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Mules Basketball
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Mules open regular season with
victory over Monmouth
Tremaine Luellen led a balanced attack with 13 points
The University of Central Missouri Mules got points from 14 different players and cruised to an 87-60 win over Monmouth College in the season opener Saturday at the UCM Multipurpose Building.
The Mules (1-0) fell behind 7-3 early in the contest but quickly went on a 13-0 run and took the lead for good at the 15:52 mark of the opening half. Central Missouri got the advantage to 12 thanks to a three from junior guard Josiah Miller, but the Fighting Scots (0-1) showed some fight to cut it back to one with 8:25 left.
Central Missouri was up to the task though and ran off 12 more unanswered points, five of which came from junior Carvelle Taylor. The Mules scored the final nine points of the half to put it out of reach at 46-28. Joe Young and Walter Battle, both in their first action of the season after sitting out of the CBE Classic, scored seven of those final nine.
Tremaine Luellen led the Mules with 11 at the break on a perfect 4-of-4 from the floor. The Mules pulled away with defense though, forcing 13 Monmouth turnovers in the half, compared to only six of their own. The Mules also out-rebounded the smaller Fighting Scots by a 25-to-15 margin (including 9-to-1 on the offensive glass).
Central Missouri led by double digits the entire second stanza and moved its advantage to as much as 30 on a couple occasions. Skip Thomas and Fred Dudley led the offensive charge in half two with eight and six points, respectively. They combined to shoot 6-of-6 from the floor.
The Mules got their bench in the game early and finished with the 27 point victory. The three players in double-figures were Luellen with 13, Thomas with 10 and Young with 10. Kevin Wollbrinck and Tyler Oakley each had seven boards while Miller led the defense with three steals. Point guard De’Andre Byrd dished out four helpers and Wollbrinck added three blocks to his well-rounded night.
Central Missouri forced 24 turnovers in the outing and hit 45 percent from the floor. Monmouth had only one player in double-figures and shot 37 percent.
