RICHMOND, Ky. (AP) - Mike DiNunno scored 24 points to go with seven assists and Corey Walden tallied 22 points as Eastern Kentucky beat Tennessee State 76-67 Thursday for its seventh win in its last nine games.
Eric Stutz added 10 points for Eastern Kentucky. Stutz, a sophomore, scored Eastern Kentucky's final six points of the first half to give the Colonels a 39-24 lead at halftime.
Eastern Kentucky (16-4, 6-1 Ohio Valley Conference) led 15-10 before Walden hit a layup and DiNunno and Timmy Knipp hit consecutive 3s to put the Colonels up 23-10. Tennessee State (12-9, 6-2) got back within 10, 23-15, but Walden and DiNunno hit treys as part of a 10-3 run that gave the Colonels a commanding 33-18 edge.
Eastern Kentucky shot a season-high 56 percent (25-for-45) from the floor, crossing the 50 percent threshold for the eighth time this season.
Patrick Miller's 20 points led Tennessee State.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| Tennessee State (12-9) | 24 | 43 | 67 |
| Eastern Kentucky (16-4) « | 39 | 37 | 76 |
2013 College World Series
Get your gear Shop Now
| Tennessee State Tigers | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| K. Thornton, F | 34 | 2-6 | 2-3 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 6 |
| M. Rhett, F | 24 | 2-4 | 1-2 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| P. Miller, G | 40 | 6-14 | 4-6 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 20 |
| J. Cyphers, G | 35 | 2-9 | 10-11 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 15 |
| J. Harris, G | 9 | 1-3 | 1-2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| J. Gaither | 21 | 2-5 | 1-3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| M. Green | 20 | 3-7 | 2-2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 9 |
| D. McClung | 9 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| T. Fredrick | 8 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Totals | 19-51 | 21-29 | 31 | 11 | 20 | 67 | |
| 37.3% | 72.4% | ||||||
| Eastern Kentucky Colonels | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| E. Stutz, F | 26 | 4-5 | 2-2 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 10 |
| D. Muff, F | 5 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| C. Walden, G | 40 | 7-11 | 7-7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 22 |
| M. DiNunno, G | 39 | 6-12 | 8-8 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 24 |
| T. Johnson, G | 12 | 0-1 | 0-2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| M. Lewis | 29 | 3-7 | 1-3 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 7 |
| J. Johnson | 25 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 4 |
| T. Knipp | 23 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| R. Parsons | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 25-45 | 18-22 | 25 | 13 | 22 | 76 | |
| 55.6% | 81.8% | ||||||
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Other games | |||||||||||||||||
|
|
| |||||||||||||||
|
| ||||||||||||||||
