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Bears put up first 100 point game of the season to take down LA Knights

| By: Cody Junkin
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Box Score Southwest Mississippi Men's Basketball hosted the Louisiana Knights on Wednesday, November 11th in a 100-62 Southwest victory.

The Knights caught the Bears off guard as they unexpected jumped out to a 10-0 lead in the first 2 minutes of gameplay

Brandon Burke Jr. broke the scoring run as he scored the first 5 points for the Bears with an old fashioned three-point play followed by a slam to get the momentum going.

A pair of steals led to 5 straight points for London McKenzie to the tie the game at 15-15 with 12:10 remaining in the first half before two Brian Foxworth free throws gave the Bears their first lead of the game.

The final ten minutes of the first half continued to be back and forth with the Bears holding onto a slight lead thanks to back to back three pointers from Saleem Gakiza.

The Knights managed to tie the game with 1:07 left but two buckets from Chaunce Stewart sent Southwest into the half leading 36-34 over the Knights.

A LA Knight bucket tied the game up only 10 seconds into the second half followed by a quick answer from the Bears to take back the lead with 19:34 on the clock, and they would never give it back.

Southwest picked up the scoring from the first half with a quick 10 point run from Saleem Gakiza and Lem Ajith, each with a three pointer in that run.

The Bears never looked back as they continued to pour on the offense against the Knights.

The defense shined as well with multiple blocks and steals leading to Bear buckets on the other end of the court.

Southwest was up 68-48 with ten minutes left in the game but kept the foot on the gas.

Steal after steal and slam after slam pushed the score up for the Bears as the Knights offense still couldn't get rolling.

Saleem Gakiza hit his 5th three-pointer of the night to put Southwest up 94-58.

Two final buckets from Jon Jackson and two free throws from London McKenzie put the Bears up 100-62, the teams first time eclipsing the century mark this season.

That 100-62 win over the LA Knights moved the Bears to 3-3 on the young season.

Saleem Gakiza led the team with 21 points on 5 made three pointers. Brandon Burke Jr. followed with 17 points.

Four more Bears had double digit points as well. Lem Ajith had 12 while London McKenzie had 11. Devin Moore and Chaunce Stewart each finished with 10 points.

Brandon Burke Jr. finished with 10 rebounds followed by Chaunce Stewart with 8.

Khameron Snow and Brian Foxworth each had 7 assists.

The Bears (3-3) will travel to Pensacola on Friday, November 13th to take on Pensacola State.
 
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