{"id":561,"date":"2019-01-27T23:07:59","date_gmt":"2019-01-28T04:07:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kentuckysports.net\/?p=561"},"modified":"2020-11-03T09:01:51","modified_gmt":"2020-11-03T14:01:51","slug":"second-half-surge-sends-mustangs-past-dakota-wesleyan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kentuckysports.net\/?p=561","title":{"rendered":"Second half surge sends Mustangs past Dakota Wesleyan"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"13c398acb195b4bd84e993cb56669758\" data-index=\"6\" style=\"float: none; margin:10px 0 10px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Above Post Ad 2 -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:inline-block;width:638px;height:70px\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-4024319323781499\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"8631827568\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p><em>Morningside Athletics<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Mark Adkins, Sports Information Director<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv9083877760MsoNormal\"><b class=\"yiv9083877760\"><span class=\"yiv9083877760\">SIOUX CITY \u2013 <\/span><\/b><span class=\"yiv9083877760\">Trailing 40-32 at halftime after being limited to less than 45 percent field goal shooting and surrendering eight three-point baskets would be plenty for a team to overcome.<\/span><span class=\"yiv9083877760\">\u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-504 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/kentuckysports.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/RR-Signs-Matt-419-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"146\" height=\"97\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kentuckysports.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/RR-Signs-Matt-419.jpg 300w, https:\/\/kentuckysports.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/RR-Signs-Matt-419-219x146.jpg 219w, https:\/\/kentuckysports.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/RR-Signs-Matt-419-50x33.jpg 50w, https:\/\/kentuckysports.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/RR-Signs-Matt-419-113x75.jpg 113w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 146px) 100vw, 146px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv9083877760MsoNormal\"><span class=\"yiv9083877760\">Enter National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics\u2019 Division II third-ranked Morningside College. Head coach Jim Sykes\u2019 squad turned up the defensive pressure on visiting and No. 17-ranked Dakota Wesleyan which led to an offensive carnival that saw the home-standing Mustangs post 55 points, missing only 11 field goal chances in the process (23 of 34) while draining seven treys and holding a 24-9 rebounding advantage.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv9083877760MsoNormal\"><span class=\"yiv9083877760\">A 12-0 roll midway through the second half turned a four-point deficit into an eight-point lead as Morningside didn\u2019t look back in route to an 87-72 victory before a loud and proud crowd inside Allee Gymnasium at the Rosen Verdoorn Sports Center.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv9083877760MsoNormal\"><span class=\"yiv9083877760\">Gaining revenge for their lone loss of the 2018-19 campaign, the Maroon, improving to 20-1 overall and 13-1 in the Great Plains Athletic Conference, received three 20-point-plus outings from junior forward Matt Hahn (Fremont, Neb.), junior forward\/center Tyler Borchers (LeMars, Iowa) and sophomore guard Zach Imig (Gretna, Neb.).<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv9083877760MsoNormal\"><span class=\"yiv9083877760\">Hahn scored 22 and finished just three boards shy of a double-double; Borchers was tough on the Tigers points and rebounding-wise with 22 and 15 for an impressive double-double that included two blocked shots, four steals and two assists; and Imig was also three rebounds away from a double-double totaling 20 points and seven rebounds. Senior guard Brody Egger (Urbandale, Iowa) hit four three-pointers and dished off six assists to conclude the double-figure parade.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"yiv9083877760\">Mside reached the 20-win mark for a third successive season, while Borchers gathered his second double-double in his last five contests. He climbed into 18<sup class=\"yiv9083877760\">th<\/sup>on the program\u2019s career point list (1,205).<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv9083877760MsoNormal\"><span class=\"yiv9083877760\">Morningside, holding a two-and-a-half game lead on the loop chart with six games to play, takes to the road Wednesday, Jan. 30, for an 8 p.m. start against Midland University.<\/span><\/p>\n<!--CusAds0-->\n<div style=\"font-size: 0px; height: 0px; line-height: 0px; margin: 0; padding: 0; clear: both;\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Morningside Athletics Mark Adkins, Sports Information Director SIOUX CITY \u2013 Trailing 40-32 at halftime after being limited to less than 45 percent field goal shooting and<span class=\"excerpt-hellip\"> [\u2026]<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":443,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,5,23],"tags":[88,183,157,98,184],"class_list":["post-561","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mens-basketball","category-naia","category-top-news","tag-basketball","tag-dakota-wesleyan","tag-matt-hahn","tag-morningside","tag-tyler-borchers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kentuckysports.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/561","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kentuckysports.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kentuckysports.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kentuckysports.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kentuckysports.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=561"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kentuckysports.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/561\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":563,"href":"https:\/\/kentuckysports.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/561\/revisions\/563"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kentuckysports.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/443"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kentuckysports.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=561"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kentuckysports.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=561"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kentuckysports.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=561"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}