KENNESAW, Ga. (AP) - Cleon Roberts scored 12 points and Eric Ferguson 11 to lead Georgia Southern to a 62-46 win over Kennesaw State on Wednesday night.
Markeith Cummings led the Kennesaw State (1-5) in its home opener with 22 points.
The Eagles (2-2) won on the strength of their shooting. They hit 47.8 percent from the field (22 of 46), including 42.1 percent on 3-pointers (8 of 19), to the Owls' 37.5 percent (15 of 40) and 25 percent (4 of 14).
From 39-34 at the 13:28 mark in the second half, Tre Bussey made two 3-pointers to boost the Eagles' advantage to 45-34 with 12:12 to play, and C.J. Reid's 3-pointer pushed the lead to 48-34 with 11:03 left. The Eagles maintained at least an eight-point advantage the rest of the night, building it to 60-44 on Jessie Pernell's two free throws with 2:17 remaining.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| Georgia Southern (2-2) « | 24 | 38 | 62 |
| Kennesaw State (1-5) | 25 | 21 | 46 |
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| Georgia Southern Eagles | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| E. Ferguson, F | 32 | 3-7 | 5-8 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 11 |
| M. Baynham, F | 16 | 0-1 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
| C. Reed, G | 33 | 3-7 | 0-0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 |
| T. Bussey, G | 29 | 3-9 | 0-0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 |
| C. Roberts, G | 29 | 5-9 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 12 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| C. Baskerville | 25 | 4-4 | 0-0 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 8 |
| J. Pernell | 17 | 1-5 | 2-2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| B. Holmes | 12 | 1-1 | 1-2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| K. Dunnican | 6 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| S. Mike | 1 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Totals | 22-46 | 10-14 | 29 | 10 | 18 | 62 | |
| 47.8% | 71.4% | ||||||
| Kennesaw State Owls | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| M. Cummings, F | 40 | 8-12 | 4-5 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 22 |
| A. Osemhen, F | 24 | 0-2 | 3-4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| A. Anderson, F | 23 | 2-4 | 1-2 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 5 |
| D. Love, G | 35 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
| Y. Brown, G | 20 | 0-4 | 0-1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| M. Hamilton | 26 | 1-5 | 2-2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| B. Dawson | 12 | 1-3 | 2-3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| N. Pruitt | 11 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| C. Hobbs | 9 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 15-40 | 12-17 | 26 | 8 | 15 | 46 | |
| 37.5% | 70.6% | ||||||
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