MARTIN, Tenn. (AP) - Myles Taylor scored 21 points and grabbed 14 rebounds as Tennessee-Martin knocked off Eastern Kentucky 72-65 Thursday night to win two straight games for the first time this season.
The Skyhawks (6-16, 3-7 Ohio Valley Conference), coming off a 65-62 win over Southern Illinois-Edwardsville, made 28 of 34 free throws, including 15 of 20 in the second half. The Colonels made only 7 of 13 foul shots, 4 of 7 after the break.
Tied at 35 at halftime, Eastern Kentucky led 46-41 with 14:33 to go. The Colonels (16-6, 6-3) still led 54-53 with 7:16 left when Tennessee-Martin went on a 13-5 run. After Eastern Kentucky got within two, at 67-65 on a Glenn Cosey 3-pointer with 32 seconds left, the Skyhawks made 5 of 8 free throws to clinch it.
Tennessee-Martin outrebounded the Colonels 51-26.
Cosey, returning after missing six games with a broken finger, finished with 20 points.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| Eastern Kentucky (16-6) | 35 | 30 | 65 |
| Tennessee-Martin (6-16) « | 35 | 37 | 72 |
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| Eastern Kentucky Colonels | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| E. Stutz, F | 23 | 1-1 | 3-4 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| D. Muff, F | 6 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| M. DiNunno, G | 37 | 5-18 | 1-2 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 14 |
| C. Walden, G | 33 | 4-10 | 2-2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 11 |
| T. Johnson, G | 27 | 4-9 | 1-4 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 10 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| G. Cosey | 33 | 7-18 | 0-0 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 20 |
| T. Knipp | 14 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| J. Johnson | 13 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| M. Lewis | 13 | 1-4 | 0-1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| R. Stenzel | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| R. Parsons | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 23-65 | 7-13 | 26 | 17 | 24 | 65 | |
| 35.4% | 53.8% | ||||||
| Tennessee-Martin Skyhawks | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| M. Taylor, F | 40 | 5-11 | 11-13 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 21 |
| J. Washington, F | 19 | 4-7 | 4-4 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 12 |
| M. Liabo, G | 37 | 5-13 | 3-4 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 16 |
| T. Smith, G | 32 | 2-7 | 4-4 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 9 |
| D. Richardson, G | 22 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| D. Oldham | 22 | 1-4 | 2-5 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| B. McLaughlin | 20 | 2-2 | 2-2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| B. Jones | 6 | 0-2 | 2-2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| J. Childs | 2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Totals | 20-47 | 28-34 | 51 | 12 | 12 | 72 | |
| 42.6% | 82.4% | ||||||
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