BOONE, N.C. – App State men's basketball defeated William Peace 98-49 on Monday evening in the Holmes Convocation Center.
James Lewis Jr. led four Mountaineers (2-1) in double figure scoring with 15 points. He added five rebounds.
CJ Huntley tallied 14 points, on 5-of-7 (71.4 percent) shooting, off the bench.
Donovan Gregory had a near double-double with 11 points and nine rebounds and
Adrian Delph added 10 points and four rebounds.
Also off the bench,
Christopher Mantis had nine points,
Xavion Brown had eight points, six rebounds and five assists and
RJ Duhart tallied seven points and four rebounds. In all, 14 of the 15 Mountaineers to see the court scored at least two points.
In the first half, the Mountaineers put together an 8-0 run to open a 14-3 edge. William Peace (0-1) pulled within six points at 18-12, but App State expanded its lead to 15 at 27-12 with a 9-0 spurt. The Mountaineers took a 42-28 lead into the break.
Leading 55-39 in the second half, the Black and Gold mounted a 10-0 run, getting thunderous dunks along the way from Huntley and Brown, to open a 65-39 lead with 9:42 to go. Following a William Peace 3-pointer, the Mountaineers answered right back with 18 straight points to open an 83-42 lead and put the game away.
In total, App State outscored William Peace 56-21 in the second half and limited the Pacers to just 21.9 percent (7-of-32) shooting from the field and 13.6 percent (3-of-22) shooting from deep.
The Mountaineers drained 10 3-pointers for the second consecutive contest. In addition, the Mountaineers won the rebounding battle 54-29 and outscored the Pacers 50-10 in the paint. App State also held a 28-9 edge in second chance points and a 19-0 advantage in fast break points.
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