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Will Marrow tallied 26 points and made nine of 10 shots from the field, including a perfect 4-for-4 from behind the arc to lead the Edinboro men's basketball team to a 71-60 upset victory over Division-1 Miami (Ohio) in an exhibition game on Saturday afternoon at Millett Hall in Oxford, Ohio.
The Fighting Scots overcame a 37-27 halftime deficit, using two big second-half runs to rally for the victory.
Trailing 46-37 with 15:01 to play in the game, Edinboro constructed a 16-6 run, fueled by 10 points by
Henri Wade-Chatman to claim a 53-52 lead the Fighting Scots would not relinquish with just under seven minutes to play.
Edinboro then went a 20-6 run, bolstered by a pair of 3-point baskets from Marrow and
Jaymon Mason to give the Fighting Scots their largest lead of the day of 13 points at 71-58 with just 48 seconds to play in the game. Edinboro would hold on for the 11-point triumph after outscoring the Redhawks 44-23 in the second half. The Fighting Scots missed just two shots during the ladder run, sinking six of eight field goal tries.
Henri Wade-Chatman had 20 points and six rebounds for Edinboro.Along with a game-high 26 points, Marrow dished out a team-high four assists to go with six rebounds. Wade-Chatman dropped in 20 points and pulled down six boards, while Mason added 12 points, shooting 4-for-7 from the field and 3-for-5 on 3-point attempts.
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Sam Sealy-James tied a game-high with eight rebounds and led all players with three blocks for the Fighting Scots.
Casey Baker contributed six boards and a game-high four steals in the win, as well.
Eric Washington paced Miami with 16 points as the lone Redhawk who scored in double-figures. LJ Livingston grabbed a team-high eight boards and had nine points in the loss.
Edinboro outshot Miami 44.6 percent (25-for-56) to 38.3 percent (23-for-60) for the game. The Fighting Scots connected on 16 of 30 field goals (53.3 percent) in the second half, including six of 12 shots from behind the arc. Edinboro was 8-for-20 on three point baskets for the contest, good for 40.0 percent.
The Fighting Scots held the Redhawks to 9-for-28 shooting (32.1 percent) in the second half, while Miami just made one out of 12 3-point baskets in the final frame.
The Edinboro men's basketball team officially opens the 2014-15 campaign on Monday, November 17 hosting Penn State Greater Allegheny. The non-conference matchup is set to begin at 7 p.m. from McComb Fieldhouse between the Fighting Scots and Lions.