ITTA BENA, Miss. - Caleb Hunter led three Mississippi Valley State University men's basketball players in double figures exploding for 30 points in an exhibition game against Tougaloo College on Wednesday in the R.W. Harrison HPER Complex.

Hunter scored 23 second-half points as the Delta Devils outscored the Bulldogs 58-33 after intermission.

Quotable
Head coach Lindsey Hunter comments on tonight's game.
"Well, I thought we came out in the first half and we were a little sporadic we turned the ball over kind of uncharacteristic of how we've been practicing. I expected a little bit of jitters from our guys playing at home for the first time, but it was great seeing everybody calm down and Jordan and Mike did a great job of calming us down and solidifying how we were going to play and our young guys Caleb and Quniton did a great job of stepping up."

Caleb Hunter on his big second half.
"I think I just brought like just more intensity to the table, first half I was slacking a little bit. My teammates and my coach told me to step it up and I just changed my attitude and came out and performed the way like I'm supposed to."

Jordan Lyons on leading his team to start the game.
"Like coach said we came out kind of sporadic and antsy, so I felt like it was important for us to just get solid, so that's kind of what I was trying to do for the team just solidify the way we were going to play and get everyone calm and solidified."

How It Happened

• Tougaloo struck first starting the game with an 11-3 advantage within the first three minutes of action. 
• The duo of Jordan Lyons and Michael Green paced the first half scoring for MVSU with 16 points and 10 points, respectively.
• The Bulldogs found early scoring from Justin Johnson (12), D'Michael Stribling (10, and Stanley Williams (10) and carried a 46-40 lead into halftime.
• In the second half, Green and Caleb Hunter trimmed the deficit with timely scoring and were able to tie the game up at 54 by the 14:00 mark.
• The teams traded blows until MVSU embarked on a 9-2 run and claimed a double-digit lead (74-64) with 7:31 left in regulation. Hunter had seven of those points during the run igniting the crowd in his very first collegiate game. He made 8-of-13 shots from the field, 4-of-7 three-pointers logging all 20 minutes of the second half.
• In the final five minutes, Valley sealed the win going on a 17-7 run thanks to their intensity on defense.

Inside the Numbers

• MVSU's defense limited Tougaloo to 36.1 percent shooting in the second half after the Bulldogs shot 43.2 percent to open the game.
• Six out of eight players that received minutes scored for Valley.
• MVSU scored 18 points after forcing Tougaloo into 14 turnovers. 
• The Delta Devils outrebounded the Bulldogs 50-42
• Hunter made five three-pointers and Green added three from downtown.
• Lyons notched a double-double registering 28 points and 12 rebounds. He was 9-of-15 from the free-throw line to lead the team.
• Green made all six of his free-throws, scored 27 points, and dished out a team-high five assists.
• Quinton Alston contributed nine points, eight rebounds while Gebreal Samaha grabbed seven rebounds. 

Up Next
Mississippi Valley State will kick off their season playing their first seven games on the road. The Delta Devils travel to Iowa State on Tuesday, Nov. 5th at 7 p.m.