KALAMAZOO, Mich. (AP) - Shayne Whittington scored 24 points on 10-of-11 shooting Saturday, leading Western Michigan to an 87-66 victory over Mount St. Mary's in the first-ever meeting between the schools.
Whittington led a 60 percent overall shooting effort for the Broncos (8-4), including 67 percent in the first half. Darius Paul, who came in leading Mid-American Conference freshmen in scoring and rebounding, added 19 points, and Brandon Pokley scored 15, including three 3-pointers.
Rashad Whack led the Mountaineers (4-6) with 16 points, and Julian Norfleet and Sam Prescott scored 14 apiece. Mount St. Mary's shot just 40 percent from the field.
Western Michigan never trailed, leading 44-28 at halftime and by as many as 29 in the second half. The Broncos dominated inside, outrebounding the Mountaineers 40-21 and outscoring them 46-22 in the paint.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| Mount St. Mary's (4-6) | 28 | 38 | 66 |
| Western Michigan (8-4) « | 44 | 43 | 87 |
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| Mount St. Mary's Mountaineers | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| K. Krajina, F | 12 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| T. Danaher, C | 22 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 3 |
| J. Norfleet, G | 36 | 5-13 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 14 |
| R. Whack, G | 30 | 4-8 | 6-6 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 16 |
| J. Castellanos, G | 26 | 0-5 | 0-0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| S. Prescott | 29 | 5-13 | 3-3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 14 |
| R. Barber | 16 | 5-6 | 0-0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 10 |
| X. Owens | 13 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| G. Graves | 11 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| A. Brown | 2 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| O. Brown | 2 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| A. DeVan | 1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| K. Parker | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 24-60 | 9-9 | 21 | 11 | 24 | 66 | |
| 40% | 100% | ||||||
| Western Michigan Broncos | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| N. Hutcheson, F | 27 | 2-2 | 1-2 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 5 |
| D. Paul, F | 23 | 7-11 | 5-8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 19 |
| S. Whittington, C | 29 | 10-11 | 4-4 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 24 |
| B. Pokley, G | 29 | 4-5 | 4-4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 15 |
| A. Richie, G | 26 | 1-5 | 3-5 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 5 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| C. Tava | 17 | 3-6 | 1-1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| J. Klein | 14 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| T. Perry | 14 | 2-8 | 0-0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| D. Loney | 7 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| C. Harris | 6 | 0-1 | 1-2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| A. Avery | 4 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| H. Hoerdemann | 2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| T. Brennan | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| N. Stapert | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 32-53 | 19-28 | 40 | 21 | 10 | 87 | |
| 60.4% | 67.9% | ||||||
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