MOREHEAD, Ky. (AP) - Taylor Braun scored 23 points and grabbed nine rebounds, and North Dakota State opened the second half with a 12-0 run en route to a 69-57 victory over Morehead State on Wednesday night.
Angelo Warner led Morehead State (4-5) with 14 points, and Milton Chavis and Chad Posthumus scored 13 apiece.
After leading 33-19 at halftime, North Dakota State (7-3) put the game away with the run. Kory Brown, TrayVonn Wright and Braun each scored four points each. That gave the Bison a 45-19 advantage 4:16 into the second half before Angelo Warner hit a jumper to make it 45-21.
Morehead State shot 42.3 percent from the field (22 of 52) to the Eagles' 30.5 percent (18 of 59) and outshot them from 3-point range 7 of 19 to 2 of 17.
It marked the first meeting between the teams, but they square off again in Fargo on Dec. 21.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| North Dakota State (7-2) « | 33 | 36 | 69 |
| Morehead State (4-5) | 19 | 38 | 57 |
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| North Dakota State Bison | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| M. Bjorklund, F | 29 | 3-6 | 2-3 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 8 |
| T. Wright, F | 25 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| L. Alexander, G | 34 | 3-6 | 0-1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 8 |
| T. Braun, G | 29 | 6-17 | 11-12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 23 |
| K. Brown, G | 28 | 1-5 | 2-2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| C. Kading | 22 | 2-4 | 2-2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 7 |
| N. Zastrow | 17 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| M. Felt | 13 | 3-6 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 |
| J. Aaberg | 3 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| F. Newell | 0 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| B. VandenBergh | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 22-52 | 18-22 | 42 | 13 | 23 | 69 | |
| 42.3% | 81.8% | ||||||
| Morehead State Eagles | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| B. Reed, F | 26 | 2-4 | 2-4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| M. Chavis, F | 18 | 1-6 | 0-0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 |
| K. Owens, F | 14 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| D. Atkinson, G | 33 | 5-9 | 2-4 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 13 |
| A. Warner, G | 28 | 4-11 | 5-6 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 14 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| C. Posthumus | 18 | 3-10 | 7-11 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 13 |
| D. Kelly | 13 | 0-2 | 2-2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| J. Stickler | 12 | 1-3 | 1-2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| B. Turner | 11 | 0-6 | 0-0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| C. James | 9 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| J. Stokes | 9 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| J. Holmes | 4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| J. Percell | 3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| M. Lewis-Briggs | 2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 18-59 | 19-29 | 38 | 11 | 20 | 57 | |
| 30.5% | 65.5% | ||||||
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