3 all-state player as named by the Missouri Basketball Coaches Association and second-team selection by the Missouri Sportswriters and Broadcasters Association.

Knollmeyer played his first three prep seasons at Helias High School in Jefferson City.

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The Missouri S&T men's basketball team has announced its first signing for the 2008-09 season as Aaron Redeker, a 6-11, 220-pound center-forward from Jackson, Mo., has signed a National Letter of Intent to play at S&T.

Redeker has spent the last two seasons at Three Rivers Community College in Poplar Bluff, Mo., where he played for legendary coach Gene Bess, and averaged 7.1 points and 5.5 rebounds per game a year ago to help the Raiders finish with a record of 29-8. He also shot 50.5 percent from the field and 73.2 percent at the line while finishing as his team's third-leading rebounder.

Redeker was also a force on the defensive end, averaging over two blocked shots per game a year ago and accumulating 128 blocked shots in 74 games at Three Rivers.

"Aaron is a player who will add a lot to our team, particularly on the defensive end and in terms of competitiveness," Martin said. "He really likes to compete and I believe that can help us raise the level of our play on the floor.

"On the floor, he's a strong rebounder who really makes good decisions with the ball and will also be able to do some things for us offensively as he has been a good shooter on an outstanding junior college team at Three Rivers."

Redeker played his high school basketball at Jackson High School, where he was the team's top rebounder in his senior year. He plans to major in civil engineering at Missouri S&T.

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Justin Taylor

EVANSVILLE, Ind. -- For a time Thursday, it looked like the Miner basketball team had designs on ending its season with a bang, as it led Southern Indiana for a good portion of the first half.

However, the host Screaming Eagles -- who are still scrambling to earn a spot in next week’s Great Lakes Valley Conference Tournament -- held Missouri S&T without a field goal over the final 7:54 of the first half and finished the first 20 minutes on a 25-2 run to break loose from S&T, going on to a 76-55 win in PAC Arena despite a career night from Miner guard Justin Taylor.

The Miners took an early 6-0 lead and kept the advantage for most of the first 12 minutes, moving ahead 21-17 on a layup by Aaron Hays with 7:54 to play in the half. A foul away from the ball on the play kept the ball with the Miners, but the inbounds pass was stolen and the possession eventually led to points for the Eagles.

At the 5:47 mark, Nick Duncheon knocked down a three-point to put USI up 22-21 and the Eagles ran off 17 more points before Taylor, who had 13 of S&T’s points in the first half, hit two free throws with nine seconds to go in the half to get the Miners back on the board.

The Eagles led 42-23 at the half, then built the lead up over 30 points before the Miners trimmed it down to the final margin of 21.

Taylor finished with a career-high 35 points in the loss, going 12-of-19 from the field and hitting all six of his three-point attempts. Taylor also led the Miners with eight rebounds as he posted the most points by a Miner since the 2004-05 season finale when Jermaine Burks scored 38 at Northwest Missouri State.

The loss ends the Miner season with a 3-24 overall record and 0-19 mark in the GLVC.

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Justin Taylor

For a time Tuesday night, it appeared that the Miner basketball team was poised to break into the win column in Great Lakes Valley Conference play, as they had a seven-point halftime lead over Missouri-St. Louis and a 10-point advantage with 13:29 to go.

But a victory wasn't in the cards for the Miners, as the Tritons erased that deficit and held off Missouri S&T's last-ditch effort to leave the Bullman Multi-Purpose Building with a 74-71 win in S&T's final home game of the 2007-08 season.

The Miners made an 11-4 run to end the first half with a 42-35 lead, shooting 51.6 percent from the floor in the opening half and connecting on six-of-11 from three-point range. After UMSL closed the gap to one early in the second half, S&T built its lead back up again and moved ahead 52-43 when Justin Taylor zipped a pass to Curtis Mosley in the corner for a three-pointer.

Moments later, Aaron Hays hit the first of two free throws to give S&T its biggest lead of 10 at 53-43 with 13:29 to go, but the Tritons answered by scoring nine points over the next 1:44 to draw to within one. UMSL eventually got the lead back on Nathan Whittaker's driving layup with 9:03 to go to make it 58-57.

S&T drew even again at 61 on a lay-in by Mosley with 6:08 to go, then got even again at 67 when Taylor hit a pair of free throws at the 2:20 mark. However, Whittaker knocked down a three from the wing 24 seconds later to put UMSL up for good.

The Miners had one last chance to tie the game after Tim Green made one of two at the line with 13 seconds to play, but Taylor's three-point try was off the mark in the final moments.

Taylor led the Miners with 20 points, while Mosley finished with 18 and Taurance Townsel with 11. S&T shot 44.1 percent from the floor in the game, but made only 36 percent in the second half and just one three-pointer in 12 tries.

The Tritons, who were playing their third road game in four days, were led by Paul Paradoski with 22 points.

Missouri S&T will close its season Thursday with a 7:30 p.m. game against Southern Indiana in Evansville, Ind.

(Photo by Seth Sowers, Rolla Daily News)

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Justin Taylor

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- The Miners were no match Saturday for the nation’s seventh-ranked team, as a hot-shooting Drury team ran past the Miners 113-76 in Weiser Gym.

The Panthers scored the first seven points of the contest and never looked back, shooting 62.5 percent in the first half to build a 25-point lead of 61-36 by the break. Drury finished the game at 57.8 percent from the field and connected 15 times from three-point range.

S&T shot 52.6 percent itself in the opening half, but was plagued by 13 turnovers which led to numerous easy scoring chances for the Panthers. Drury finished the day scoring 34 points off of the Miners’ 18 turnovers.

The Miners had four players end up in double figures, led by Justin Taylor with 24 points. S&T also got 15 points from Owain Hall, 13 from Curtis Mosley and 10 from Aaron Hays as it finished the game at 46.8 percent from the field.

Steven Gum, who hit six three-pointers for the Panthers, and Collins Harris led all scorers with 23 points.

The Miners (3-22, 0-17 GLVC) will close out their home schedule Tuesday when they face Missouri-St. Louis in a 7:30 p.m. game at the Bullman Multi-Purpose Building.

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KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- The Miner basketball team trailed by only three at the half Thursday night, but a slow start to the second half allowed Rockhurst to extend the lead into double figures and it went on to post a 0-0 victory over Missouri S&T at Mason-Halpin Fieldhouse.

The Miners started out well, jumping out to a 9-4 lead and holding the advantage for the better part of the first 12 minutes. Curtis Mosley did much of the scoring for S&T in the first 20 minutes as he scored 15 of the 29 points, including three three-pointers.

However, after Taurance Townsel had tied the game with a lay-in with 27 seconds left in the half, Rockhurst’s John Torson converted a three-point play just before the period ended to give the Hawks a 32-29 halftime lead.

The Hawks built on that lead in the early part of the second half, extending the margin to 10 by the 10:15 mark on a fast break basket by Alden Smith. S&T got the lead down to six a couple of minutes later on a basket by Mosley, but the Hawks made another mini-run and got the margin out to 14 when Smith drained a three with just under six minutes remaining.

Mosley scored a career-high 22 points in the loss, while S&T also got 12 points from Justin Taylor and 10 from Aaron Hays. However, the Miners made just 36.8 percent of their shots in the game and were outrebounded by the Hawks 39-29.

Missouri S&T (3-21, 0-16 GLVC) will face seventh-ranked Drury Saturday at 1 p.m. in Springfield, Mo.

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The Miner basketball team allowed its second fewest number of points in a game this season, holding Southern Illinois Edwardsville to 58 Saturday afternoon at the Bullman Multi-Purpose Building.

Unfortunately, the Miners had trouble scoring as well and ended up on the wrong end of the final result, as the Cougars came away with a 58-46 victory in the Great Lakes Valley Conference contest.

The Cougars built a seven-point halftime lead by hitting 56 percent of their shots in the opening half. Missouri S&T had a four-point lead of 14-10 after a pair of free throws by Justin Taylor at the 12:24 mark, but SIUE scored the next the next eight points and never trailed again.

An 11-4 spurt by SIUE allowed it to build the halftime margin, then it came out and build the lead up to 20 points in the first nine minutes of the second half, doing most of the damage from long range as it hit five three-pointers during that stretch.

The Miners held the Cougars to 37.5 percent shooting in the second half, but made only 31.6 percent of their own shots for the afternoon.

Taylor led the Miners with 13 points and Aaron Hays finished with 11 and a team-high eight rebounds. Taurance Townsel had five blocked shots in the contest for the Miners.

S&T (3-20, 0-15 GLVC) will return to action Thursday when it faces Rockhurst in Kansas City in a 7:30 p.m. game.

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Taurance Townsel

For the second time in 12 days, the Miner basketball team had a solid second half performance against Quincy University -- but it wasn't enough to overcome the hole it fell into during the first 20 minutes.

The Miners fell behind by 18 points by the end of the first half and ended up on the short end of a 68-55 decision Thursday to the Hawks in a Great Lakes Valley Conference contest at the Bullman Multi-Purpose Building.

Missouri S&T outscored Quincy 41-36 after the intermission as it shot 55.6 percent from the floor after the break. But it was the Miners' struggles from the field during the first half that put them in the 18-point deficit, as they made only three-of-23 from the field during that span and had only one made field goal in the first 17 minutes of play.

For a good stretch of the first half, the Hawks were struggling for points as well, but they got the lead into double figures with 6:08 to go in the half and eventually led 32-14 at the break.

The shots started to fall for the Miners after the intermission, as they trimmed a one-time lead of 27 points down to 14 after a tip-in by Taurance Townsel at the 9:38 mark. S&T would later get the lead down to 11 with just over a minute to play before ending up falling by 13.

Townsel led the Miners with 17 points on the evening as he made eight of his nine field goal attempts, while Curtis Mosley finished with 11.

The Miners will host Southern Illinois Edwardsville Saturday at 3 p.m. at the Bullman Multi-Purpose Building.

(Photo by Rod Lentz)

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The Miners posted their best shooting performance in nearly a month Saturday afternoon -- and it still wasn’t enough to overcome the heroics of Rockhurst’s Joey Deas.

Deas, a junior guard, scored 23 second half points which included six three-point baskets to allow Rockhurst to escape from the Bullman Multi-Purpose Building Saturday with an 83-78 victory.

It was the timely three-pointers that Deas hit that proved to be the Miners’ downfall, as he finished with a game-high 32 points in the victory.

One of the threes came after the Miners had a chance to extend their biggest lead of the day. Missouri S&T led 66-61 with 6:08 to play, but after Owain Hall missed a three-point attempt that could have pushed the advantage to eight, Deas hit threes on back-to-back trips to put Rockhurst back in front in the seesaw affair.

He drained another three with the Hawks holding a one-point lead with 2:51 left, then delivered the dagger to the Miners’ chances for a victory with another bomb with 30 seconds to go and Rockhurst holding onto a one-point advantage.

Rockhurst led 37-28 at the half, but the Miners came out after the break and outscored the Hawks 17-7 over the first seven minutes to take their first lead since the early stages of the contest. Curtis Mosley’s lay-in with 13:03 to go gave S&T a 45-44 lead.

It was the first of six lead changes in the second half – there was also four ties – but the Miners continued to hold the advantage with a hot stretch from three-point land, as Owain Hall and Marquis Jones hit three treys in a span of three minutes to keep the Miners ahead. Jones would later hit a layup with 6:08 to go to give the Miners a 66-61 lead.

Rockhurst regained the lead on the two threes by Deas, then went up for good at 69-68 on two free throws by Tyler Knust with 4:14 to go. The Miners kept on the Hawks’ heels down the stretch, getting to within one when Mosley scored on a driving layin with 58 seconds to go, but Deas hit the last of his seven threes with seven seconds left on the shot clock to keep the Miners at bay.

S&T (3-18, 0-13 GLVC) had four players in double figures, with Justin Taylor leading the way with 16 points. Taurance Townsel finished with 15 while Mosley had 13 and Jones 11 in the loss. DeJon Slaughter had eight rebounds to lead S&T.

The Miners finished the day at 49.1 percent from the field, but the Hawks shot 50.8 percent and hit eight of their 17 three-point tries.

S&T will host Quincy Thursday in a 7:30 p.m. game at the Bullman Multi-Purpose Building.

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The Missouri S&T men's basketball team was unable to slow down Drury during the first half Thursday night, as the
11th-ranked Panthers shot 64 percent from the field in the first 20 minutes to build a big lead and went on to an 81-60 victory at the Bullman Multi-Purpose Building.

S&T was within five at 18-13 after a lay-in by Taurance Townsel before the Panthers broke loose, going on a 21-5 run over a span of nine minutes to take a 39-18 lead by the 3:21 mark. Drury made 16 of its 25 shots in the first half, including six three pointers, to take a 46-25 lead to the locker room.

The Miners shot just 38 percent in the opening half, but played on even terms at 35-35 with the Panthers in the second half as they made 50 percent of their 22 shots after the break. S&T ended the night at 44.2 percent from the field, but turned the ball over 23 times and was outrebounded 36-27.

Curtis Mosley led the Miners with 12 points, while Marquis Jones and Aaron Hays finished with 10 points apiece.

The Miners (3-17, 0-12 GLVC) will host Rockhurst Saturday at 3 p.m. on Fort Leonard Wood Appreciation Day at the Bullman Multi-Purpose Building. Saturday's event will be hosted by Forum Dental.

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Curtis Mosley

QUINCY, Ill. -- The Miners hung in with Quincy University Saturday night, but couldn't overcome a 15-point deficit in the second half and dropped a 66-56 contest to the Hawks at Pepsi Arena.

The Miners cut the lead down to seven in the latter stages of the contest, but couldn't draw any closer as the Hawks hit a couple of key shots down the stretch to stave off the Missouri S&T rally.

The Miners shot just 36.8 percent in a low-scoring first half, as the Hawks took a 30-18 lead to the intermission. S&T trailed 10-6 after a basket by Owain Hall at the 11:27 mark, but Quincy proceeded to score 16 of the next 22 points to move ahead by 14.

Justin Taylor’s three-pointer with 16:35 remaining got the Miners back to within eight at 31-23, but the Hawks were able to extend the lead to 15 over the next two-plus minutes. The Miners were down 46-33 before getting the margin back into single digits again after an acrobatic layin by Taylor with 8:17 to go.

A driving layup by Curtis Mosley with 2:08 to go got the margin down to seven, but Cameron Murkey hit a three-pointer 15 seconds later to push Quincy’s lead back to 10 again.

Mosley led the Miners with 15 points, while Taylor added 13 as they shot 45.7 percent on the night. The Hawks had four players in double figures with Murkey pacing them with 17 and really hurt S&T on the boards, holding a 39-18 rebounding edge and getting 17 of the caroms on the offensive end which turned into 22 points.

The Miners (3-15, 0-11 GLVC) will host seventh-ranked Drury -- who lost Saturday to Kentucky Wesleyan -- Thursday at 7:30 p.m. at the Bullman Multi-Purpose Building.

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Marquis Jones

EDWARDSVILLE, Ill. -- The Miner basketball team overcame a sluggish start in the first half Thursday night, but a run by Southern Illinois Edwardsville in the second half sent Missouri S&T to an 81-62 defeat at the Vadalabene Center.

The Cougars scored the first 14 points of the game, as Taurance Townsel’s basket at the 14:59 mark ended the scoring drought. The Miners then proceeded the spend the next several minutes whittling away at the lead, getting it down to three at 24-21 before SIUE took a 38-31 lead to the locker room.

S&T trailed 43-36 after a three-pointer by Curtis Mosley with 17:21 to go, but consecutive threes by T.J. Gray allowed the Cougars to extend their lead to 13 over the next 39 seconds. SIUE would get the lead to the 20-point mark in the next five minutes.

The Miners were led in scoring by Marquis Jones with 16 points and Curtis Mosley with 13. S&T finished the night shooting just 37 percent from the floor to SIUE's 52.6 percent. S&T did made 16-of-17 from the free throw line.

Missouri S&T (3-15, 0-10 GLVC) will face Quincy Saturday in a 7:30 p.m. game in Quincy, Ill.

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Northern Kentucky entered Saturday's game leading the Great Lakes Valley Conference in three-pointers per game and used that weapon to send the Miners to an 84-53 loss at the Bullman Multi-Purpose Building.

The Norse, who hold the lead in the GLVC East Division, connected 16 times from beyond the arc Saturday. That was enough to pull away from the Miners, who were within eight at the intermission but saw the Norse ouscored them 17-4 in the first 10 minutes after the break.

Missouri S&T trailed for the bulk of the first half -- its largest lead was three in the early going -- but was able to stay within reach of NKU as it shot 48.1 percent in the opening half. Aaron Hays' three-pointer at the 5:14 mark pulled S&T to within one at 28-27, but a basket by Vincent Humphrey and a three-pointer by Anthony Teague extended the margin.

NKU entered the game with an average of 9.8 three-pointers per game and hit eight in each half.

The Miners had four players in double figures, led by Curtis Mosley with 14 points. S&T also got 12 points from Hays, 11 from Marquis Jones and 10 from Justin Taylor. The Miners finished the day shooting 41.5 percent from the field and hit five of their 12 three-point attempts.

S&T (3-14, 0-9 GLVC) will return to action Thursday when it plays at Southern Illinois Edwardsville in a 7:30 p.m. game.

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Justin Taylor

The Miners ran into a buzzsaw Thursday night, as Bellarmine shot 63.6 percent from the field to knock off Missouri S&T 83-58 in Great Lakes Valley Conference play at the Bullman Multi-Purpose Building.

S&T had an early lead in the contest, as Justin Taylor's two free throws at the 9:27 mark put the Miners up 15-14. The Knights regained the lead, but the Miners drew even at 23 after a Curtis Mosley three-pointer with
5:50 left in the opening half.

However, Bellarmine rattled off 13 straight points from that moment to take control of the contest. After Mosley’s three, the Knights got consecutive three-pointers from Adam Brames, Justin Benedetti and Kevin Allen to spark a 20-5 finish to the first half and give Bellarmine a 43-28 lead.

The Miners hit just 34.8 percent of their shots in the opening half and finished the contest at 36.7 percent. Meanwhile, the Knights hit exactly two-thirds of their attempts in the first 20 minutes to build the big lead.

S&T had three players in double figures in the game with Marquis Jones leading the way with 14 points. Justin Taylor had 13 and Taurance Townsel 11 for the Miners, who fell to 3-13 overall and 0-8 in the GLVC.

The Miners will return to action Saturday when they host Northern Kentucky in a 3 p.m. game at the Bullman Multi-Purpose Building. The 25th-ranked Norse were upset Thursday at Missouri-St. Louis by the score of 71-63.

(Photo by Rod Lentz)

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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.

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KENOSHA, Wis. – The Miners were knocked off Thursday night by a hot-shooting Wisconsin-Parkside team, dropping a 98-60 decision in Great Lakes Valley Conference play.

Dave Keane, who didn’t start Thursday game for the Rangers, did the bulk of the early damage for UW-Parkside by scoring 20 of his game-high 23 points in the first half. His five three-point baskets in the first 20 minutes allowed the Rangers to build an 18-point lead by the intermission. but he had a large hand in beating Missouri S&T after entering the contest.

The score was tied at four early on, then the Rangers used a 19-3 burst to built a 29-8 lead by the 10:11 mark. Much of the damage was done by Keane, a junior guard, and senior post Brad Ferstenou who had 10 points of his own in the opening half.

The Miners were able to trim the lead to 15 at 56-41 after back-to-back three-pointers from Justin Taylor, but the Rangers outscored the Miners 19-2 to build their lead to 33 points by the 11-minute mark in the second half.

Taylor led the Miners with 18 points while Taurance Townsel finished with 13. The Miners shot 44.2 percent from the field, but the Rangers hit 51.4 percent of their shots and 12 of 24 from three-point range.

The Miners (3-11, 0-6 GLVC) will face Lewis Saturday in Romeoville, Ill., in a 3 p.m. contest.

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Justin Taylor

ST. LOUIS, Mo. -- The Miners held a halftime lead Saturday at Missouri-St. Louis, but struggled for points in the second half and came away on the short end of a 60-46 decision to the Tritons.

S&T had a 23-19 lead at halftime in the low-scoring affair, but were outscored 41-23 after the break as it made only six of its 24 field goal attempts in the final 20 minutes.

The Miners had one of their best defensive halves of the season in the first half, holding the Tritons to 19 points and 29.6 percent shooting -- and without a three-pointer, to build the four-point lead at the intermission.

S&T extended the lead to five at 26-21 after a pair of free throws by Taurance Townsel at the 16:02 mark, but didn’t score for nearly four minutes after the free throws.

In the meantime, the Tritons ran off 12 straight points, moving in front after a technical foul led to two free throws by Paul Paradoski with 13:50 to go. The Tritons then pushed that lead to 11 with 7:20 to go on a three-point play by David Ward and kept it in double figures for the majority of the remaining time.

S&T was within nine at 49-40 after Aaron Hays hit a three with 4:22 left, but Paul DeChellis’ three-point play at the other end put the Triton lead back over 10 for good.

Justin Taylor led the Miners with 12 points while Aaron Hays had 11 points and Townsel 10. S&T, however, finished the day by shooting just 30.8 percent from the floor.

S&T (3-10, 0-5 GLVC) will play Thursday at Wisconsin-Parkside in a 7:30 p.m. game in Kenosha, Wis.

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Justin Taylor

The Miners got out of the gate quickly Saturday afternoon, jumping out to a double digit lead in the first five minutes of play against highly touted Southern Indiana at the Bullman Multi-Purpose Building.

However, the Screaming Eagles caught up by the intermission and then used a 15-4 run to open the second half to take control of the contest, going on to post a 73-57 victory over Missouri S&T.

The Miners ran out to a 15-4 lead by the 15:29 mark on a jumper by Justin Taylor and still had a 10-point lead three minutes later after a three-pointer by Taylor. Southern Indiana eventually erased the deficit and drew even at 25 on a pair of free throws by Norman Plummer with 5:52 to go in the half.

Taylor scored the last of his 15 points in the opening half when he drained a high-arcing three-pointer with just seconds to go in the half, putting the Miners in a 35-all deadlock with USI as the teams went to the locker room.

But while it was the Miners who got out of the gate quickly in the opening half, it was the Eagles who did so after the intermission. S&T took what turned out to be its last lead of the day on a putback by Marquis Jones to take a 37-35 lead. USI's Josh Huebner converted a layup on the next trip to tie the game again, then George Cunningham's lay-in at the 17:30 mark gave the Eagles the lead.

Cunningham's basket started a run of 12 straight points by the Eagles that was finally stopped by a jumper by Taurance Townsel, but Tyler Schnitker's three-pointer 24 seconds later gave USI a double figure lead that it would hold for the rest of the afternoon.

Taylor led all scorers in the game with 26 points, one short of his career high, while Aaron Hays also reached double figures with 10 points. S&T shot 48.1 percent in the opening half, but made only 31 percent of its shots after the break to finish at 39.3 percent.

The Miners held the Eagles to 43.6 percent shooting, but were outrebounded by a 41-28 margin and were guilty of 15 turnovers.

Missouri S&T (3-9, 0-4 GLVC) will be idle until next Saturday when it plays at Missouri-St. Louis in a 3 p.m. game.

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The Miners grabbed their first lead of the second half Thursday night when Justin Taylor hit a three-pointer, but Kentucky Wesleyan answered that by scoring the next 14 points and held off Missouri S&T for a 76-65 victory in Great Lakes Valley Conference play at the Bullman Multi-Purpose Building.

Taylor's three-pointer at the 18:02 mark of the second half gave S&T a 37-36 lead, but the Panthers' Rodney Edgerson knocked down a three on the next trip down the floor and hit two more long-range shots during the course of the decisive run that gave KWC the lead for good.

The Miners shot 50 percent in the opening half but trailed 32-29 at the intermission, as a late six-point spurt by the Panthers gave them the lead.

Aaron Hays' three-pointer to start the second half tied the game up at 32, then the teams traded baskets until Taylor hit the three that gave the Miners the advantage before the run. Missouri S&T closed the gap under 10 just once after the Panthers built the 13-point lead, when Taylor hit a pair of foul shots at the 9:25 mark to make it 54-45.

Taylor, who had been in a shooting slump in the Miners' three most recent games, hit six of his 10 shots from the floor and a trio of three-pointers to lead the way for S&T with 21 points. The Miners also got 14 points from Taurance Townsel and nine from Marquis Jones.

Missouri S&T shot 50 percent in the game but had a tough time slowing down Edgerson, as the transfer from Washington State finished with a game-high 27 points.

The Miners (3-8, 0-3 GLVC) will host Southern Indiana (8-2, 2-0 GLVC) -- a 67-44 winner over Missouri-St. Louis Thursday -- in a 3 p.m. game Saturday at the Bullman Multi-Purpose Building.

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BOCA RATON, Fla. -- The Miners overcame an 11-point halftime deficit to take the lead in the second half Friday night, but Lynn answered the UMR rally with one of its own and came away with a 60-45 win over the Miners in the Pepsi/Doubletree Suites Classic at Lynn.

UMR hung in the game with the Knights for the bulk of the night, but foul trouble and poor shooting for the second night in a row caught up with it as the contest progressed.

After struggling late in the first half, the Miners came out on fire after the intermission as they outscored Lynn 16-1 to open the half. Andrew James hit a pair of free throws at the 15:35 mark to tie the game, then completed a fast break with a layup on the Miners' next trip to give UMR its first lead of the game at 29-27.

After Lynn's Hans Schur tied the game at 32 with 12:07 to go, Marquis Jones gave the lead back to the Miners with 11:43 remaining. That lead was shortlived, however, as Lynn took the lead back for good at the free throw line and extended it to four moments later on a basket by Michael Baptiste.

Justin Taylor's jumper with 5:28 to go got the Miners back to within three at 44-41, but Schur converted a three-point play off a reverse layup on the next trip down for the Knights to get the Lynn lead back to six.

UMR got to within seven with 2:35 left when Aaron Hays knocked down a pair of free throws, but couldn't get any closer as the Knights pushed the margin to its final mark of 15 by scoring the final eight points of the contest.

The Miners shot just 24.1 percent in the opening half and did not score in the final 7:15 after Taurance Townsel's jumper tied the score at 15. The Knights scored 11 straight points after the Townsel basket to close the half with a 26-15 lead.

Hays led the Miners with nine points, while Taylor and Townsel had eight apiece. But the Miners made just 28.3 percent of their shots from the floor and had three players foul out before the night ended.

Lynn finished at 44.7 percent overall, but made only one of its 10 three-point attempts. The Knights, however, outscored the Miners 25-11 at the free throw line.

UMR (3-7), which will be known as Missouri S&T when the new year rolls around, will play its next game under the new name Jan. 3 when it hosts Kentucky Wesleyan in a 7:30 p.m. Great Lakes Valley Conference game at the Bullman Multi-Purpose Building.

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BOCA RATION, Fla. -- Cold shooting, particularly at the start of the second half, doomed the MIner basketball team Thursday evening as it dropped a 65-51 decision to Barry in the Pepsi/Doubletree Suites Classic at Lynn University.

The Miners trailed 33-31 at halftime, but missed their first 11 shots and 13 of their first 14 after the intermission, which allowed Barry to expand its lead to 39-31 before Andrew James hit a free throw to stop the run at the 15:39 mark.

After Justin Taylor hit two more free throws to cut the lead to five, the Buccaneers built their lead into double figures for the first time at the 13:23 mark on a fast break layup by Bryan Chiverton.

UMR did not make a shot from the floor in the first 9:37 of the second half unitl Taurance Townsel tipped in a miss.

The Miners got to within eight when Aaron Hays hit a three-pointer with 7:46 to play, then were within nine with 5:54 left after Curtis Mosley made a steal and took it the distance for a layup. However, that was as close as UMR would get down the stretch.

The Miners had leads on several occasions in the opening half, taking an early 8-4 lead on a tip-in by James a little over five minutes into play. A basket by Marquis Jones on his first shot of the season -- he had missed the first eight games with an injury -- gave UMR a 12-11 lead during a stretch where the teams swapped the lead a number of times.

UMR went back up by four on two Justin Taylor free throws with 6:47 left in the half, but the Buccaneers made an 11-4 run over the span of 2:04 to go up by three. A three-pointer by Taylor tied the game, then another three by Hays gave UMR a 29-28 lead with 2:59 to go in the half.

Barry scored five straight to retake the lead before a Townsel basket got the score to the halftime margin of two.

Townsel posted a double-double for the Miners with 13 points and 10 rebounds for the Miners, but UMR shot just 25.9 percent in the second half and 31.7 percent for the game. The Miners made only four of their 25 three-point attempts.

Taylor finished in double figures with 11 points and Hays scored eight for the Miners (3-6), who will face Lynn Friday at 6 p.m. (Central time) to wrap up the pre-holiday schedule.

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The Miners and Lincoln were tied with under two minutes to go, but it was the Blue Tigers' Jared Boone who hit the big shot down the stretch to give Lincoln a 76-69 win Saturday at the Bullman Multi-Purpose Building.

Boone broke a 66-all tie with 1:39 to play to put Lincoln up by three, then the Blue Tigers held off the Miners by hitting just enough free throws. Lincoln hit five of its eight free throws in the final 1:04, but the Miners got only a three-point field goal from Aaron Hays during that stretch in their attempt to pull the game out.

UMR led 32-27 at the half despite the Blue Tigers' 53 percent shooting from the field. The Miners, however, held the Blue Tigers to just 15 shots from the floor in the first 20 minutes and had as much as an eight-point lead late in the half.

Lincoln scored the first eight points of the second half and took the lead at 35-32 on a three-pointer by Ryan Spearman at the 18:45 mark. UMR drew even on its next possession on a three by Owain Hall, then the two teams continued to battle on close terms throughout the half.

In a half with nine lead changes, the Miners built a 56-51 lead by the 6:45 mark on baskets by Justin Taylor and a three by Hays. UMR continued to hold that lead until Spearman scored on a fast break layup with 4:43 left to put the Blue Tigers back up 59-58.

Another three-pointer by Hall gave UMR the lead back at 61-59, but Ralph Mata answered with a three of his own to swing the advantage back to LU. The Miners got what turned out to be their last lead of the contest on a three-point play by Taurance Townsel with 3:13 to play to put them up 64-62.

After the Blue Tigers went up 66-64 on a lay-in by Boone with 2:20 to go, Townsel scored inside to tie the game with just under two minutes to go. But on Lincoln's next trip down the floor, Boone got free beyond the arc and drained a shot to put LU up for good.

The Miners were able to get to within three at 72-69 on Hays' three-pointer with 28 seconds to go, but Joseph Hutchingson's two free throws were enough to keep the Miners at bay.

Townsel led the Miners with 23 points and eight rebounds, while Hays posted a career-high with 17 points. UMR also got 11 points from Hall and 10 from Taylor, but shot only 39.7 percent from the field on the afternoon. Lincoln (4-4), which got 17 points from Boone, shot 54.3 percent for the day.

UMR did have its best day of the season from the free throw line by going 16-of-17 (94.1 percent) and outrebounded the Blue Tigers 32-29.

The Miners (3-5) will return to action Dec. 20 when they face Barry in the Lynn Holiday Classic in Boca Raton, Fla.

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Justin Taylor

The Miners turned the tables on their shooting in the second half Wednesday, overcoming a ragged first half to connect on two-third of their field goal attempts -- and six-of-seven from three-point range -- to come away with a 78-69 win over Robert Morris-Springfield at the Bullman Multi-Purpose Building.

UMR made only 35.3 percent of its shots in the opening half while the visiting Eagles were good on 51.7 percent of their tries to build a 37-32 lead at the intermission. However, the Miners set the tone of the second half by scoring the first nine points in a two-minute span to take a 41-37 lead.

After the Eagles caught up at 44 on a layup by Corley Lee with 16:08 to go, the teams swapped the lead for the next three minutes. UMR trailed 56-55 before Owain Hall's three-pointer at the 12:43 mark trigged a decisive 15-0 run that gave UMR a 70-56 advantage by the 8:16 mark.

The Miners were able to break the game open with a pair of three-pointers by Justin Taylor and baskets by Aaron Hays, Andrew James and Hall to build their biggest lead of the night. During the course of the run, the Miners forced nine consecutive missed shots from the field from the Eagles.

Taylor in particular heated up in the second half as he scored 20 of his game-high 25 points after the intermission, including connecting on all four of his three-point attempts. UMR also got 15 points apiece from Hall and Hays, as the three Miner guards combined to go 19-of-37 from the floor and hit nine of the Miners' season-high 10 three-pointers.

Taylor also surpassed the 20-point mark for the third straight game, the first Miner to do so since Jermaine Burks had five straight 20-point outings to close the 2004-05 campaign.

UMR made 16 of its 24 second half shots (66.7 percent) to finish the night at 48.3 percent. It also held the Eagles, who were led in scoring by Tyler Moretto with 19 points, to 33.3 percent after the break and 41.5 percent for the night while outrebounding the Eagles 43-32.

The Miners (3-4) will host Lincoln in a 2 p.m. game Saturday at the Bullman Multi-Purpose Building.

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Owain Hall

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. – Quick starts to both halves sent the Miners to a loss Saturday, as Indianapolis handed UMR its third straight loss by the score of 84-53 at Nicoson Hall in a Great Lakes Valley Conference contest.

The Miners fell behind right out of the gate, as Indianapolis scored on its 11 of its first 14 possessions to take a 24-7 lead by the 11:32 mark. The Miners closed that gap to nine a little over two minutes later after consecutive three-point baskets by Aaron Hays, Justin Taylor and Owain Hall.

UMR was able to hang in the game during the first half thanks to its three-point shooting, as it made five-of-eight from behind the arc in the first 20 minutes. But the Greyhounds got off to a fast start to open the second half as well, putting the first 13 points on the scoreboard before Hall knocked down a three to halt the run.

The Greyhounds, who improved to 6-0 with the win and 2-0 in GLVC play, pushed the lead out even farther as the half went on.

The Miners were led by Taylor with 22 points, while Hall finished with 15. The Miners shot just 35.3 percent in the game and made eight-of-18 from three-point range. UIndy’s Justin Barnard led all scorers with 26 points as the Greyhounds made 52.4 percent of their shots.

UMR (2-4, 0-2 GLVC) will open a two-game homestand Wednesday with a 7 p.m. game against Robert Morris-Springfield, a team it beat 67-62 a week ago in St. Louis.

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Justin Taylor

RENSSELAER, Ind. – The Miners’ conference opener Thursday night didn’t go as well as they had hoped, as Saint Joseph’s answered a second half run by UMR with one of its own and came away with a 70-61 victory.

UMR played on even terms with the Pumas throughout much of the first half, erasing an early eight-point deficit and drawing even at 26 with 3:20 to go in the half on a pair of free throws by Justin Taylor.

However, a late 9-2 run by the Pumas allowed the hosts to take a seven-point lead of 35-28 to the locker room.

Saint Joseph’s built the lead into double figures in the first 90 seconds of the second half on a basket by Andrew Helmer, while the Miners didn’t make a field goal in the first 3:30 after the break. The Miners answered with a 12-0 run, capped by a free throw by Taylor after a technical foul was assessed to the Puma bench with 11:59 to play.

Ronald Coleman’s three-point basket with 11 minutes to go halted the run, then the Pumas got their lead back to 11 at the 8:37 mark on a three-point play by Devin Thomas.

Back-to-back baskets by Taylor allowed the Miners to get back to within seven at 54-47 with 6:40 to go, but that would end up being as close as UMR would get down the stretch. Saint Joseph’s pushed its lead back out to 14 with under five minutes to go.

Taylor, who hit a three-pointer with 18 seconds to go to get the Miners within nine one last time, led all scorers in the game with 27 points to tie his career high. The Pumas (2-2, 1-0 GLVC), meanwhile, had five players in double figures in the contest with Coleman leading the way with 16.

UMR (2-3, 0-1 GLVC) will play at Indianapolis Saturday in a 2 p.m. game at Nicoson Hall. The Greyhounds remained undefeated on the season (5-0, 1-0 GLVC) with a 69-52 victory Thursday over Missouri-St. Louis.

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ST. LOUIS, Mo. -- Owain Hall had the best scoring game of his career Sunday, but otherwise the Miners struggled all afternoon as Harris-Stowe knocked off the Miners 83-68 on the second day of the Missouri-St. Louis Holiday Classic.

Hall scored 20 points in the game, including five three-point baskets, but the Miners struggled all day with the Hornets, turning the ball over 21 times and allowing 22 points off those turnovers. The Hornets also converted 19 second chance points in the game.

The teams traded the lead five times throughout the first half, which saw the Hornets ahead 36-32 at the intermission. UMR was able to stay afloat thanks to the outside shooting of Owain Hall, who connected four times from three-point range to score 12 of the Miners’ 32 points.

A three-point basket by Aaron Hays with just over five minutes to go in the half gave UMR a 27-25 lead, then the Miners extended the lead to four on two free throws by Curtis Mosley. However, Harris-Stowe scored nine of the last 12 points of the half, the last six on a pair of three-pointers by Dustin Fox, to get its halftime advantage.

UMR trailed 42-37 early in the second half before Hall hit his fifth three-pointer and Aaron Hays scored on a fast break layup to tie the game at the 16:53 mark. However, the Hornets made a 16-7 run over a six-minute span to take a nine-point lead at 60-51.

The Miners cut that nine-point lead down to four after a three-point play by Hall, then after a Dustin Fox three-pointer, the junior guard from Jamaica hit a baseline jumper moments later to make it a five-point game at 63-58.

Harris-Stowe led 68-60 with 4:15 to go when the Miners got a four-point possession. Taurance Townsel made the first of two at the line, but DeJon Slaughter got the rebound of the miss and Hays canned a three-pointer at the 3:57 mark to trim the lead to four.

The teams traded points on their next possessions, then the Hornets were able to pull away by scoring eight straight points to take a 78-66 lead with 1:56 remaining.

Besides the 20 points scored by Hall, the Miners also got 14 points from Townsel, 12 from Justin Taylor and 10 from Hays as they shot 44.2 percent for the game. Slaughter had 10 rebounds for UMR.

UMR (2-2) will open Great Lakes Valley Conference play Thursday when it faces Saint Joseph’s in a 7:30 p.m. game in Rensselaer, Ind.

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Taurance Townsel

ST. LOUIS, Mo. -- UMR expanded a one-point halftime lead to 13 early in the second half, then held off Robert Morris-Springfield in the final moments to come away with a 67-62 win Saturday at the Missouri-St. Louis Thanksgiving Classic.

UMR led 31-30 at halftime, then came out in the second half and scored the first six points to build their biggest advantage of the contest of 37-30. UMR then pushed the lead into double figures with just under 14 minutes to go on a foul line jumper by DeJon Slaughter, then the advantage reached 13 at 48-35 about three minutes later on a three-point basket by Owain Hall.

Robert Morris cut the 13-point lead down to six with nine minutes remaining after a fast break basket by Tim Hahn. The Eagles then had a chance to trim it to four, but Tyler Moretto missed an open layup and the Miners answered when Justin Taylor beat the shot clock by canning a 15-foot jumper.

Moments later, the Eagles’ Corley Lee hit a runner in the lane to get Robert Morris to within four at 54-50, then Moretto hit a layup with just over three minutes left made it 55-52. But Townsel scored inside on the Miners’ next possession to make it a five-point game again, then after the Eagles scored, he hit two free throws to give UMR a 59-54 lead with 2:17 to play.

Robert Morris got the margin down to one on a lay-in by Moretto with 54 seconds to go, then Taylor made one of two at the line for UMR to get the lead back to two. Moretto had a chance to tie it at the free throw line with 41 seconds left, but shot an air ball on the second try after making the first to keep the Miner lead at one.

Taurance Townsel made the first of two at the line with 27 seconds left to make it 63-61, then Cameron Jones was fouled on a drive to the basket with 11.7 ticks on the clock. Jones missed the first shot and made the second, then Mosley knocked down two free throws to make the lead three.

Kari Coleman, who hit three three-pointers for the Eagles Saturday, missed an open trey with four seconds that could have tied it. Taylor iced the win for the Miners by making a pair at the line with 2.8 seconds to go.

The Miners had a 9-6 lead in the early going before the Eagles ran off 10 straight points to take their largest lead of the game.

The Miners clawed back into the contest and regained the lead at 21-20 on a layup by Townsel. After the Eagles were able to even the score at 23 with 6:34 to go in the half, Townsel scored again to put the Miners ahead for good in the first half.

Townsel had 12 points in the first half and finished with a game-high 23 points to lead the Miners. UMR also got 11 points from Mosley, while Slaughter and Aaron Hays had 10 rebounds apiece; UMR outrebounded the Eagles by a 42-27 margin.

The Miners shot 57.1 percent in the second half and finished the game at 48.2 percent.

The Miners (2-1) will face Harris-Stowe (1-3) Sunday at 1 p.m. The Hornets lost 74-60 to UMSL Saturday afternoon.

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Taurance Townsel

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- The Miners were up against a number of obstacles Tuesday night and nearly pulled out a win in spite of that, but Lincoln was able to hold on to beat UMR 67-60 at Jason Gymnasium.

UMR was dealing with foul difficulties and poor free throw shooting for much of the night, yet nearly erased a 10-point deficit in the second half in a physical contest.

The Miners shot 50 percent in the opening half, but committed 17 turnovers and found themselves trailing 27-25 at the intermission.

UMR took its first lead in the contest at the 11:18 mark on a basket by Taurance Townsel during the course of an 8-0 run. The Miners held the Blue Tigers scoreless for over four minutes during that stretch.

The Miners held onto the advantage until the final minute of the half when Ryan Spearman’s three-pointer put Lincoln back in front, but UMR got the lead back moments later on a jumper by Justin Taylor. However, Spearman hit another three just before the buzzer to give LU its halftime lead.

Lincoln extended its lead to six early in the second half before Aaron Hays knocked down the Miners’ first three-point shot of the game to cut the margin to three at 33-30. UMR had a chance to tie the game a couple of minutes later, but turned the ball over and the Blue Tigers started a 9-2 run to build their biggest lead of the contest.

The lead stood at 10 for the Blue Tigers with just over 11 minutes to play when the Miners ran off seven straight points to cut the lead to 47-44. With 7:13 left, the Miners lost Townsel to his fifth foul while trailing by six, but UMR drew to within two at 55-53 on a three-pointer by Justin Taylor with 5:43 to go.

DeJon Slaughter hit one of two at the line to make it a two-point game again at 56-54, then Taylor knocked down another three with 3:10 to play to get UMR to within one at 58-57. LU’s Jared Boone missed an open layup on the next trip down the floor, but Taylor missed two chances to put the Miners in front with just over two minutes to go.

The Miners got another chance after Mario Lucchesi missed two free throws with 1:49 to go, but he made a steal near midcourt and hit a layup to make the lead three. After the Miners missed at the other end, Spearman tipped in a missed shot with 52 seconds left to get the LU lead back to five again.

Taylor led the Miners with 22 points, while Townsell had 13 points before fouling out and Aaron Hays finished with 11.

UMR finished the game at 44.2 percent from the field, but struggled at the free throw line and with foul trouble throughout the contest. The Miners made just 19 of 36 at the line -- after starting 9-of-24 -- and lost three players to fouls.

The Miners (1-1) will play over the Thanksgiving weekend in the Missouri-St. Louis Classic, beginning with Saturday’s 3 p.m. game against Robert Morris-Springfield. UMR will also take on Harris-Stowe Sunday at 1 p.m.

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The Miners got a strong start from one of its returners Saturday, then the newcomers joined the party as well to help UMR post a 73-53 opening day victory over Blackburn at the Bullman Multi-Purpose Building.

Justin Taylor scored 13 of his game-high 18 points in the first half to help the Miners build a 10-point lead by the intermission, but four other players reached double figures before the game ended to provide UMR a balanced attack in the victory.

UMR never trailed, jumping out to a 14-3 lead six minutes into play on a basket by Taylor. The Miners built their advantage to as many as 14 points on two occasions, the last at 38-24 on a layup by Andrew James at the 2:42 mark.

The Miners led 38-28 at halftime, then saw Blackburn close to within seven at 42-35 on a layup by Tommy Baro at the 15:01 mark of the second half.

UMR took control from there, outscoring the Beavers 13-2 over the next 5:29 to take its biggest lead of the game of 55-37 on a three-pointer by Curtis Mosley. The Miners retained a double figure lead for the rest of the day, closing with a 14-6 spurt after Blackburn had trimmed the lead to 59-47 with just over six minutes to go.

Besides Taylor's 18 points, the Miners also got 13 points and 11 rebounds from Taurance Townsel in his Miner debut, 11 points apiece from Mosley and Aaron Hays and 10 points from James. DeJon Slaughter added eight points and seven rebounds despite being saddled with foul problems for much of the day.

UMR shot 54.9 percent on the afternoon after hitting 16-of-25 (64 percent) in the first half. The Miners also had a 37-29 rebounding advantage.

Baro was the lone Blackburn player in double figures with 17 points.

UMR will play Lincoln Tuesday at 7 p.m. in Jefferson City, Mo.

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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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The annual UMR/Missouri S&T Basketball Tip-Off Dinner is scheduled to take place Monday, Nov. 5 at Matt's Steakhouse in Rolla.

The event, to honor the 2007-08 Miner and Lady Miner basketball teams who get their seasons started next month, will give fans an opportunity to meet the players for the upcoming campaign.

The event will begin with a cash bar at 5:30 p.m., followed by the dinner at 6:30 p.m. Tickets for the event are $15 and can be purchased in the UMR athletics office.

UMR's men's team will start its season with an exhibition game at Southeast Missouri State two days prior to the dinner, with its regular season opener slated for Nov. 17 against Blackburn at the Bullman Multi-Purpose Building. The Lady Miners' first game will be Nov. 23 in Lakewood, Colo., against Oklahoma Panhandle State'; its first home game will be on Dec. 29 against Ouachita Baptist.

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The University of Missouri-Rolla has filled its vacancy within the men’s basketball coaching staff by naming Jim Glash as the new assistant coach.

Glash comes to UMR from Olney Central College, where he served as the head coach for nine seasons. He left the program following the 2004-05 season after winning 160 games at the college, the m