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About The Maroon tiger. (Morehouse College, Atlanta, Georgia) 19??-current | View Entire Issue (Feb. 5, 2018)
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OVERTIME BATTLE WITH BENEDICT EXTENDED
STREAK T017
BY TYLER MITCHELL
Morehouse
men’s basketball team
extended its undefeated
streak to 17 games on Jan. 22 af
ter a 103-102 overtime victory over
Benedict College, and an 83-73 win
at Paine College raised it to a new school
record 18 in a row.
The battle with Benedict was reminis
cent of a “Game of Thrones” episode. The game
featured six players who scored double digits with
Tyrius Walker dropping a career-high of 47 points.
There were seven lead changes during the high-scor
ing affair. Morehouse led by 12 in the second half but
couldn’t fully put Benedict away in regulation play.
This historic streak has Morehouse’s faithful
excited, so much so that fans stormed the floor before
the game was over. The raucous crowd almost cost the
Tigers the game because the disruption resulted in a
technical foul against Morehouse, giving Benedict a
free throw tying the game at 102 in overtime.
The fans couldn’t hold in their excitement when
Walker drove the lane, getting the basket and the
foul with only nine seconds left. The basket put the
Tigers up by one point; but because of the technical
foul, the game deadlocked at 102. With the game
tied, Walker went to the line to shoot a foul
shot. Walker sunk it,giving the Tigers a one-
point advantage with six seconds remain-
zero.
Morehouse’s
senior guard tandem of
Walker and Martravious Little
each had career nights. Little fin- *
ished with 25 points, exceeding his *
previous high of 21. Along with his 25
points, he filled the stat sheet with five steals
and four rebounds. Walker and Little have
played lights out this season. Head coach Grady
Brewer has high expectations for the tandem in
their senior season.
“They have been huge to our success this
year,” Brewer said. “I asked them to turn it up as
senior captains. I told them good teams have good
players who lead. Not only are they leading on the
court, they are leading off the court. They have stepped
up and done their job tremendously.”
During this record-breaking run, the Tigers
have outscored their opponents by 13 points per game
and have climbed to 10th in the NCAA Division II
basketball rankings.
“We don’t look at that rank,” Walker said.
“They really counted us out a long time ago. It’s
some teams in the rankings that lost one or two
games and are still ahead of us. So, I don’t look at
the rankings anymore. Coach is always telling
us we have to have the poise in the noise. So
we have to ignore that stuff.”
Tire Tigers’ next game will be
Morehouse caused a jump ball Thursday at Clark Atlanta, which won
on the ensuing possession with .8 its first 14 SIAC games. The Tigers’
seconds left, but Benedict’s in- next home game isn’t until Feb.
bound pass was stolen by 14 against Livingstone
Omar Alston and College,
the dock
Pictured on Cover: Tyrius Walker #2,
Martravious Little #15, Coach Grady
Brewer with Omar Alston. On page 2:
Tyrius Walker./Photos by Yusuf Davis
