HIGH POINT, N.C. (AP) - Mike DiNunno pieced together a second straight career performance as Eastern Kentucky held off High Point for a 73-70 nonconference victory Friday night.
DiNunno scored 22 points, matching his total from Wednesday's game against North Carolina A&T, which marked a career high for a regulation contest. The senior hit 4 of 9 from 3-point range Friday.
The win snapped a two-game losing streak for the 10-2 Colonels.
High Point (4-6) trailed 54-50 with 6:30 left, but staged an 8-2 run for a 58-56 lead as John Brown capped the raid with a steal and dunk. Brown finished with 20 points and 10 rebounds.
Corey Walden's layup tied the game a minute later and then DiNunno hit two foul shots to put Eastern Kentucky ahead for good. Walden hit two foul shots with 2:05 left for a 65-60 advantage, and the Panthers never got closer than two.
Walden had 13 points.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| Eastern Kentucky (10-2) « | 30 | 43 | 73 |
| High Point (4-6) | 24 | 46 | 70 |
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| Eastern Kentucky Colonels | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| D. Muff, F | 15 | 3-5 | 0-1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| E. Stutz, F | 11 | 0-1 | 4-4 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 4 |
| M. DiNunno, G | 38 | 6-12 | 6-6 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 22 |
| G. Cosey, G | 37 | 4-10 | 3-6 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 12 |
| T. Johnson, G | 19 | 1-5 | 0-0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| M. Lewis | 29 | 2-3 | 3-4 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| C. Walden | 26 | 4-9 | 4-6 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 13 |
| J. Johnson | 25 | 2-5 | 2-2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
| Totals | 22-50 | 22-29 | 31 | 14 | 16 | 73 | |
| 44% | 75.9% | ||||||
| High Point Panthers | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| J. Brown, F | 34 | 8-18 | 4-5 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 20 |
| D. Edwards, G | 33 | 3-11 | 4-5 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 11 |
| D. McGaughy, G | 26 | 1-4 | 2-2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| A. Chaney, G | 24 | 5-8 | 4-4 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 14 |
| A. Weary, G | 20 | 1-5 | 0-0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| L. Cugini | 23 | 3-9 | 0-0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 8 |
| J. Simms | 17 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 0 |
| B. Mikulic | 9 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| C. Law | 8 | 2-4 | 1-1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| J. Cheek | 6 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Totals | 25-66 | 15-17 | 42 | 17 | 23 | 70 | |
| 37.9% | 88.2% | ||||||
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