Grambling Tigers @ Evansville Purple Aces
| 1 | 2 | T | |
|---|---|---|---|
GRAM | 29 | 32 | 61 |
EVAN | 42 | 54 | 96 |
Evansville trounces Grambling St. 96-61
EVANSVILLE, Ind. -- D.J. Balentine scored 20 points to lead Evansville over Grambling State 96-61 on Saturday.
Blake Simmons and Jaylon Brown both had 14 points for Evansville (7-6), while Egidiju Mockevicius and Duane Gibson added 10 points.
Grambling State (1-7) was paced by A'Torri Shine with 13 points; Antwan Scott added 10 points and six assists.
Evansville shot 60 percent from the floor, including 7 of 11 (64 percent) from beyond the arc. Grambling State went 25 of 67 (37 percent) from the field while hitting just 5 of 23 on 3-pointers.
Jaylon Moore and Simmons hit back-to-back treys to open a 10-point first half lead for the Purple Aces en route to a 13-point advantage at the break.
Evansville poured it on in the second half, including an 8-0 run punctuated by a Balentine 3-pointer, to stretch the lead to 31 with 13:15 left in the game.
