ITTA BENA, Miss. – The Mississippi Valley State University men's basketball program had five student-athletes cross the ten-point threshold against the Red Wolves, playing its best game of the season despite losing on the scoreboard, 82-77.
 
The Basics
 

• Final Score: Arkansas State 82 | Mississippi Valley State 77

 

• Records: Mississippi Valley State (0-8, 0-0 SWAC) | Arkansas State (7-2, 0-0 Sun Belt)

 

• Location: Itta Bena, Mississippi – R.W. Harrison HPER Complex

 

• Series History: Arkansas State Leads 12-4

 

• Winning Streak: Arkansas State (W4) | Mississippi Valley State's Last Win: November 28, 2001 (79-77)

Mississippi Valley State Top Performers
 

• Caleb Hunter had an excellent evening, posting a game/season-high 20 points and eight field goals on 38% shooting while recording his first block of the year.

 

• While Hunter was the top scorer, Gary Grant was the more efficient of the two, dropping a season-best 18 points and eight field goals including his first career three-pointer to go along with an 61.5% field goal percentage plus a team-high six boards.

 

• David McCoy swiped a game-high four steals, went a perfect 4-for-4 from the line, and scored a personal-high 15 points.

 

• Terry Collins notched his first double-digit scoring effort of the campaign on top of his first two threes of 2021-22 while topping the squad with four assists.

 

• The fifth and final Devil with double-digit scoring was Robert Carpenter who kept his season-long streak of ten-plus points alive with exactly that amount.

 

• John Aguer went for personal-bests of three assists and his first career multi-steal outing (2) with Daniel Umoh picked up his first career takeaway as well. 

Notes

• The game was a back-and-forth battle that saw nine lead changes and six ties.

 

• MVSU won a lot of the analytical categories such as the turnover battle (24-16), points off turnovers (31-16), bench points (28-22), points in the paint (42-34), and fast break points (21-17).

 

• One area in which the Devils did not win was a backbreaker, foul trouble. Valley committed ten more fouls than the Red Wolves (28-18) and ASU took 26 more free throws than the Green and White, making 28 freebies to MVSU's nine.

 
Head Coach Lindsey Hunter's men have a week to prepare for a rematch with the Colonels from Nicholls, completing the home-and-home on Saturday in Thibodaux, Louisiana at 3 p.m. inside Stopher Gymnasium.
 
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