It was a close game most of the way and the Panthers have SF Herman Freitas to thank for that. He had a massive game with 27 pts, 12 rebounds, 3 assists, and 3 blocks. The Panthers began to pull away in the 2nd half on the strength of a solid defense that held the Tigers to .354 from the field. Furthermore, they got to the line 39 times to the Tigers 18. This kept Missouri fighting from behind for the whole 2nd half and they were unable to close the gap. The Panthers advance!
Code:
Prairie View A&M 81, Missouri 75
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Prairie View A&M (26-7, 17-1):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Gerald Martinez PF 31 2-8 2-4 2 6 0 2 6
Ronnie Bolden PF 17 1-5 3-4 0 5 0 4 6
Herman Freitas SF 33 9-17 7-11 4 12 3 3 27
Scott Marshall SG 27 2-5 4-6 1 5 1 1 8
Jeffrey Keith PG 29 1-3 8-8 0 4 2 5 10
Rodrick Wray SG 15 2-4 1-2 0 3 0 0 7
Samuel Hayes PG 8 1-3 1-2 0 0 1 0 3
Gary Bordelon C 25 6-13 2-2 3 6 1 1 14
Casey Brasher SF 6 0-0 0-0 0 4 0 0 0
Alejandro Calvo SG 2 0-2 0-0 0 0 0 1 0
Elijah Witmer C 6 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0 0
Turnovers: 17 (G.Martinez 2, R.Bolden 1, H.Freitas 1,
S.Marshall 3, J.Keith 6, R.Wray 2, S.Hayes 1,
G.Bordelon 1)
Blocked Shots: 20 (G.Martinez 7, R.Bolden 2, H.Freitas
3, S.Marshall 2, G.Bordelon 4, C.Brasher 2)
Steals: 9 (G.Martinez 2, H.Freitas 2, S.Marshall 1,
J.Keith 1, R.Wray 1, S.Hayes 1, A.Calvo 1)
3P FGs: 5-16 (R.Bolden 1-3, H.Freitas 2-8, S.Marshall
0-1, R.Wray 2-3, A.Calvo 0-1)
Missouri (25-7, 14-4):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Merlin Melo C 35 4-13 1-2 3 14 2 4 10
Jordan Martens PF 30 8-17 3-4 2 6 0 3 19
Michael Jones SF 26 4-12 1-2 3 6 4 4 12
Dusty Gelinas SG 32 4-10 2-2 1 5 3 3 10
Harold Strickland PG 26 6-17 2-2 4 7 6 5 16
Harvey Deluca SF 22 0-6 0-0 3 5 2 2 0
John Alberts PG 7 0-0 2-2 0 2 1 2 2
Blaine Kahler PF 12 2-3 0-0 2 4 0 5 6
Jerrold Avery SG 3 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0
Tony Nicol C 5 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 1 0
Turnovers: 19 (M.Melo 2, J.Martens 4, M.Jones 2,
D.Gelinas 3, H.Strickland 2, J.Alberts 5, B.Kahler 1)
Blocked Shots: 7 (M.Melo 4, J.Martens 1, M.Jones 1,
B.Kahler 1)
Steals: 5 (D.Gelinas 1, H.Strickland 3, J.Alberts 1)
3P FGs: 8-28 (M.Melo 1-1, M.Jones 3-7, D.Gelinas 0-4,
H.Strickland 2-7, H.Deluca 0-5, B.Kahler 2-3, J.Avery
0-1)
Player of Game: PF Herman Freitas (PVAM)