HONOLULU (AP) - Art Bernardi scored 22 points as Houston Baptist defeated Maryland-Eastern Shore 70-55 Sunday in the Rainbow Classic.
The Huskies (2-0) pulled away with a 10-0 run that gave them a 34-20 lead in the first half, then held the Hawks (0-2) scoreless for a stretch of 7:52 during a 9-0 second-half run. Marcus Davis, who had 13 points, closed that spurt with a dunk that gave Houston Baptist a 54-33 lead.
Kyree Jones led Maryland-Eastern Shore with 28 points. He was 9 for 12 from the field, including 4 of 7 beyond the arc. Olantunji Kosile added 14 points off the bench for the Hawks.
Houston Baptist shot 58 percent from the field and 6 of 11 on 3-point attempts. That helped offset 4 of 12 shooting from the free-throw line.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| Houston Baptist (2-0) « | 40 | 30 | 70 |
| Maryland-Eastern Shore (0-2) | 27 | 28 | 55 |
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| Houston Baptist Huskies | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| A. Bernardi, F | 28 | 10-14 | 1-4 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 22 |
| M. Davis, G | 33 | 6-11 | 0-0 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 13 |
| M. Smith, G | 31 | 4-4 | 0-0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 |
| T. Russell, G | 24 | 3-6 | 0-0 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| D. Womack, G | 13 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| C. Crayton | 22 | 2-6 | 1-4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| C. Joyce | 12 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| A. Hill | 11 | 1-2 | 1-2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| J. Harper | 10 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| J. Evans | 9 | 1-1 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| R. Lewis | 7 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 30-52 | 4-12 | 31 | 19 | 15 | 70 | |
| 57.7% | 33.3% | ||||||
| Maryland-Eastern Shore Hawks | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| T. Snyder, F | 24 | 0-6 | 0-0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| F. Ezeiru, C | 19 | 1-4 | 1-2 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 3 |
| K. Jones, G | 32 | 9-12 | 6-7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 28 |
| I. Pitt, G | 20 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 |
| L. Bell, G | 16 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| R. Spencer | 29 | 3-7 | 3-5 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| D. Cowell | 22 | 0-1 | 1-2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| O. Kosile | 20 | 7-12 | 0-0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 14 |
| D. Williams II | 11 | 0-5 | 0-0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| T. Trim | 7 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 20-51 | 11-16 | 27 | 10 | 12 | 55 | |
| 39.2% | 68.8% | ||||||
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