CONWAY, Ark. (AP) - Mikh McKinney scored 14 points and Sacramento State rallied from a 13-point second-half deficit to defeat Central Arkansas 71-68 Saturday night.
Central Arkansas (1-3) led 45-35 at halftime and increased the lead to 55-42 on a tip-in by Jordan Harks with 15:56 remaining. But Sacramento State (4-1) outscored the Bears 21-5 over the next 10 minutes to take its first lead of the game on a three-point play by McKinney with 5:15 left.
McKinney added two free throws with 17 seconds left that gave the Hornets their final three-point margin as Central Arkansas misfired three times from 3-point range in the final 12 seconds.
Joe Eberhard added 13 points, 10 rebounds and four steals for Sacramento State.
The Bears got 21 points from Jarvis Garner, a career-high 18 from Harks and 10 from LaQuentin Miles.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| Sacramento State (4-1) « | 35 | 36 | 71 |
| Central Arkansas (1-3) | 45 | 23 | 68 |
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| Sacramento State Hornets | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| J. Dickson, F | 19 | 3-6 | 1-4 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| J. Quigley, F | 15 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| J. Eberhard, G | 37 | 5-13 | 3-4 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 13 |
| M. McKinney, G | 33 | 4-14 | 5-6 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 14 |
| D. Garrity, G | 32 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 7 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| K. Veteto | 26 | 7-12 | 5-6 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 19 |
| J. Carbajal | 20 | 0-6 | 0-0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| J. Demalleville | 7 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| C. Demps | 7 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| J. Salley | 4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Totals | 26-61 | 14-20 | 45 | 15 | 15 | 71 | |
| 42.6% | 70% | ||||||
| Central Arkansas Bears | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| J. Garner, F | 33 | 7-13 | 2-4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 21 |
| J. Harks, F | 30 | 8-11 | 2-3 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 18 |
| R. Crawford, G | 35 | 2-10 | 0-0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| L. Miles, G | 35 | 4-7 | 2-4 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 10 |
| D. McClure, G | 32 | 4-9 | 0-0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 9 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| D. Berete | 10 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| T. Brown | 10 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| R. Williams | 8 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Z. Padgett | 7 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Totals | 27-56 | 6-11 | 30 | 14 | 17 | 68 | |
| 48.2% | 54.5% | ||||||
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