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February 6, 2006 —
The SVSU men's basketball team capitalized on a struggling Lake Superior State team when it needed to, winning its second conference game of the year 75-50 on Saturday.
Facing a Lakers team with the worst record in the GLIAC, the Cardinals jumped out to a nine-point lead less than five minutes into the game and never trailed en route to the win.
Junior Andrae Betts led all scorers with 23 points, shooting 8-of-14 from the floor, including 5-of-11 from three-point range. Freshman Adam Mughmaw also came up big for SVSU, scoring 15 points on 6-of-7 shooting in just 20 minutes of play.
Sophomore Chris Johnston was the only other Cardinals player to score in double figures, adding 12 points and five rebounds.
Eleven Cardinals saw the floor on Saturday in the win; nine saw at least 14 minutes of play.
SVSU played as well as it could have hoped in the first half to open up a 42-26 halftime lead. The Cardinals shot 51.9 percent (14-of-27) from the floor in the half, including 5-of-10 from the three-point line and 9-of-11 on free throws. The Lakers, meanwhile, managed to shoot just 33.3 percent (9-of-27) from the floor and committed 15 turnovers in the half.
Freshman Mark Morse led the Lakers with 22 points and five rebounds, but was the only LSSU player to score in double figures. Only freshmen Ryan Kuhl and Tim VanOudheusden, along with Morse, made two or more field goals.
The Lakers could only get the SVSU lead down to 15 in the second half as they shot just 28.6 percent (6-of-21) in the half.
The win came two days after the Cardinals lost a close game at Ferris State, 77-71.
Junior Syndey McDaniel led all scorers with 20 points on 9-of-13 shooting. The guard added a team-high nine rebounds and four assists.
Three other Cardinals scored 14 points in the game: Johnston, who shot 6-of-19, and freshmen Luke Laser and Kevin Thornton.Betts scored just five points but contributed a game-high nine assists.
Bulldogs senior guard Dennis Springs caused havoc against SVSU for the second time this year, scoring 19 points and dishing out eight assists. Senior forward Jeffrey Shanahan added 16 points and 13 boards.
The split leaves SVSU at 2-11 in the GLIAC and 7-15 overall. Rival Northwood comes to the James E. O'Niell Arena on Saturday for a 3 p.m. tipoff.