UMKC comes up short on the road against Southeast Missouri
Daniel Simmons scored 18 points and Ray Kowalski added 16 as Southeast Missouri State held off UMKC 91-87 on Wednesday night in Cape Girardeau, Mo.
Kowalski made two free throws with 2:29 left to extend Southeast Missouri’s lead to 83-72. But UMKC went a 9-0 run — with three-pointers by Brandon McKissic and Isaiah Ross.
Denzel Mahoney ended the run with a three-pointer, and Southeast Missouri made 5 of 6 free throws in the final 25 seconds to seal it.
Mahoney finished with 17 points for Southeast Missouri (5-4). Justin Carpenter had 14 points and 11 boards, and Jonathan Dalton had 10 assists.
Simmons made 8 of 10 free throws as Southeast Missouri was 23 of 30 (77 percent) compared to UMKC’s 14 attempts.
Broderick Robinson had 24 points, 10 rebounds and three assists for UMKC (3-7). He made five of the Kangaroos’ 15 three-pointers on 34 overall attempts.
SOUTHEAST MISSOURI 91, UMKC 87
UMKC | Min | FG-A | FT-A | R | A | F | Pt |
Giles | 14 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
Leek | 16 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 3 |
Bishop | 31 | 5-10 | 7-11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 18 |
Robinson | 39 | 8-19 | 3-3 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 24 |
Ross | 27 | 2-12 | 0-0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
Nesbitt | 23 | 6-9 | 0-0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 15 |
McKissic | 20 | 3-7 | 0-0 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 9 |
Smith | 16 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 |
Dulley | 12 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
Knar | 2 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Ahmed | -- | - | - | 0 | 0 | ||
Totals | 200 | 31-72 | 10-14 | 35 | 17 | 25 | 87 |
Percentages: FG .431, FT .714. Three-point goals: 15-34, .441 (Robinson 5-10, McKissic 3-4, Nesbitt 3-4, Ross 2-8, Leek 1-1, Bishop 1-3, Dulley 0-1, Smith 0-1, Giles 0-2). Team rebounds: 6. Team Turnovers: 9 (17 PTS). Blocked shots: 6 (Leek 5, McKissic). Turnovers: 9 (Bishop 3, Ross 2, Giles, Leek, McKissic, Robinson). Steals: 4 (Robinson 2, Giles, Ross). Technical fouls: none. Fouled out: Bishop.
SE Missouri | Min | FG-A | FT-A | R | A | F | Pt |
Carpenter | 25 | 5-12 | 4-6 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 14 |
Vranes | 24 | 2-5 | 0-1 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
Brewer | 16 | 4-11 | 0-0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 9 |
Dalton | 34 | 0-2 | 3-4 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 3 |
Mahoney | 30 | 5-7 | 4-5 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 17 |
Kowalski | 25 | 5-7 | 2-2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 16 |
Simmons | 21 | 4-7 | 8-10 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 18 |
Duffus | 10 | 2-5 | 2-2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
Gable | 9 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
Lewis | 6 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Totals | 200 | 28-58 | 23-30 | 32 | 21 | 15 | 91 |
Percentages: FG .483, FT .767. Three-point goals: 12-22, .545 (Kowalski 4-5, Mahoney 3-3, Simmons 2-4, Gable 1-1, Vranes 1-3, Brewer 1-4, Carpenter 0-1, Duffus 0-1). Team rebounds: 7. Blocked shots: 5 (Carpenter 3, Brewer, Vranes). Turnovers: 10 (Mahoney 4, Dalton 2, Vranes 2, Carpenter, Simmons). Steals: 3 (Dalton 2, Carpenter). Technical fouls: none. Fouled out: none.
Half: Southeast Missouri 48-37. Att: 1,586.
This story was originally published December 6, 2017 at 11:25 PM with the headline "UMKC comes up short on the road against Southeast Missouri."