Forest City, Iowa – The Mayville State Men's Basketball scored 52 points in the second half to help Comets cruise to a 90-69 victory over the Waldorf Warriors Saturday.
 
The Quick Details:
Final Score: Mayville State Comets 90, Waldorf Warriors: 69
Records: Mayville State Comets 15-9, 7-6 NSAA; Waldorf Warriors 5-21, 3-10 NSAA
 
How It Happened:
The Comets were only up one with 13:06 left in the first half, before a 10-0 run to jump out to a 11-point lead on the Warriors.
Waldorf would answer right back on an 8-0 run to cut the Comet lead to three-points with 5:59 remaining in the first half. Mayville State would take a six-point lead heading into the intermission.
The Comets would slowly extend their lead in the second half as they would get out to a 15-point lead on a Gieske 3-pointer with 13:39 remaining in the game. Franklin would continue to help MSU extend the lead to 20-points with 8:05 left in the game.
Kramer would put the finishing touches on the game with 2:12 left in the game on his dunk that put the Comets up 25-points and would pick up the conference victory.
The Comets would finish the game shooting 52.8 percent from the field, 29.0 percent from behind the 3-point line, pulling in 33 rebounds and dishing out 24 assists. They also finished with 52 points in the paint, 23 bench points, 19 points off turnovers, 13 second-chance points, and 4 fast break points.
 
Individual Leaders:
Thomas Gieske: 21 points, 7 rebounds, 1 steal
Sam Grayson: 14 points, 8 rebounds, 2 assists
Latrelle Franklin: 14 points, 2 rebounds, 5 assists
Winder Joseph: 13 points, 4 rebounds, 4 assists
John Ketchel: 10 points, 4 assists